The Video Editor creates engaging videos for various digital platforms, collaborates with team members and manages workflows efficiently.
We’re looking for a contract to perm Video Editor to join our NYC-based studio team. You’ll bring modern, scroll-stopping editing chops to everything from short-form social ads to long-form storytelling. If you're fluent in fast-paced digital media, understand what makes creative perform, and have a sharp eye for design, timing, and motion—read on.
This role pays $40-$50/ hour, depending on experience, and is on-site in our NYC office.
About Direct Agents
Direct Agents is an AI-Powered Growth Marketing Company built for brands that demand results. We drive measurable revenue outcomes for DTC marketers, subscription businesses, and B2B clients through our proprietary Kanopy platform, exclusive platform partnerships, and 23 years of performance marketing expertise. We manage $500MM in annual media spend, are NMSDC certified minority-owned, and have been recognized 7x as Crain's Best Places to Work.
What You'll Do
- Craft high-performing, visually engaging videos for social, CTV, and digital platforms
- Edit across styles—UGC, branded mini-docs, performance ads, sports content, and more
- Use motion graphics, compositing, and editorial techniques to elevate each project
- Collaborate closely with creative directors, producers, and designers to bring ideas to life
- Stay ahead of digital trends and apply best practices for modern storytelling
- Manage post workflows efficiently from ingest to delivery
WHAT YOU BRING
- Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, with a strong sense of pacing, rhythm, and flow
- Experience designing and animating motion graphics and title treatments
- Familiarity with Photoshop and Illustrator for prepping and manipulating layered assets
- Ability to edit for multiple formats and aspect ratios (9:16, 1:1, 16:9, 4:5) for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, CTV, and web
- Knowledge of sound design and audio mixing to polish final cuts
- Comfortable working with voiceover, music licensing, and audio timing
- Experience editing for performance marketing—direct response, hooks, and CTA-driven creative
- Proficient in color correction, LUTs, and basic grading
- Skilled at applying brand guidelines, integrating logos, text overlays, and end cards seamlessly
- Bonus: experience with sports content, including highlights, sizzle reels, or doc-style athlete features
- Bonus: experience editing music-related content, such as music videos or studio sessions
- Highly organized with the ability to manage project files, versioning, and multi-platform exports
- A collaborative communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Familiarity with modern plugins, AI tools, and workflow accelerators like Frame.io, Red Giant, Topaz, and Runway
Why Direct Agents
- Proprietary Technology: Work with Kanopy, our custom-built platform that powers smarter marketing decisions
- Growth-Focused Culture: 4.5-year average employee tenure, 5-year average client tenure, and a team that values innovation over the status quo
- Strategic Client Work: Partner with fast-growing brands to drive meaningful revenue growth
- Minority-Owned Leadership: Powered by diversity, passion, and innovation since 2003
This role is based in our NYC office. You must reside or be willing to relocate within commuting distance.
Top Skills
Adobe Premiere Pro
After Effects
Frame.Io
Illustrator
Photoshop
Red Giant
Runway
Topaz
Direct Agents New York, New York, USA Office
149 5th Ave, 16th Floor, New York, NY, United States, 10010
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