Video Editor, Reacts
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Beast IndustriesDigital Media
Remote or Greenville, NCFull-TimeMiddle
Salary not disclosed
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Job Details
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Required Skills
- Adobe After Effects
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional video editing experience focused on high-pacing YouTube, commentary, or viral digital content.
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects, specifically with keyframing, motion tracking, masking, and dynamic linking.
- Deep structural understanding of YouTube algorithm dynamics, Average View Duration (AVD), CTR, and retention curve analysis.
- Mastery of dynamic sound design, audio leveling, and music curation to enhance comedic and emotional shifts.
- A data-driven mindset that prioritizes viewer retention evidence over personal creative assumptions.
- High feedback sensitivity, with the ability to handle rapid creative criticism constructively and pivot quickly.
- Exceptional attention to detail, maintaining frame-by-frame precision in pacing and visual overlays.
- Proven ability to manage high-volume workflows, including file compression, color correction, and final exports optimized for YouTube.
- Extreme ownership over end-to-end video performance, production deadlines, and technical accuracy.
Responsibilities
- Cut and assemble raw multi-cam reaction footage, seamlessly balancing primary talent commentary, PIP source media, and visual punch-ins.
- Engineer high-retention video intros and hooks that immediately fulfill title and thumbnail promises within the first 30 seconds.
- Execute hyper-fast pacing, comedic timing, and visual pop-ups, including kinetic typography, memes, and custom tracking graphics.
- Perform high-quality sound design, including impactful SFX, dynamic music ducking, and precise audio balancing for voice clarity.
- Collaborate closely with Lead Editors and creative teams to incorporate rapid turnaround notes and feedback loops.
- Analyze YouTube retention curves alongside lead editors to pinpoint drop-off moments and refine pacing rules for subsequent edits.
- Maintain clean, highly organized timeline projects in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, adhering to internal post-production standards.
- Coordinate with the thumbnail team to ensure visual assets and key video climaxes align perfectly with channel creative strategy.
- Stay ahead of internet culture and viral editing meta to continuously inject fresh humor and visual variety into channel content.
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