Senior Video Editor – YouTube & Documentary

About the role

Team Zealancy is seeking a Senior/Lead Video Editor who can transform raw footage into high‑retention YouTube content. The role blends storytelling, motion design, and AI‑generated visuals to produce documentary‑style, talking‑head, and creator‑led long‑form videos.

Key responsibilities

• Edit long‑form YouTube videos from raw footage to final delivery, ensuring strong intros and hooks.
• Integrate motion graphics, typography, animations, AI‑generated visuals, B‑roll, stock footage, music and sound effects.
• Apply basic colour correction, grading and sound design to enhance visual storytelling.
• Translate scripts and concepts into engaging visual sequences while maintaining consistency across AI and traditional assets.
• Manage revisions, meet deadlines, and communicate blockers early.

Required profile

• Deep understanding of YouTube storytelling, viewer retention and modern creator‑led editing styles.
• Strong English comprehension for working with English‑language scripts.
• Ability to study references, explain editing decisions and adapt to new AI tools.
• Professional communication, feedback acceptance and ownership of projects.

Required skills

• Adobe Premiere Pro (advanced)
• Adobe After Effects (advanced)
• Motion design and animation fundamentals
• Basic colour correction and grading
• AI visual generation tools (e.g., Higgsfield AI) and prompt development