Senior Video Editor (YouTube)

We are not looking for someone who simply knows how to edit.

We are looking for a Senior Video Editor (YouTube) who can take a script or idea and figure out how it should be experienced visually: B-roll, a graphic, animation, a visual metaphor, a screen recording, AI-generated footage, a cinematic shot, or simply the creator on screen.

You will work with creators and writers from pre-production to final delivery on Sharique Samsudheen's flagship Malayalam YouTube channel (1.7M subscribers), shaping the story, visual language, pacing and execution of each video.

The goal: don't just edit the footage. Create the video.

What you'll do

• Own the creative and technical execution of long-form flagship Malayalam YouTube videos, including podcasts and interviews.
• Develop visual treatments, storytelling approaches and shoot requirements with creators and writers during pre-production.
• Turn scripts into compelling visuals using editing, B-roll, motion graphics, typography, animation, sound design, archival content and visual metaphors.
• Make strong calls on pacing, transitions, composition, colour, typography, motion and visual hierarchy.
• Build an edit style native to how Kerala's Gen Z audience watches, shares and engages.
• Use AI and new creative tools to prototype and produce visuals, audio and animation.
• Edit for YouTube retention: know when to speed up, slow down, build curiosity or break the pattern.
• Review retention, engagement and audience feedback and apply it to the next video.

Hiring process

Shortlisted candidates complete a practical creative assessment: a visual treatment and a short edit from a script and footage we provide.

Don't just show us what you edited. Show us how you think.