AI-Powered Video Editor at D-launch

D-launch is seeking a creative, adaptable, and dependable AI-Powered Video Editor to join its growing remote team.

We are looking for a skilled professional who can transform raw footage, creative concepts, and marketing briefs into engaging, high-quality video content for internal projects and clients across the United Kingdom and the United States.

This position requires more than basic editing skills. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of visual storytelling, audience engagement, pacing, branding, and digital marketing.

You should be comfortable working with conventional video editing software and emerging AI-powered tools to produce polished, impactful content that aligns with different brands, platforms, and campaign objectives.

About the Role

As an AI-Powered Video Editor, you will collaborate with D-launch’s design, content, marketing, development, client management, and operations teams to develop compelling video content for a variety of digital channels and marketing initiatives.

You will be responsible for managing different stages of the editing process, from reviewing raw footage and identifying compelling storylines to enhancing visuals, refining audio, incorporating motion graphics, and delivering platform-ready videos.

You should be able to work independently, interpret creative briefs, and make informed editing decisions without requiring detailed instructions at every stage.

The role also involves using AI-powered technologies to improve production efficiency, explore creative possibilities, repurpose existing content, and maintain high standards across multiple projects.

Key Responsibilities

Your primary duties will include:

• Editing short-form video content for LinkedIn, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, digital advertisements, and other social media platforms.
• Producing long-form videos, including podcasts, interviews, webinars, YouTube videos, and thought-leadership content.
• Repurposing long-form recordings into multiple engaging short videos tailored to different audiences and platforms.
• Reviewing raw footage to identify compelling opening hooks, key moments, relevant storylines, and opportunities to improve audience engagement.
• Applying effective storytelling techniques, pacing, and editing strategies to maintain viewer interest and improve retention.
• Incorporating captions, subtitles, B-roll, graphics, music, sound effects, transitions, and other visual elements where appropriate.
• Creating motion graphics, animated text, kinetic typography, lower thirds, callouts, and simple animations to enhance video communication.
• Improving audio quality, performing color correction and basic color grading, and preparing professional final exports.
• Following established brand guidelines while adapting editing approaches to suit different clients, visual identities, and communication styles.
• Developing alternative video versions, aspect ratios, and creative variations for different campaigns, platforms, and target audiences.
• Supporting paid advertising and performance marketing initiatives through the creation of engaging video advertisements and creative assets.
• Working with scripts, voiceovers, raw recordings, stock footage, brand assets, and AI-generated media to produce finished content.
• Maintaining an organized system for project files, source materials, editing timelines, revisions, and final deliverables.
• Reviewing feedback from clients and internal stakeholders and implementing requested changes accurately and efficiently.
• Leveraging AI tools for transcription, content ideation, editing assistance, asset generation, video repurposing, and other production tasks.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure video deliverables meet creative objectives, quality standards, and agreed deadlines.

Required Skills and Experience

We are looking for a candidate with a combination of strong technical editing abilities, creative judgment, and an understanding of digital content production.

Essential qualifications and skills

• Demonstrable professional experience in video editing and post-production.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or comparable professional editing software.
• Experience producing short-form videos for social media and digital marketing.
• Familiarity with editing long-form content such as podcasts, interviews, webinars, and YouTube videos.
• A strong grasp of storytelling, opening hooks, pacing, audience retention, and visual communication.
• Ability to create animated text, basic motion graphics, titles, and other supporting visual elements.
• Competence in audio editing, noise reduction, sound balancing, and general audio cleanup.
• Knowledge of color correction, basic color grading, and visual consistency.
• Ability to select and integrate relevant B-roll and supplementary footage effectively.
• Experience creating accurate captions and subtitles.
• Understanding of content requirements for LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and other digital platforms.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in spelling, timing, audio quality, visual presentation, and brand consistency.
• Ability to work across multiple brands and adapt to different creative directions.
• Good organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver projects in a remote work environment.

Additional experience that would be an advantage

The following skills are desirable but are not essential:

• Experience using Adobe After Effects for advanced animations and motion graphics.
• Familiarity with B2B marketing, corporate communications, and thought-leadership content.
• Experience creating video advertisements for paid social campaigns.
• Understanding of performance creative, creative testing, and video advertising optimization.
• Experience converting podcasts, webinars, and interviews into multiple content formats.
• Knowledge of YouTube content optimization and audience engagement strategies.
• Ability to create advanced motion graphics and more sophisticated visual effects.
• Experience generating or enhancing videos, images, voiceovers, and B-roll using AI technologies.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted production tools such as Runway, Sora, Veo, Kling, HeyGen, Descript, ElevenLabs, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar platforms.
• Experience with design applications such as Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, or Canva.
• Ability to develop multiple creative variations from a single recording, concept, or campaign brief.

Working Style and Creative Approach

At D-launch, technical proficiency is important, but we also value independent thinking, creative problem-solving, and the ability to understand the purpose behind every video.

The successful candidate should be able to:

• Take raw footage and a creative brief and independently develop an effective editing approach.
• Understand the target audience, the purpose of each video, and the intended response or action from viewers.
• Recognize weak introductions, slow pacing, unnecessary sections, and missed storytelling opportunities, making improvements where necessary.
• Exercise sound creative judgment when deciding whether transitions, effects, animations, or other visual enhancements add value.
• Maintain high standards for accuracy, branding, sound, captions, timing, and overall presentation.
• Organize and manage several projects, clients, deadlines, and creative priorities simultaneously.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues and stakeholders in a remote environment.
• Receive constructive criticism positively and apply revisions carefully.
• Demonstrate initiative, accountability, adaptability, and a willingness to solve problems independently.
• Keep project files, assets, and deliverables organized and accessible.
• Stay informed about emerging video formats, editing techniques, audience trends, and AI-powered production technologies.
• Use AI thoughtfully to enhance creativity and productivity while maintaining editorial judgment and quality control.
• Work collaboratively with designers, writers, marketers, developers, project managers, and client-facing teams.

Work Arrangement and Compensation

• Work location: Fully remote.
• Hourly rate: $8–$20 USD, depending on experience, portfolio quality, and technical proficiency.
• Working hours: Availability to accommodate UK and/or US client working hours is required.

The position offers an opportunity to contribute to a variety of creative projects while working with an international client base and incorporating modern AI technologies into professional video production.

Application Process

Interested applicants should complete the application form and be prepared to submit a portfolio or examples demonstrating their previous video editing work.

Shortlisted candidates may be invited to complete a practical video editing assessment using supplied raw footage and brand assets.

This exercise may evaluate storytelling ability, hook selection, pacing, technical editing quality, attention to detail, brand consistency, and the effective use of AI tools throughout the production process.

Candidates are encouraged to showcase work that demonstrates both their technical proficiency and their ability to create engaging, purposeful video content for different audiences and platforms.