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About the Role

Early Media is seeking an unscripted editor to craft compelling YouTube-style content from raw footage, working across various formats like docuseries and challenges alongside directors and producers.

Responsibilities

• Editorial from assembly to picture lock, delivering creative and polished edits on time and at the highest quality bar.
• Finding narrative threads, moments, and character arcs in raw material.
• Creating cuts with a YouTube-native sensibility, including strong hooks, pattern interrupts, and pacing that holds attention.
• Managing the edit pipeline with an Assistant Editor, ensuring clean media and workflow at a high-volume, fast-turnaround cadence.
• Ensuring clean handoff to finishing for color, sound, and VFX.
• Contributing to the development of the department and building processes as the company grows.

Requirements

• Efficient editor with a strong creative point of view.
• A strong editorial portfolio in unscripted content (docuseries, documentary, reality, or social-first formats) demonstrating clear storytelling instincts and the ability to build narrative from raw footage.
• Fluency editing in a YouTube style, understanding the grammar of high-performing YouTube content.
• Proven fast-turnaround experience in environments where content ships on a regular schedule.
• Expertise in Premiere Pro, including collaborative workflows, sync sound, finishing round trips, and proxy workflows.
• Working knowledge of creating graphics, temp VFX, and sound design.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail regarding workflow and naming conventions.
• Ability to manage multiple projects on a high-volume slate without sacrificing quality.

Skills

• Editing
• Storytelling
• YouTube Content Creation
• Premiere Pro
• Graphics Creation
• VFX
• Sound Design
• Organizational Skills

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Mid-level

About the Company

• Early Media creates and distributes groundbreaking original series with viral potential, preserving the heart of indie production.
• They tell meaningful stories audiences care about, using a proprietary testing and marketing engine to optimize creative decisions and shorten the iteration loop between filmmaker and audience.