About the Role
The Page Six video team is seeking an in-office Video Editor to create compelling, shareable videos about reality TV, celebrity gossip, feuds, scandals, and hookups. This fast-paced role requires a love of all things celebrity, a strong editorial sense, and the ability to stay organized while multitasking in an extremely fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Edit high quality, engaging short form videos focused on celebrity news, reality television, entertainment, and pop culture for digital and social media platforms.
- Transform original footage, stock footage, archival assets, and social media content into compelling, shareable video content.
- Collaborate closely with producers and the Studio Technical Director to execute a high volume of daily video productions while consistently meeting tight deadlines.
- Maintain exceptional speed and accuracy in video editing without compromising creativity or editorial quality.
- Create visually dynamic content using Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Adobe Motion Graphics templates.
- Generate and pitch fresh video concepts daily that align with trending celebrity news, reality TV, and audience interests.
- Participate in editorial meetings and brainstorming sessions to develop innovative multimedia storytelling ideas.
- Monitor celebrity news, entertainment, reality television, fashion, social media, and digital trends to identify timely content opportunities.
- Ensure all content aligns with Page Six's editorial voice, brand standards, and quality expectations.
- Stay current on emerging digital video formats, platform best practices, and audience engagement trends to continuously improve content performance.
- Manage multiple editing projects simultaneously while remaining highly organized in a fast paced newsroom environment.
- Collaborate with cross functional editorial and production teams to deliver timely, accurate, and engaging video content.
- Contribute to production goals by supporting the efficient execution of daily publishing schedules across digital platforms.
- Exercise strong editorial judgment when selecting footage, pacing stories, and crafting narratives that resonate with digital audiences.
- Help evolve existing video franchises while identifying opportunities to develop new recurring series and formats.
Requirements
- Proven experience editing high volume, digital first video content in a fast paced newsroom, entertainment, or media environment.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Premiere Pro.
- Experience with After Effects and Photoshop strongly preferred.
- Experience editing with a combination of original footage, stock footage, archival assets, and social media content.
- Ability to create engaging horizontal and vertical videos optimized for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, and other digital platforms.
- Strong understanding of platform specific video formats, audience behaviors, and emerging digital video trends.
- Deep knowledge of celebrity news, reality television, pop culture, entertainment, and social media, with the ability to identify timely content opportunities.
- Ability to edit quickly and efficiently while maintaining exceptional editorial judgment, creativity, and attention to detail under tight deadlines.
- Experience with multicamera editing, color correction, audio mixing, and pacing content for maximum audience engagement.
- Motion graphics, basic animation, and experience using Adobe Motion Graphics templates are a plus.
- Strong instinct for selecting music and sound design that enhances storytelling and complements the tone of each video.
- Ability to generate, pitch, and develop fresh video concepts daily while contributing meaningfully to editorial brainstorming sessions.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate closely with Executive Producers, Producers, Studio Technical Directors, social teams, and cross functional newsroom partners.
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing competing deadlines, planning for contingencies, and adapting quickly in a rapidly changing news environment.
- Highly organized, proactive, and self motivated, with the ability to work independently while thriving as part of a collaborative team.
- Positive, solutions oriented attitude with a passion for creative storytelling and a belief that news can be engaging, entertaining, and shareable.
- Ability to make sound editorial decisions and maintain accuracy while working under pressure.
- Flexibility to work a nontraditional schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and major news or entertainment events as needed.
Skills
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Motion Graphics templates
- Multicamera editing
- Color correction
- Audio mixing
- Motion graphics
- Basic animation
- Video editing
- Storytelling
- Content creation
- Social media
- Digital video formats
- Platform best practices
- Audience engagement trends
- Editorial judgment
- Communication skills
- Project management
- Organization
- Problem-solving
- Adaptability
Location
- In-office
Work Type
- Onsite
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Advanced proficiency
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000 - $80,000
Benefits
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more.
- Optional benefits to meet diverse needs.
About the Company
- Page Six provides readers with the best in Pop Culture and Entertainment – with signature wit, irreverence and authority averaging 25 million unique viewers a month.
- For the past 224 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television and commerce.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process.
