Sr. Video Editor - US

Senior Video Editor

At Kids2, we're really good at what we do. And when we're great at our jobs, we help parents be great at their jobs.
Parenting is demanding, and that's where we come in. We want to reimagine how brands can make it easier for early stage parents – not by just selling them products, but by providing holistic solutions that transcend borders, categories and aisles.
No matter our title or department, at Kids2, our job is to create more tiny wins for parents, so they can create bright futures for their little ones. That's a big task!
We're serious about what we do, AND we love to have fun. Our team is hardworking, entrepreneurial, and passionate about helping families create millions, if not billions of tiny wins.
The Senior Video Editor is a highly advanced Adobe Creative Cloud practitioner with expert level proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. These are the primary tools used for all editorial and motion graphics work, and this role is expected to operate at an expert level in both, building complex timelines, advanced animations, templates and highly efficient workflows.
The Senior Video Editor leads the editorial and post production execution of video content for the three core Kids2 brands with a focus on lifestyle storytelling, graphic and motion driven videos and social first content. This role is a master of the Kids2 brands in motion, ensuring every asset is visually on brand, culturally relevant and tailored to platform specific behaviors and trends.
The Senior Video Editor combines advanced editorial craft with strong graphic and motion capabilities, deep fluency in social media and a constant pulse on digital culture. This position helps translate brand and campaign strategies into best in class video content that resonates with our core demographic and drives engagement across channels. The Senior Video Editor also effectively utilizes AI driven tools to enhance workflows, accelerate editing and explore new creative possibilities while maintaining brand and quality standards.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Brand and Creative Excellence
Social First and Platform Specific Content
Editorial, Post Production and AI Driven Workflow
Collaboration and Pre Production
Workflow, Systems and Asset Management
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
• 5 or more years of progressive experience in video production and post production with a strong portfolio demonstrating lifestyle, brand, graphic and motion and social first work.
• Experience in corporate, brand or agency environments working on multi platform campaigns preferred.
• Advanced, professional level expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically:
Premiere Pro, with expert skills in multi track editing, advanced effects, audio mixing, color tools and workflow optimization.
EDUCATION & SKILLS
• Four year BA or BS degree in Film, Media Production, Communications, Design or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously in a fast paced environment.
• Strong sense of visual storytelling, pacing, composition and music and sound integration.
• Deep awareness of digital and social content trends, particularly in parenting, lifestyle and consumer product spaces.
• Comfort working with AI assisted creative workflows with a clear understanding of when to rely on automation and when to apply hands on craft.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to clearly articulate creative rationale and incorporate feedback constructively.
• Self starter with strong problem solving skills, attention to detail and a high bar for quality.
• Ability to keep the Senior Manager, Video and cross functional partners proactively informed of project status, risks and needs.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS • None required.
COMPUTER/TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Frame.io, Photoshop and Illustrator required.
• Advanced computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of additional tools such as Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Cinema 4D or other 3D and motion tools is a plus.
• Experience with AI enabled creative and post production tools such as Adobe Sensei features, AI based transcription and captioning, AI upscaling and cleanup or similar. Skilled in Ai prompting for image and video generation.
• Familiarity with asset management systems and cloud based collaboration tools preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This role may be required to lift equipment up to or exceeding 50 pounds on a semi regular basis.
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk or hear.
The team member frequently is required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
The team member is occasionally required to stand, walk and taste or smell.
The team member must regularly lift and or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to 25 to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
General office environment and edit bay environment.
This role will be required to travel to and from set locally on occasion and may be required to work on locations that may or may not be ADA compliant.
We offer competitive pay, flexible hours, and generous benefits. Plus, to keep things fun (because we are all kids at heart), we offer a host of team member activities and philanthropic efforts throughout the year and company-wide awards and recognition for a job well done!