Newfold Digital

Video Editor / Motion Designer, Senior

Mumbai, India Full time
We’re hiring a Senior Video Editor / Motion Designer (4–5 years’ experience) to accelerate post-production velocity across explainers, product demos, social cut-downs, promos video, brand films, and templated promos. You’ll collaborate closely with the Global Video Content Manager, take direction with minimal hand-holding, and deliver fast, on-brand outputs for YouTube, Shorts/Reels, Social Media, display, OTT, in-product, events, and Reddit.

Key Responsibilities 

  • Edit and animate multi-format content (16:9, 1:1, 9:16, 4:5) with strong hooks, pacing, and kinetic type. 

  • Translate direction/scripts/(optional) storyboards into cohesive narratives; propose smart cutdowns. 

  • Build/maintain reusable motion systems: openers, supers, end slates, captioning templates. 

  • Audio: music sourcing, VO cleanup/direction, SFX; meet platform loudness and QC standards. 

  • Versioning & localization: aspect ratios, subtitles, light copy tweaks for markets. 

  • Maintain file hygiene (naming, proxies, versioning), archive, and Jira/Confluence updates; collaborate in Figma. 

  • Partner with Brand Leads / task requestors for timely reviews and sign-off. 

  • Explore ethical Gen-AI accelerators (e.g., Veo3, ElevenLabs, Artlist text-to-video/image) where appropriate. 

Decision Rights 

  • Direction/Script/Storyboard: Provided by Gloval Video Content Manager. 

  • Sign-off: Global Video Content Manager and/or Brand Lead/Requestor. 

  • Ownership: Day-to-day edit/motion craft, templates, and export quality. 

Must-Have Skills & Tools 

  • 4–5 years professional experience in editing + motion design, multi-channel delivery. 

  • Adobe After Effects & Premiere, plus Illustrator/Photoshop. 

  • Proven craft in hooks/pacing, kinetic typography, brand-consistent motion language. 

  • Audio basics (VO cleanup, SFX, music editing) and platform loudness norms. 

  • Workflow discipline: captions/accessibility, safe areas, QC checklists, file hygiene. 

  • Comfort with Jira/ConfluenceFigma collaboration, and asset libraries (Envato or similar). 

Nice-to-Haves 

  • DaVinci Resolve (grading), Audition, Frame.io; Blender/C4D basics. 

  • Performance-creative experience (thumbnails, first-3-seconds concepting). 

  • Hands-on with Gen-AI tools (ElevenLabs, Artlist text-to-image/video). 

Ways of Working 

  • Setup: Hybrid, Mumbai; India time-zone alignment with periodic cross-region collaboration. 

  • Cadence: Fast-turn production with clear SLAs for first cut/final delivery. 

  • Hardware/Software: Provided (Adobe CC, Jira/Confluence, Figma, Envato). 

KPIs 

  • On-time delivery ≥95% 

  • ≤2 revision rounds average per asset 

  • Brand compliance ≥95% (internal checklist) 

Portfolio Requirements 

  • 3–5 representative projects: 

  • Short paid/social ads with strong hooks & kinetic type 

  • Product explainers (UI animation a plus) 

  • Brand related videos (stock or AI-assisted footage acceptable) 

  • Include a quick role breakdown per project (what you owned vs team). 

This Job Description includes the essential job functions required to perform the job described above, as well as additional duties and responsibilities. This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee performing this job may be required to perform. The Company reserves the right to revise the Job Description at any time, and to require the employee to perform functions in addition to those listed above.