Intermediate Video Editor (3-Month Contract, Potential for Full-Time)
Thinkingbox · Toronto · hybrid
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Edit a variety of video content, including branded campaigns, social content, digital ads, and commercial projects.
- Collaborate with directors, producers, creatives, and other post-production team members to bring creative concepts to life.
- Take projects from initial assembly through to final delivery, incorporating feedback along the way.
- Apply light colour correction and grading to ensure footage looks polished, consistent, and on-brand.
- Work with music, sound design, graphics, and pacing to elevate storytelling.
- Manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment.
- Prepare, organize, and export content in various formats and aspect ratios for different platforms.
- Maintain organized project files and follow established post-production workflows.
What You’ll Bring:
- 3–5 years of professional video editing experience, ideally within an agency, production company, or post-production studio.
- Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Experience with Adobe After Effects is an asset.
- Working knowledge of colour correction and light grading, using Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or similar tools.
- A strong portfolio or reel showcasing a range of editing styles and storytelling abilities.
- Experience editing social-first content, branded campaigns, and digital advertising.
- A great eye for detail, pacing, composition, and visual storytelling.
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating with a larger creative team.
- Strong communication, organization, and time-management skills.
- Ability to take creative feedback and turn around revisions efficiently.
Bonus Points!:
- Experience working on commercial productions or with well-known brands.
- Basic motion graphics or animation skills.
- Familiarity with sound mixing and audio cleanup.
- Experience with different camera formats, codecs, and post-production workflows.
Contract Details:
- This is an initial 3-month contract based in Toronto, with the potential to transition into a permanent position depending on business needs, performance, and overall fit.
Additional Info:
- Monday - Thursday in office (Fridays are remote optional)
- Flexible time off, including paid vacation and sick days
- Consistent culture and team-building events
- Employee recognition and incentive programs
- Seasonal celebrations and gatherings throughout the year
- Office lunches
- Branded company swag
- Access to industry events, learning opportunities, and non-profit outreaches
- Dog-friendly offices
- Unlimited coffee, drinks, and snacks
- Flex work and travel options
- Comprehensive extended health benefits