Creative Video Editor for Social Media

About the role

Hennessey Digital is looking for a highly creative Video Editor to support the personal brand of CEO Jason Hennessey. You will transform podcasts, interviews, webinars and educational material into engaging short‑ and long‑form videos for social platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Edit cinematic, story‑driven video content for YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and other digital channels.
• Convert long‑form podcasts, interviews and webinars into short‑form social media clips optimized for each platform.
• Apply storytelling structure, pacing, music selection, sound design, color grading, transitions, motion graphics and visual effects.
• Create motion graphics, animated captions, lower thirds, branded title cards and end screens using Adobe After Effects or similar tools.
• Incorporate modern editing styles such as kinetic typography, AI‑generated B‑roll, split‑screen storytelling and emerging social video techniques.
• Source and integrate licensed stock footage, music, sound effects and AI‑generated visual assets.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to brainstorm concepts, hooks and editing approaches that maximize audience retention.
• Manage post‑production workflow, including media organization, ingest, transcoding, archiving and project file maintenance.
• Produce multiple video variations for different aspect ratios and publish content to designated social channels.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of professional video editing experience for social media, marketing or digital brands.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating cinematic storytelling, engaging pacing and high‑quality editing for both short‑form and long‑form video.
• Ability to meet deadlines while handling multiple projects and maintaining creative quality.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects.
• Experience with motion graphics, kinetic typography and visual effects.
• Color correction and color grading expertise.
• Audio balancing, dialogue editing and sound mixing.
• Familiarity with Google Flow and AI‑based editing tools.
• Ability to source licensed stock footage, music and sound effects.