Video Editor

Description:

About Us

At Hyrax , we’re a fast-paced, creative, and aggressive performance marketing agency focused on driving results through paid media. With offices in London and South Africa , we build campaigns that convert, combining intuition, data, and raw grit.

About the Role

As a Video Editor at Hyrax, you’ll be responsible for creating and editing exciting, unique, and scroll-stopping videos for performance-driven campaigns across platforms like Meta , TikTok , YouTube , and Native .

Your role is critical in helping us turn ideas and raw footage into engaging content that grabs attention and drives results.

Key Responsibilities

Video Editing & Post-Production

• Edit high-quality, engaging video content tailored for social media to stop users mid-scroll
• Cut, color correct, and enhance footage with transitions, graphics, text overlays, animations, and audio
• Optimize video formats, resolutions, and durations to meet platform-specific best practices

Content Adaptation & Versioning

• Repurpose long-form content into short-form formats (e.g., Reels, Stories, Shorts)
• Implement feedback quickly and accurately to meet tight production deadlines

Creative Collaboration

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand campaign goals and translate them into compelling video narratives
• Participate in creative brainstorms and contribute ideas on storytelling, content structure, and motion design

Social Media Trends & Best Practices

• Stay updated on current video trends, platform updates, and emerging tools
• Apply performance data and analytics feedback to improve future edits

Asset Management

• Maintain organized file structures and naming conventions for team collaboration
• Archive and back up all final edits, raw footage, and working project files

Motion Graphics & Basic Animation (Advantageous)

• Design and integrate simple motion graphics and animated text using tools like After Effects
• Customize templates and create original animations to elevate storytelling

Quality Control

• Ensure all deliverables meet client expectations, platform specs, and brand standards
• Conduct thorough final reviews to catch sync issues, export errors, or visual/audio inconsistencies

Requirements:

• Edit high-quality, engaging video content tailored for social media to stop users mid-scroll
• Cut, color correct, and enhance footage with transitions, graphics, text overlays, animations, and audio
• Optimize video formats, resolutions, and durations to meet platform-specific best practices

• Repurpose long-form content into short-form formats (e.g., Reels, Stories, Shorts)
• Implement feedback quickly and accurately to meet tight production deadlines

• Work closely with stakeholders to understand campaign goals and translate them into compelling video narratives
• Participate in creative brainstorms and contribute ideas on storytelling, content structure, and motion design

• Stay updated on current video trends, platform updates, and emerging tools
• Apply performance data and analytics feedback to improve future edits

• Maintain organized file structures and naming conventions for team collaboration
• Archive and back up all final edits, raw footage, and working project files

• Design and integrate simple motion graphics and animated text using tools like After Effects
• Customize templates and create original animations to elevate storytelling

• Ensure all deliverables meet client expectations, platform specs, and brand standards
• Conduct thorough final reviews to catch sync issues, export errors, or visual/audio inconsistencies

• 1–2 years of video editing experience
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro (essential)
• Strong understanding of the power of online and social media platforms
• Excellent command of the English language
• Basic knowledge of sales and marketing principles
• Comfortable with new concepts and able to execute with precision
• Ambitious, goal-oriented, and hungry to grow

• Your job isn’t done until the job is done
• Be creative
• Trust your instincts and act with integrity
• Be honest and open with your feedback
• Be resourceful
• Obsess over the details
• Be bold with your campaigns

• 1–2 years of video editing experience
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro (essential)
• Strong understanding of the power of online and social media platforms
• Excellent command of the English language
• Basic knowledge of sales and marketing principles
• Comfortable with new concepts and able to execute with precision
• Ambitious, goal-oriented, and hungry to grow

Our Values - What We Expect You to Embody

• Your job isn’t done until the job is done
• Be creative
• Trust your instincts and act with integrity
• Be honest and open with your feedback
• Be resourceful
• Obsess over the details
• Be bold with your campaigns

We’ll hold you to these , because they’re how we win