Podcast Video Editor

Overview

In this Video Editor role, you will shape the visual narrative of Vox Media’s Podcast Network across full episodes and shoulder content. You’ll translate creator pacing into a distinctive podcast aesthetic, while ensuring strong branding and engaging motion graphics. You’ll collaborate with hosts and producers to deliver polished videos on a regular schedule and stay ahead of video trends. This is a chance to influence how multi-platform podcasts look and feel, bridging longform and shortform storytelling with bold visuals.

Pay / Benefits

• benefits-eligible
• permanent full-time
• union-represented by Vox Media Union (WGA East)
• comprehensive benefits information available

Responsibilities

• Edit and post-produce full-length podcast episodes for YouTube and video platforms
• Translate shortform creator pacing into an elevated podcast aesthetic
• Design and integrate motion graphics, lower thirds, captions, and visual cues
• Maintain consistent branding via color, typography, and layout across longform and shortform edits
• Implement split-screen layouts, on-screen text, pacing, and punch-ins to sustain engagement
• Address mixed-location interviews to ensure cohesion across footage types
• Collaborate with hosts, producers, and showrunners to iteratively deliver content on schedule
• Source and incorporate archival or social content to deepen storytelling
• Stay ahead of podcast video trends and contribute to evolving visual strategy

Key requirements

• 5+ years of experience in podcast or social video production for a media brand or individual talent
• Fluency with Premiere Pro, Final Cut, or other video editing programs
• Experience with motion design is a plus
• Strong sense of editing flow, pacing, and show/story arc under tight deadlines
• Portfolio showcasing voice, tone, and rhythm in editing
• Experience integrating motion graphics, typography, and on-screen text to enhance clarity or humor
• Experience with multi-camera editing and techniques like split-screens, overlays, animated inserts
• Ability to maintain brand consistency while exploring new formats and storytelling angles
• passion for building a visual language across platforms in collaboration with creative stakeholders
• Deep knowledge of the social media landscape and evolving podcast formats

• meticulous
• fast and deadline-driven
• collaborative
• Premiere Pro
• Final Cut Pro
• motion design (plus)

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