Finishing Editor, Scout Studios

Scout Motors • Charlotte, NC

1d • $85,000 - $105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Scout Studios is seeking a Finishing Editor to own the finishing stage of its visual work across video and photography, taking projects from editorial approval to polished, consistent final assets. The role focuses on color and visual finishing while also covering the broader post-production process, including conforming, cleanup, retouching, sound and graphics integration, mastering, versioning, quality control, and delivery. The editor may also independently edit selected short-form and fast-turn projects.

The Finishing Editor will collaborate with the Post-Production Specialist, Creative Lead, Producer, Cinematographer, external partners, and other creative and production teams. The role will help establish Scout Studios’ visual language and workflows across films, campaigns, product storytelling, social content, photography, events, and other brand work. It is based at Scout Motors’ Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters and requires 4–5 days per week in the office, domestic travel of approximately 5–10%, and occasional travel to productions.

This is a full-time, exempt position with a base salary range of $85,000–$105,000 and eligibility to participate in an annual performance bonus program. Scout Motors offers competitive compensation and benefits supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional color, finishing, post-production, or editorial experience.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating sophisticated color grading and finishing work.
• Expert knowledge of DaVinci Resolve and modern color-management workflows.
• Understanding of professional cinema-camera workflows, codecs, RAW formats, log workflows, and color science.
• Experience conforming projects from major non-linear editing systems.
• Working proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro and the broader Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem.
• Strong editorial instincts and the ability to independently edit selected projects.
• Understanding of sound design, mixing, graphics, VFX, mastering, and delivery workflows.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong file-management and organizational habits.
• Ability to move between premium long-form work and fast-turn content without compromising quality.
• Minimum of a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, a positive attitude, and a growth mindset.
• Comfort with change and flexibility in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Collaborative approach to achieving ambitious goals.
• Ability to work in person at the Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters 4–5 days per week.
• Ability to travel domestically approximately 5–10% of the time and convene with colleagues in person.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Must be 18 years of age or older to be considered for employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience finishing automotive, outdoor, lifestyle, documentary, fashion, or premium commercial work.
• Experience working with ARRI, RED, Sony Cinema Line, and other professional cinema systems.
• Photography retouching experience.
• After Effects, Flame, Fusion, or comparable compositing/VFX experience.
• Sound-design or audio-post experience.
• Experience developing LUTs and show looks with cinematographers.
• Understanding of HDR finishing and emerging display standards.
• Experience helping establish an internal post-production or finishing pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Own color grading and visual finishing across Scout Studios’ premium video content.
• Develop a recognizable and consistent visual language across Scout’s film and content.
• Collaborate with creative teams from pre-production onward to establish capture, color, and finishing approaches.
• Conform projects from editorial and prepare timelines for final finishing.
• Perform color correction, creative grading, shot matching, cleanup, stabilization, reframing, and other finishing work.
• Handle or coordinate final sound design, mixing, graphics, VFX, and other finishing requirements.
• Perform beauty work, cleanup, compositing, and visual retouching where appropriate.
• Support photographic color, retouching, and finishing for campaign and editorial imagery as needed.
• Ensure consistency across footage captured on different cameras, formats, locations, and production environments.
• Build and maintain color-management workflows, LUTs, project standards, presets, and finishing pipelines.
• Master projects for YouTube, social platforms, broadcast, web, events, large-format displays, internal presentations, and other destinations.
• Oversee final quality control before assets leave Scout Studios.
• Manage versioning, codecs, color spaces, aspect ratios, captions, exports, and delivery specifications.
• Maintain clean handoffs and organized project structures with editorial and production teams.
• Edit selected short-form, social, internal, and quick-turn projects as needed.
• Help improve Scout Studios’ post-production infrastructure and workflow.
• Occasionally travel to productions to collaborate with cinematographers and directors, establish workflows, manage on-set color, or support major projects.
• Travel domestically approximately 5–10% of the time and attend in-person meetings and company events.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection plans.
• 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, as accrued.
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO annually.
• 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders.
• Paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave.
• Annual performance bonus program.
• Competitive compensation and benefits supporting physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED