Contract Full Stack Editor

Nectar • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

Nectar is hiring a video editor and content producer to originate ideas and develop short-form videos from rough concepts through polished final cuts. The role focuses on content ideation, storytelling, and editing, with the initiative to shape hooks, scripts, and final videos without needing a fully developed brief. Shooting footage is also part of the work when it serves the idea.

The editor will create narrative-driven content on a regular basis, including videos for social media, launches, and brand campaigns. Work may include scripted scenes, case studies, interviews, product moments, office content, and existing footage. The role also involves planning footage capture, combining live action with product captures and motion graphics, and developing repeatable formats and alternate cuts for testing and improvement.

Requirements

• Portfolio of strong short-form edits, including work taken from a loose idea to a finished video.
• Ability to generate original content ideas and develop a clear angle, hook, and story from limited direction.
• Comfort shooting on a phone when appropriate, and ability to choose a setup that serves the content.
• Strong visual storytelling, pacing, comedic timing, sound, and instincts for social formats.
• Confidence directing non-actors, organizing footage and project files, and delivering polished work in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or Final Cut.
• Proficiency in AI-powered creative workflows and a strong working understanding of Higgsfield, including integrating AI-generated visuals with live-action footage and using AI throughout concepting, preproduction, and postproduction.
• Deep understanding of short-form video best practices, including opening hooks, retention-focused pacing, platform-native framing, captions, sound, and testing different cuts.
• Advanced motion graphics experience and After Effects proficiency, including polished typography, transitions, compositing, and product animations that integrate naturally with live-action footage.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced camera and lighting skills.
• Experience with scripted comedy.
• Experience creating content for technology brands.

Responsibilities

• Pitch fresh content ideas and develop hooks, scripts, stories, and practical production plans from loose briefs.
• Own edits from raw material through pacing, color, sound, captions, graphics, feedback, and final delivery.
• Create short-form videos for social media, launches, and brand campaigns using scripted scenes, case studies, interviews, product moments, office content, and existing footage.
• Plan footage capture when needed, providing simple camera, lighting, and audio guidance and remote direction to the team or filming partners.
• Combine live action with product captures, screen recordings, typography, and motion graphics where they strengthen the story.
• Build repeatable content formats and create alternate hooks or cuts to test ideas and improve quickly.
• Shoot video on a phone when appropriate for the idea.

What This Job Offers

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