Video Editor, New York Magazine

Vox Media, LLC • New York, NY

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

New York Magazine is seeking a creative, fast, and detail-oriented Video Editor to edit mostly short-form video for social platforms at the pace of a digital newsroom. The Editorial team, which is at the core of everything New York Magazine does, includes six verticals and an award-winning magazine. They aim to create content that is smart and funny, covering politics, culture, food, shopping, or style trends, to help readers navigate urban life and fast-moving culture. Editors strive for stories and magazine events that are sharp, provocative, memorable, useful, and, at turns, both playful and serious.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional video editing experience (editorial, digital media, or agency)
• Expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects.
• A sharp editorial eye and an instinct for pacing, tone, humor, and narrative clarity.
• Experience editing across multiple aspect ratios and formats.
• Knowledge of rights management, captioning, and publishing workflows.
• Familiarity with codecs, transcodes, deliverables, metadata, and media asset management best practices.
• A love for New York Magazine’s storytelling sensibility — and the ability to translate it visually.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects in a fast-paced production environment while delivering against tight deadlines.
• Ability to work across different brands and on different platforms.
• Strong storytelling capabilities.
• An understanding that social video changes rapidly.
• A strong grasp of the social landscape, its various platforms and audiences, and constantly evolving trends.

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in motion design, Photoshop, and Figma.

Responsibilities

• Edit short- and midform videos for New York Magazine’s social platforms, including its six verticals, Intelligencer, Vulture, The Cut, Curbed, Grub Street, and The Strategist.
• Collaborate with social editors/producers and designers to shape stories, and define visual tone, pacing, and rhythm.
• Create motion graphics, sound design, and color correction as needed.
• Ensure consistency with editorial and brand standards.
• Add structure to our media management: create production templates, naming conventions, file-delivery standards, and backups.
• Produce or support production of video projects or assignments as needed, including pitching concepts and shooting.
• Cover live events as needed and quickly turn around edits for live social publishing.
• Stay on top of video trends and emerging editing styles that align with our voice.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life.
• This position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees