Senior Editor

New York City, NY (On-site)

$125K/yr – $135K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 13 days ago

Job Summary

Own editorial direction across brand campaigns and post‑production workflows, from concept through delivery, while mentoring juniors and shaping standards.

  • Oversee offline workflows, color, audio, and VFX finishing
  • Define best practices and tooling in media management and training

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Edit a wide range of content including brand campaigns, documentaries, social content, experiential work, digital content, and integrated marketing initiatives.
  • Craft compelling narratives that elevate creative concepts through pacing, structure, music, performance, and visual storytelling.
  • Identify the strongest narrative approach for a project and translate creative briefs into engaging content, then make editorial recommendations that improve clarity, emotional impact, and audience engagement.
  • Serve as an expert user of Adobe Creative Cloud, with advanced proficiency in: Adobe Premiere Pro After Effects Media Encoder Photoshop Illustrator Audition
  • Prepare and manage offline editorial workflows for seamless handoff to: Online finishing Color grading Sound design and mix Visual effects Delivery teams
  • Evaluate emerging creative technologies, software, AI tools, and post-production solutions.
  • Recommend new workflows that improve creative quality, efficiency, collaboration, and scalability.
  • Help establish best practices for media management, version control, archive management, and project organization.
  • Diagnose and resolve software, workflow, media, and technical issues across post-production projects.
  • Mentor junior editors and post-production team members.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional editing experience within an agency, studio, production company, network, or brand environment.
  • Exceptional storytelling and narrative editing skills demonstrated through a strong portfolio or reel.
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Premiere Pro and After Effects.
  • Extensive experience managing offline editorial workflows through final delivery.
  • Strong understanding of color workflows, audio post-production, visual effects integration, and finishing processes.
  • Deep knowledge of video codecs, media formats, frame rates, resolutions, and delivery specifications.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
  • All candidates must have the ability to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor any work visas for this role.

Preferred

  • Experience with AI-assisted creative tools and emerging production technologies.
  • Experience working on integrated campaigns spanning broadcast, digital, social, and experiential channels.
  • Familiarity with DaVinci Resolve workflows.
  • Motion graphics experience.
  • Experience developing workflow standards and post-production best practices.
  • Prior mentoring or team leadership experience.

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive employer subsidized benefits package which includes group medical, dental and vision coverage, Health Savings Account, 401k retirement plan with annual company match, employee wellness, commuter benefits and cellular phone allowance, generous paid time off and employee volunteer day to encourage social responsibility giving time to the non-profit, community service or charity of your choice.
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M+C Saatchi Group

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M+C Saatchi Group is a global creative solutions company and the world’s largest independent creative network. We connect specialist expertise, powered by creativity, data and technology, to help build famous brands, solve the most complex business and societal challenges, and create and curate Cultural Power for our clients.

Founded in 1995
London, England, GBR
1.3K employees (474 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend
71% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$125K/yr – $135K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$66.5M
Last Raise
$66.5M
Post IPO Debt, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2021
    Post IPO Debt • $66.5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
52.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.1%
Direct
45.7%
Referral
7.1%
Social
8.7%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.3K

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