Freelance Video Editing Specialist

**About us**

We are a technology-driven creative agency specializing in cost-effective commercial production for small businesses nationwide. By streamlining the creative process with innovative technology, we make television advertising accessible to businesses that have traditionally been unable to afford it, providing them the opportunity to leverage the power of brand-building through sight, sound, and motion. We leverage emerging AI filmmaking techniques in our process. Every creative is unique, cinematic and narrative-driven.

**Position Overview**

We are seeking an experienced video editor with an understanding of traditional video editing tools like Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro as well as some of the general open-source standards for video editing like ffmpeg and moviePy.

The position will be freelance for the months of July and August 2025, billable hourly for 35 hours/week at $55/hr. There is a strong opportunity to grow into a salaried position based on performance.

**Responsibilities**

Learn to build unique, cinematic commercials using Vica’s technology platform and contribute to requirements for new features to increase speed of delivery and deepen the quality of our outputs

Assemble high-quality short-form video commercials from prompts into Vica’s technology platform that produces scripts, voiceovers, still frames and video

Combine video segments, still frames and voiceovers into a cohesive story within tight time constraints (typically 15, 30, or 60 seconds) and dimension constraints (16:9, 9:16 and 1:1)

Leverage Vica’s proprietary After Effects templates to quickly produce polished, professional-grade commercials

Create new templates in After Effects as needed

Provide final edit using Premiere Pro, After Effects, or similar tools

Integrate music, sound effects, graphics, and text overlays

Apply color correction, audio mixing, and basic motion graphics as needed

Maintain brand consistency and visual style across projects

Collaborate with creative leads to revise edits based on feedback from clients or internal teams

Organize and manage video assets using cloud-based project management tools (e.g. Frame.io, Dropbox, Asana, etc.).

**Qualifications**

2+ years of professional experience editing commercial, branded, or promotional content.

Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (especially Premiere Pro, After Effects and Photoshop)

Proficiency in AI filmmaking techniques

Knowledge of AI audio creation tools, including music and voiceover creators

Knowledge of AI image generators and prompting techniques, including Midjourney, Flux, Imagen and OpenAI

Knowledge of AI frame interpolation tools, like Runway, Kling, Higgsfield and Veo, including text-to-video techniques

Strong storytelling instincts with an understanding of pacing, tone, and audience

Knowledge of aspect ratios and platform-specific editing (TV, YouTube, TikTok, Meta, etc.).

Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced production environment.

Strong organizational and communication skills

Preferred understanding of ffmpeg and moviePy video editing standards and applications

Preferred familiarity with basic Python programming

Vica advisors and collaborators are leaders in the AI filmmaking community in Los Angeles. This role offers a unique opportunity to join that community and drive forward unique applications of these techniques.