$119,800–$234,700 Per Year
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Broadcasting, Business Operations, Channel Strategies, Communication Skills, Consumer Marketing, Creative Brief, Detail Oriented, Documentaries, Editing, Establish Priorities, Internet Audio, Local News, Microsoft Product Family, Multitasking, Organizational Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Production Systems, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Social Media Marketing, Storytelling, Team Player, Time Management, Video Editing, Web Production, YouTube
Overview
Microsoft's Consumer Marketing Organization (CMO) Social Marketing team is revolutionizing the art of storytelling in the age of AI. We are seeking a highly organized, business driven, and operational minded creator partnership leader that embodies innovation and a deep passion for insights and quality execution.
As Senior Video Editor, you will work closely with our world-class producers, strategists, and channel leads to bring ideas to life, refine pacing, and elevate the creative standard across every video. This role is ideal for an editor who understands that editing is storytelling and who is excited to push beyond technical execution into creative problem solving.
You'll be part of a team that treats YouTube as a strategic channel, building long-form content systems designed to grow audiences and deliver measurable results over time.
The ideal candidate thrives in fast‑moving environments, brings deep storytelling through longform video experience, and is passionate about how Microsoft tells stories across social.
Responsibilities
- Edit high-performing long-form YouTube content for our brands across established and emerging channels
- Assemble rough cuts and refine them into polished, final edits
- Execute pacing decisions that prioritize clarity, retention, and storytelling
- Collaborate with producers and strategists to interpret creative briefs and bring concepts to life
- Implement notes quickly and accurately across multiple feedback rounds
- Manage multiple projects at once while meeting deadlines
- Maintain consistency across episodes, formats, and recurring content series
- Ensure assets, timelines, and exports follow consistent internal standards
- Support the development of repeatable editing systems that enable channel scale
- Streamline editing processes and workflows to ensure projects stay on track and deadlines are met
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years experience in professional production environment (e.g., lighting, shooting, audio recording, web production, writing), post-production environment, or broadcasting (e.g., local news)
- OR equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional editing experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating storytelling craft. YouTube experience preferred
- Deep proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or comparable editing software
- Solid understanding of YouTube pacing, structure, retention tactics, and platform best practices
- Experience editing educational, narrative, branded, or documentary-style content
- Experience editing long-form content (YouTube experience strongly preferred)
- Understanding of pacing, retention, and storytelling structure
- Comfort working in fast-paced environments with competing client priorities and tight timelines
- Collaborative mindset and ability to communicate clearly with producers and teams
- Solid attention to detail and file organization skills
- Ability to take feedback constructively and iterate quickly
- Passion for YouTube and curiosity about what makes content perform
Video Production IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800.00 - $234,700.00 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200.00 - $261,000.00 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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