Video Editor & Motion Designer

Please login or register as jobseeker to apply for this job.

TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

SALARY

$850/month

HOURS PER WEEK

40

DATE UPDATED

Oct 2, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

Role summary: Owns everything from rough cut to final assembly — cutting narration-driven long-form video, building 2D motion graphics and text animations, and handling music/sound design — for Paper Trail's fraud & scandal documentaries.

Paper Trail is a new narrated documentary channel covering financial fraud and corporate scandal (Ponzi schemes, accounting fraud, cover-ups, market manipulation), in the Hoog / Fern / Jake Tran mold.

What you'll do:
- Assemble rough cuts from a shot list, voice over and editing notes and provided 3D assets into a finished edit.
- Build the 2D side of the Paper Trail visual language: kinetic text animations for on-screen callouts and data points, lower-thirds, and any explainer-style 2D graphics (charts, timelines, maps).
- Handle music selection/mixing and sound design from the channel's licensed library — driving the tension/release pacing the format runs on.
- Sourcing relevant archival b-rolls online.
- Work directly from the script's flagged visual cues and the shot list.
- Take a cut through multiple review rounds, incorporating notes until it's locked for publish.
- Help build reusable templates (title card, lower-third, text-animation presets) as the channel's asset library matures.

What we're looking for:
- Mid-to-senior editor with real narrative pacing sense for narrated long-form documentary, not short-form or vlog editing. Portfolio should show that register.
- Can both cut long-form and build 2D motion graphics in After Effects. This is one combined role, not an editor plus a separate motion person.
- A sound design instinct — using music and SFX to build tension rather than leaning on stock drop-ins.
- Comfortable respecting the channel's visual identity consistently (from an animation to the next, from one video to the next).
- Always eager to improve and learn.

Software knowledge we're looking for:
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe After Effects
- Frame.io
- Notion

VIEW OTHER JOB POSTS FROM:
SHARE THIS POST
facebook linkedin
  BENCHMARKS  
Loading Time: Base Classes  0.0010
Controller Execution Time ( Jobseekers / Job )  0.0233
Total Execution Time  0.0251
  GET DATA  
No GET data exists
  MEMORY USAGE  
1,486,336 bytes
  POST DATA  
No POST data exists
  URI STRING  
jobseekers/job/Video-Editor-Motion-Designer-1737780
  CLASS/METHOD  
jobseekers/job
  DATABASE:  onlinejobs (Jobseekers:$db)   QUERIES: 13 (0.0135 seconds)  (Hide)
0.0008   SELECT *
                                
FROM exrates
                                WHERE rate_name 
= 'USD-PHP' 
0.0009   SELECT *
FROM `employer_jobs`
WHERE `job_id` = 1737780
 LIMIT 1 
0.0004   SELECT *
FROM `employers`
WHERE `employer_id` = 979679
 LIMIT 1 
0.0009   SELECT COUNT(*) AS `numrows`
FROM `t_thread` `t`
LEFT JOIN `t_thread_misc` `misc` ON `t`.`id` = `misc`.`thread_id`
WHERE `t`.`job_id` = 1737780
AND `misc`.`id` IS NULL 
0.0005   SELECT e.business_name, e.logo, e.website, e.rebill_date, e.date_added member_date, hits, DATEDIFF('2026-10-04',ej.date_added) duration_days, DATEDIFF('2026-10-04',e.rebill_date) duration_rebill, ej.*, e.deactivate FROM employers e, employer_jobs ej WHERE e.employer_id = ej.employer_id AND
                                   ((
e.user_level >= '500' AND ej.date_added <= e.rebill_date)
                                   OR 
e.employer_id = '' OR (ej.date_approved <> '2000-01-01' and DATEDIFF('2026-10-04',ej.date_added) <= 14 ))
                                   AND 
e.deactivate != 1 AND ej.deleted = 0 AND job_id = '1737780' 
0.0003   SELECT *
FROM `employer_jobs_skills` `ejs`
LEFT JOIN `skills_categories` `sc` ON `ejs`.`skill_id` = `sc`.`id`
WHERE `job_id` = 1737780 
0.0007   UPDATE employer_jobs SET hit_counts = '***Sep-24-2026=5***Sep-25-2026=6***Sep-26-2026=3***Sep-27-2026=271***Sep-28-2026=28***Sep-29-2026=11***Sep-30-2026=1***Oct-01-2026=2***Oct-02-2026=1537***Oct-03-2026=23***Oct-04-2026=1' WHERE job_id= '1737780'  
0.0015   UPDATE employer_jobs SET monthly_hits = '***Sep-2026=325***Oct-2026=1563' WHERE job_id= '1737780'  
0.0008   SELECT date_sent FROM jobseeker_sent_emails WHERE jobseeker_id = '' AND job_id = '1737780' AND status LIKE 'sent%' ORDER BY id DESC  
0.0003   SELECT *
FROM `employer_jobs_skills` `ejs`
LEFT JOIN `skills_categories` `sc` ON `ejs`.`skill_id` = `sc`.`id`
WHERE `job_id` = 1737780 
0.0004   SELECT COUNT(*) AS `numrows`
FROM `employer_jobs`
WHERE `employer_id` = '979679'
AND `date_added` >= '2022-06-08' 
0.0032   select * from teasers 
0.0029   SELECT * FROM skill_categories WHERE skill_cat_id='' 
  HTTP HEADERS  (Show)
  SESSION DATA  (Show)
  CONFIG VARIABLES  (Show)