Senior Video Editor

IP STUDIOS is seeking an experienced Senior Video Editor with strong storytelling instincts and excellent technical skills to join their team in Abu Dhabi. You will be responsible for turning raw footage into polished, engaging content across diverse client brands and formats.

IP STUDIOS is an award-winning cross-platform production house based in London and Abu Dhabi, with offices in Riyadh and Beirut, specializing in creating world-class content and live productions. They produce a wide range of programming including drama, lifestyle, factual, kids, sports, and branded entertainment, as well as large-scale sports events and live productions.

If you are a skilled video editor with a passion for storytelling and experience in AI workflows, apply now to contribute to creative direction and shape the final edit.

Company Overview

An award-winning cross-platform production house, dedicated to the creation of world-class content and live productions. At IPStudios, they define success through their storytelling. Based in London and Abu Dhabi, with offices in Riyadh and Beirut, IPSTUDIOS selectively develops, produces and co-produces a wide range of bespoke programming including drama, lifestyle, factual, kids, sports, and branded entertainment. In addition to this, IPStudios extensively works on producing large-scale sports events and live production – from production setup to management.

Quick Details

• Job Type: Full-time
• Experience: 5 Year+
• Qualifications: bachelors-degree

Key Responsibilities

• Edit brand films, promotional campaigns, corporate videos, interviews, event highlights and social content.
• Propose editorial treatments, select visual references and develop compelling first cuts from briefs, scripts and raw footage.
• Shape each edit through purposeful pacing, music selection, sound design, colour and graphics.
• Create motion graphics, animated typography and compositing elements that align with each brand.
• Produce campaign cutdowns and versions tailored to different platforms, screen formats and durations.
• Handle colour correction, audio cleanup, subtitles and final quality checks.
• Use AI-assisted post-production and generative image or video tools to create or enhance visual elements, maintaining continuity, quality and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with creative and production teams, manage client revisions and meet agreed deadlines.
• Maintain organised project files, assets, versions and handovers.

Requirements

• Minimum five years of professional video editing experience, including at least three years within a creative agency or production house.
• A strong portfolio of completed commercial work across multiple clients and formats.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and strong working knowledge of After Effects.
• Excellent understanding of storytelling, shot selection, pacing, music and sound design.
• Ability to develop an editorial direction and deliver a strong first cut with limited supervision.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted post-production and generative image or video tools, with examples showing how outputs were incorporated into finished work.
• Strong understanding of post-production workflows, codecs, frame rates, aspect ratios and final delivery specifications.
• Experience managing multiple projects and responding constructively to client feedback.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to explain creative decisions clearly.

Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to creative direction and shape the final edit.
• Work across diverse client brands and formats.
• Utilize AI-assisted post-production and generative tools.
• Collaborate with creative and production teams.
• Gain experience in a leading production house.