Video Editor (Trailer Specialist)
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Responsibilities
Collaborate with the creative team, producers, and (in most cases) the capture team to conceptualize and deliver high-quality trailers for a variety of platforms and uses.
- Implement sound design, music, and voice-over elements to enhance the emotional impact of each trailer.
- Partner with the graphics team to apply visual effects and motion graphics that highlight key moments, dialogue, and character expressions.
Requirements
- Proficiency in Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve.
- Proven experience editing trailers.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating a deep understanding of storytelling, pacing, and action-driven editing.
- Experience integrating VFX and sound design.
- Strong grasp of narrative structure, pacing, and emotional tone in trailer editing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience editing trailers for video games or cinematic projects.
- Knowledge of multiplayer games, RPGs, and FPS titles.
- Passion for video games and storytelling.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas eloquently.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven production environment.
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Keywords Studios
View Company ProfileKeywords Studios is a premier, globally distributed technical and creative services provider engineered to orchestrate end-to-end production pipelines for the video game and entertainment industries. Operating as a high-velocity development ecosystem, the company partners with top-tier AAA publishers to deliver specialized solutions across art creation, software engineering, audio localization, and rigorous quality assurance (QA). Moving beyond fragmented outsourcing models, Keywords Studios leverages a massive global footprint of over 70 integrated studios, enabling 24/7 follow-the-sun operational agility. Under the hood, their highly scalable infrastructure seamlessly integrates into native client workflows, handling everything from deeply immersive multilingual voice-overs to robust post-launch player support and live-ops management. What sets Keywords Studios apart is its uncompromising dedication to frictionless creative execution; by bridging the gap between deep technical engineering and world-class artistic production, the firm empowers global gaming giants to accelerate time-to-market, reduce operational bottlenecks, and deploy flawless interactive experiences to millions of players worldwide.
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