We're looking for a highly skilled Video Editor to join the Atrium team, creating long-form documentary content focused on science, history, nature, and the mysteries of our world.
This role is focused on crafting immersive, narrative-driven videos that combine compelling storytelling, high-quality visuals, archival footage, motion graphics, and 3D sequences. The ideal candidate has a strong sense of pacing, knows how to build tension and retention, and can bring complex topics to life through thoughtful editing choices.
What You’ll Do- Edit long-form, documentary-style videos tailored for YouTube, with a strong focus on storytelling, pacing, and audience retention
- Refine the pacing of cuts, voiceover timing, and pauses to create a compelling narrative flow
- Work with pre-rendered 3D sequences, integrating them seamlessly into the edit based on provided direction
- Source high-quality, relevant stock footage if needed, and creatively incorporate it to support the story
- Create immersive transitions and engaging visual moments that elevate the viewing experience
- Apply color correction to ensure consistency between stock footage and 3D segments
- Collaborate closely with Directors to align on narrative structure, tone, and creative vision
- Integrate motion design elements (provided and/or self-created depending on skill level)
- Handle basic sound design, including audio cleanup, mixing, and balancing
- Ensure consistency in style, tone, and branding across all videos
- Deliver high-quality edits within tight deadlines to support a consistent publishing schedule
- Pre-rendered 3D sequences, with clear direction on placement
- Curated voiceovers and narrative scripts
- Motion design assets (depending on the project)
- Creative direction from the team, with room for your own input and ideas
- Proven experience editing YouTube content, ideally documentary-style or narrative-driven formats
- Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, and audience retention techniques
- Ability to source and curate high-quality stock footage that enhances storytelling
- Strong eye for visual cohesion, especially when blending different types of media (stock + 3D)
- Experience with color correction and creating a consistent visual look
- Detail-oriented, with a strong focus on quality and storytelling clarity
- Ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with creative teams
- Solid portfolio showcasing relevant YouTube or long-form work
- Comfortable creating or adapting motion graphics when needed (bonus, not required)
- Bonus: Experience in sound design and audio post-production
- You’ll collaborate on well-established YouTube channels with a strong audience and proven content formats
- You’ll work on high-quality, narrative-driven content with a strong creative focus
- You’ll be part of a fast-moving, creative, and supportive team
- You’ll have autonomy and creative input in how stories are told
Skills Required
- Proven experience editing YouTube or long-form documentary-style content
- Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, and audience retention techniques
- Ability to integrate pre-rendered 3D sequences into edits
- Ability to source and curate high-quality stock footage
- Experience with color correction to ensure visual consistency
- Basic sound design skills including audio cleanup, mixing, and balancing
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with creative teams
- Ability to deliver high-quality edits within tight deadlines
- Solid portfolio showcasing relevant YouTube or long-form work
- Comfortable creating or adapting motion graphics when needed
- Experience in sound design and audio post-production
What We Do
Telos Media is a digital studio on a mission to build a wiser world through impactful entertainment. We create animation channels, documentaries, and other content formats designed to both entertain and enlighten. We believe media can be so much more than distraction—it can inspire curiosity, deliver meaningful education, and leave people better than it found them. With a global team of 100+ creators, researchers, writers, animators, and producers, we create engaging, educational animated content that resonates worldwide. We’re rapidly expanding with ambitions to grow our presence not just on YouTube, but into Hollywood and beyond. Our Impact: 100+ talented team members 40+ YouTube channels spanning diverse topics 15M+ subscribers and growing 11B+ total views across our network 14+ languages, making knowledge accessible globally Our Brands: MrSpherical Solarballs HumanBuddy Atrium Life & The Earth
