Our client is a leading Australian photography company and visual production company with 15 years of trading providing professional image editing and property presentation services. As the company continues to expand its operations, they are looking for a Video Editor to become part of their pioneer team in the Philippines.
As the company continues to expand its operations, they are looking for a Video Editor to become part of their pioneer team in the Philippines.
This career opportunity is ideal for someone with a strong visual eye who takes pride in producing consistent, professional work and can balance speed, accuracy and quality in a deadline-driven environment. As a member of the pioneer Philippine team, you will have the opportunity to play an important role in establishing and supporting the company's production operations in the Philippines while working with a team that values reliability, attention to detail, continuous improvement and ownership of assigned work.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Video Editing & Motion Graphics
- Edit and assemble high-volume real estate video content in Final Cut Pro, DaVinci or Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects to the studio standard
- Perform colour correction and grading, exposure balancing, white balance and contrast adjustments across clips for a consistent, cohesive look
- Correct shaky or unstable footage, stabilise handheld shots and adjust framing while maintaining a natural, realistic presentation
- Use tracks, layers, masks and non-destructive workflows efficiently; where required, complete multi-cam syncing, drone/aerial integration
- Design and animate motion graphics elements including location markers on aerial footage, property site outlines, lower thirds, titles, transitions and logo stings to studio brand guidelines
- Sync footage to music and voiceover, and manage pacing and rhythm to suit the intended platform and audience
- Create social media content derived from larger video productions.
- Perform minor edits on larger video projects as required.
- Follow established editing templates and style guidelines, while developing greater independence in the role over time.
- Motion graphics are expected to comprise approximately 10% of the workload and may range from basic to mid-range requirements such as aerial markups, drop pins and land boxes, through to more advanced animations for commercial real estate, including traffic visualisation and detailed aerial markups.
File Handling & Production Management
- Maintain excellent file-handling discipline across downloads, working files, exports, uploads and archives
- Follow naming conventions, folder structures, export specifications, version control and delivery procedures exactly
- Protect client material and maintain strict confidentiality of footage, addresses, project information and company files
- Identify missing, corrupt or unusual files early and communicate issues promptly
- Upload finished videos to the company's Vimeo system.
Illustrator & Floorplan Production
- Use Adobe After Effects and Illustrator confidently for motion graphics production and studio templates (or DaVinci Fusion)
- Produce clean, on-brand animated property site outlines, title sequences, lower thirds and end cards from supplied source material, following clients branding standards
- Check spelling, alignment, timing, brand colours and overall animation presentation before delivery; make revisions quickly when requested
Quality Assurance & Team Communication
- Complete a final quality-control check before every job is submitted
- Follow written instructions, job notes, examples and feedback precisely
- Communicate clearly in English when a brief is unclear or a production issue is identified
- Be receptive to feedback, retain corrections and apply learnings consistently to future work
- Manage priorities calmly when multiple jobs are due and escalate any risk to deadlines early
- Participate in strategy and consulting meetings on technical matters – internal and external – for company and client interests
- Participate in daily morning check-ins with the Australian team through the team's messaging system.
Primary Content Types
The role will primarily focus on real estate and property-related video content, with the expected content mix as follows:
- Approximately 90% real estate videos, covering residential and commercial properties.
- Approximately 10% other content, including interviews, testimonials and corporate functions.
- Social media content derived from main video productions.
Requirements
Must-have Skills / Qualification:
- Must have 2–3+ years of professional video editing experience in a commercial or production environment. 3–4+ years of hands-on professional video editing experience is highly preferred.
- Strong practical experience with Adobe Premiere Pro, including colour correction, audio syncing, multi-cam editing, trimming, transitions and footage clean-up
- Good working knowledge of Adobe After Effects for motion graphics, site outlines, motion tracking aerial footage, animated titles, lower thirds and templatebased design work
- Experience with AI-assisted editing or generative tools (e.g. Adobe Firefly, Premiere's AI features) is highly desirable, with the ability to review and refine AI-generated results to ensure they meet professional standards
- Strong visual judgement, with a good eye for pacing, colour, composition, consistency, realism and overall video presentation
- Ability to work on high-volume video production, with an expected workload calibrated to job complexity, potentially increasing with AI-assisted workflows for rough cuts and template-based assembly
- Strong file management and production discipline, including organising, naming, processing, uploading and managing large volumes of files accurately
- Ability to follow detailed editing instructions, job briefs, mark-ups and established production standards
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining speed, accuracy and consistency
- Good written and spoken English communication skills
- Ability to work independently, manage daily workloads and meet production deadlines
- Reliable computer equipment and stable internet connection suitable for handling large image files and remote production work
- Willingness to work according to Australian business/production requirements and quality standards
- Must be comfortable working as part of a pioneer production team in the Philippines and contributing to the development of the local operation.
- Must have their own working equipment for work
- Experience working with multi-asset production workflows and an understanding of post-production pipelines and delivery schedules.
- Must be able to demonstrate relevant real estate and/or architectural video editing work through a portfolio.
- Strong experience with Final Cut Pro is preferred, as it is the primary video editing platform used for the role.
Nice-to-have / Advantageous Skills
- Experience editing Australian-market videos, particularly understanding Australian property presentation standards
- Experience editing real-estate/property video
- Experience with drone and aerial photography, including drone property imagery • Experience working with helicopter/aerial photography
- Experience with architectural video production.
- Experience using AI tools to improve video editing and production workflows.
Job type: Independent Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday, Option 1: Starting at 6:30 AM PH Time; Option 2: Starting at 12:30 PM PH Time
Location: Work-from-home
Industry: Photography and Visual Production Company