📍 Location: Bangalore (Onsite)

Role Overview

The Editing Manager is responsible for leading, monitoring, and elevating a pod of editors to ensure every output matches the creative vision, timeline, and quality benchmarks set by the Creative Director, Writer, or Director.

This role requires someone who understands editing fundamentals, has hands-on familiarity with editing software, and is ready to evolve from pure execution to team leadership + workflow ownership.

Their primary mission:
Ensure editors work at the right pace, with the right quality, without bottlenecks, delays, or inefficiencies.

Type of Videos: YouTube + Instagram Infotainment Edits

Core Responsibilities

1. Daily Workflow Management

Mandatory check-in with every editor every 2 hours:
- Understand progress
- Identify blockers
- Reassign work if needed
- Maintain real-time visibility on all timelines
Maintain a daily dashboard of editor progress across all ongoing projects.
Ensure editors strictly follow the workflow SOPs (naming conventions, file structure, review process, exports, backups).

2. Quality Control & Creative Alignment

Ensure every edit aligns with the visual, narrative, and aesthetic direction provided by:
- Creative Director
- Writer
- Director
Conduct first-level QC before passing the output upstream.
Train editors on quality expectations, aesthetic guidelines, and improvements needed.
Prevent style mismatches, continuity errors, sloppy transitions, inconsistent graphics, or poor storytelling.

3. Efficiency & Performance Management

Identify instances where:
- A 10-minute change is taking 10 hours
- An editor is repeating errors
- Work is stuck due to lack of clarity or overthinking
Reduce turnaround delays, maintain speed without compromising quality.
Break down tasks and guide editors on smart workflows, shortcuts, and efficient tools.
Review daily work hours vs output and maintain a high-output culture without burnout.

4. Team Leadership & Support

Coach editors on:
- Faster editing techniques
- Understanding briefs better
- Handling revisions smoothly
- Communication etiquette with directors
Maintain a positive but performance-driven work environment.
Ensure no editor feels lost, directionless, or overwhelmed—team is always in motion.
Onboard new editors into the pod and train them to reach performance standards quickly.

5. Troubleshooting & Risk Management

Proactively spot:
- Technical issues (software, hardware, proxy files, missing assets)
- Creative misalignment
- Inefficiencies that slow down the pod
Step in before issues escalate into delays.
Coordinate with producers, directors, and post-production managers to resolve bottlenecks.

6. Collaboration & Reporting

Work closely with:
- Creative Director
- Writer / Researcher
- Director
- Post-Production Lead
- Producer / Project Manager
Provide end-of-day reports summarizing:
- What each editor achieved
- What is pending
- What is blocked
- What needs escalation

Key Performance Objectives (KPOs)

1. Output Speed & Efficiency

Reduce average editing time per deliverable by measurable percentages.
Maintain consistent progress without last-minute rush or lag.
Ensure 95%+ tasks meet internal deadlines.

2. Quality Consistency

< 10% escalations from Creative Director regarding quality issues.
Ensure every output aligns with brand/IP style guidelines.
Reduce errors that require re-edits by maintaining strong QC.

3. Pod Performance & Health

Keep the team aligned, responsive, and motivated.
Reduce “10-hour for 10-minute changes” scenario by enforcing proper work discipline.
Maintain clear task allocation and accountability.

4. Communication & Visibility

No unseen delays → every risk must be escalated early.
Daily updates delivered without fail.
Ensure editors communicate clearly, respond on time, and work as a unit.

Ideal Candidate Profile

2–5 years experience in editing or post-production.
Comfortable with Premiere Pro / Final Cut / DaVinci Resolve.
Strong understanding of editing logic, timelines, transitions, and storytelling.
Wants to grow into operations + team leadership rather than pure execution.
Calm, organized, structured, and decisive.
Strong eye for detail and narrative quality.

Success Looks Like

Within 60 days, this Editing Manager should:

Have complete visibility over all editors and their workloads.
Double the speed of output without dropping quality.
Ensure no editor is stuck, confused, or wasting time.
Become the single point of clarity, ensuring smooth flow between creative and editing teams.
Bring consistency, ownership, and reliability to the entire post-production pipeline.

Editing Manager- OWLED MEDIA