Video Editor (Digital News) – LoudLabs

📍 Location: Noida (Onsite)

About the Role

At LoudLabs, we partner with India’s leading digital news channel to build, scale, and operate their digital video ecosystem.

Editing here is not a support function.

It is where news either earns attention or disappears.

We are looking for news-first digital video editors who understand that audiences do not automatically care about the news. Your edit decides whether they stay.

If you believe editing is just assembling clips, this role will frustrate you.

This Role Is For You If

• You instinctively fight for the first 5 seconds

• You can feel weak pacing before analytics confirms it

• You rewatch viral news videos to study structure, not effects

• You cut aggressively and defend your choices with clarity

• You care more about retention than compliments

What You’ll Actually Do

• Edit high-impact digital news videos for YouTube

• Turn raw reporting into tight, watchable narratives

• Fix weak scripts through structure and pacing

• Decide what stays, what goes, and what gets reordered

• Build tension and clarity without sensationalising facts

• Work closely with anchors, writers, and editors

• Own the performance of your edits, not just delivery

You will not be given step-by-step instructions.

You are expected to think.

What “Good” Means Here

• Viewers stay longer than intended

• Drop-offs happen late, not early

• The edit holds even when footage is average

• The story works with and without sound

• Data confirms what your instincts predicted

If you cannot explain why a video worked or failed, you are guessing.

Who Should Not Apply

• Editors who wait to be told what to cut

• Editors who hide behind “that’s how the script was”

• Editors who prioritise aesthetics over clarity

• Editors uncomfortable with feedback or accountability

This role exposes habits quickly.

Tools and Skill Reality

• Strong command over Adobe Premiere Pro. / FCP

• Clear understanding of pacing, rhythm, and sound

• Experience editing digital-first news or documentary content

After Effects helps. Judgment is non-negotiable.

What You’ll Get at LoudLabs

• Your work reaches millions every month

• Feedback driven by real audience behaviour

• Freedom to experiment and iterate

• Growth based on output, not tenure

• Direct exposure to how India’s biggest digital news operation actually works

Final Truth

If you need detailed instructions to make an edit engaging, LoudLabs is not for you.

If you believe the edit creates the story, not just supports it, you will thrive here.