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You'll work with our team to edit and animate YouTube videos, social shorts, conference highlights, case studies, and launch films, with free rein to use any tool that makes them better, including ones that didn't exist six months ago.\nAI is reshaping the video editing space in similar ways to how it is transforming software broadly. We're looking for someone who embraces this new world of creating, combining this with your own personal craft to make excellent video content. We give you the room, the tools, and the time to both create and experiment.\nWhat we're looking for\nA portfolio that shows strong editing across formats. YouTube, short form edits, podcasts, etc.\nA sharp sense of pacing, structure, and story: you know what to keep, what to cut, and how to time things to maintain an engaged audience.\nEqual comfort with editing, animation, and design: you can shape a story, incorporate interesting visuals, and set clean, expressive type that reads well on any screen.\nFluency in professional editing tools such as Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro.\nExperience using AI tools to create animations, assist with editing, and the curiosity to push the limits of how these can be used in a video creation workflow.\nAbility to create custom scripts and leverage AI to automate parts of your pipeline, such as transcription, thumbnail ideation, and generating rough edits of large amounts of footage.\nWork closely with our team to help shape ideas before the edit starts, and iterate on feedback quickly.\nWhat you'll edit\nYouTube videos, from explainers to interviews, paced to hold attention start to finish.\nShorts and vertical clips for social platforms.\nConference talks, full-talks from our events and clips to share on socials.\nLaunch videos, where timing, polish, and pacing carry the announcement.\nThumbnails, title cards, typography, and motion graphics that go with all of the above.\nHow you'll work\nA combination of strong individual editing skills combined with an excitement for how AI can improve the speed and quality at which we create.\nIn close collaboration with the Marketing team at PlanetScale.\nYou'll have time and budget to try new tools.\nBonus points\nBackground in Software Development, or working with Engineering companies\nExperience editing tech / developer content\nA channel or account you've grown yourself\nExperience with code-driven video tools like Remotion\nA knack for creating engaging thumbnails and titles\nSound design and audio mixing skills\nExperience shooting or directing your own footage\nLivestream or live event production experience\nWhy PlanetScale\nPlanetScale is a profitable company with a philosophy centered around building small teams of p99 individuals and is recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America.\nAt PlanetScale we believe in supporting people to do their best work and thrive no matter the location. Our mission is to build a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company. We strive to build an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued, whether they are a candidate or an employee. We welcome applicants of any educational background, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, citizenship, socioeconomic status, disability, pregnancy status, and veteran status.\nIf you have a disability, please let us know if there’s any way we can make the interview process better for you; we’re happy to accommodate!\nTotal Compensation and Pay Transparency\nAn employee’s total compensation consists of base salary + variable comp where appropriate + benefits + equity. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to answer any further questions when we engage with you to begin the interview. \nBase salary range: $150,000 - $200,000\nPlanetScale is growing rapidly and reinventing the database space. 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