Video Storytelling Editor

About the Role

The Next Rodeo is looking for a storytelling-first video editor to turn raw footage, interviews, and longer recordings into clear, compelling video. You’ll help shape content for We Mean Business, social media, and other studio projects finding the strongest moments, building a narrative, and crafting polished edits that hold an audience’s attention.

This role calls for more than technical execution. We’re looking for someone with the creative judgment to understand a brief, make thoughtful editorial choices, and move an edit forward without needing every cut prescribed. The goal is to produce stronger first cuts and make collaboration and review more efficient.

A key focus of this role will be shaping video content for the We Mean Business podcast, The Next Rodeo’s platform for conversations with women in business. You’ll help turn full episodes and guest footage into polished edits and engaging, social-ready clips, while also contributing to other Content Studio and client projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit and repurpose raw footage to produce full-length We Mean Business podcast episodes, along with engaging promotional videos and platform-ready social clips, ensuring a consistent visual style across all content.

• Shape raw footage into coherent, engaging stories that meet the creative brief.

• Identify standout moments, themes, and hooks in longer recordings and interviews.

• Create polished edits and shorter social-ready cuts from longer-form content.

• Develop montage and voiceover-led edits, using pacing, music, and footage selection to support the story. Bring independent creative judgment to the edit—not just follow a list of timestamps or cut instructions.

• Collaborate with the creative team on direction, feedback, revisions, and final delivery.

• Keep footage, versions, and handoffs organized as projects move through the editing process.

• Perform color grading and audio mixing/mastering to ensure high production quality across full podcast episodes and shorter edits.

Qualifications and Skills

• A portfolio that demonstrates strong storytelling, pacing, and editorial judgment.

• Experience editing video for social or digital platforms; podcast, interview, or behind-the-scenes content is a plus.

• Ability to find a clear story in raw footage and shape it into a concise, polished edit.

• Good instincts for selecting moments and working with music, voiceover, and transitions.

• Comfortable interpreting a creative brief, collaborating with a team, and incorporating feedback.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted editing or content tools is a plus; storytelling skill and creative judgment are the priority.

• Proficiency in color grading and audio mixing/mastering for full-length video episodes and clips.

About The Next Rodeo

The Next Rodeo is a next-generation creative agency where strategic insight meets cutting-edge invention. We are designed for a new era, combining seasoned human experience with the power of technological innovation to blaze new trails for businesses.

Our approach harnesses the timeless power of storytelling and amplifies it with AI to create authentic, impactful work. By integrating human creativity with technology, The Next Rodeo turns experience into advantage and power into acceleration for our clients. We are relentless in our pursuit of powerful ideas that build brands, shift perceptions, and drive results.

We look forward to hearing from you!