Video Editor
Also known as: Video Editing Executive · Post-production Editor
Edits raw footage into finished videos for news, digital media, brands and entertainment.
What you’d do
Video editors turn raw footage into finished pieces: news packages, short social videos, ads, interviews or longer shows. News channels, digital media outlets, production houses and brand content teams hire them. Most of the day is at the edit desk, working to a brief and a deadline.
- Cut and assemble footage to a story
- Add graphics, captions, music and sound
- Colour-correct and export for platforms
- Revise edits from producer feedback
How you get in
Hiring is based on a showreel. Freshers often start as assistant editors, interns in newsrooms, or freelancers editing short-form content, and build a portfolio from there.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Storytelling through editing
- Editing software and file formats
- Sound and colour basics
- Working fast under deadlines
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
BJMC graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BJMC graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Newsroom editing runs on shifts; freelance work pays per project.
- Short-form social video has added many entry-level openings.
- Next steps: senior editor, post-production supervisor, or video producer.
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