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Video Editor/Animator

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of professional experience in video editing, with a strong focus on narrative storytelling
  • Demonstrated expertise in documentary-style editing, including working with interviews and unscripted footage
  • Advanced proficiency in industry-standard tools (e.g., Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, or similar)
  • Strong skills in color grading, pacing, and visual storytelling

Responsibilities

  • Edit video from raw footage to final delivery, ensuring high-quality, engaging outputs
  • Shape compelling narrative arcs using documentary-style storytelling techniques
  • Transform complex product and business concepts into clear, engaging visual stories for global audiences
  • Collaborate closely with producers, writers, content designers, and stakeholders to bring stories to life

About the company

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Autodesk

Computer Software / SaaS

Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made. Our technology spans architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, media, and entertainment, empowering innovators everywhere to solve challenges big and small. From greener buildings to smarter products to more mesmerizing blockbusters, Autodesk software helps our customers to design and make a better world for all. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryComputer Software / SaaS
Company size10001

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Job description

Job Requisition ID #

26WD99226

Position Overview

Autodesk is reimagining how we enable our global sales, customer success, and partner teams to drive customer value. The Video Editor/Animator plays a critical role in shaping how stories are told, transforming business concepts, product narratives, and seller and customer outcomes into engaging, innovative, and impactful documentary-style experiences for our new streaming platform.

This role is both craft and story-driven. You will edit and construct narrative video content from interviews, field footage, stock video, and AI generated video creating enablement experiences. You will bring clarity, emotion, and engagement to every piece working across a variety of storytelling styles while demonstrating strong editorial judgment and technical expertise in editing, color grading, and motion graphics.


Responsibilities

  • Edit video from raw footage to final delivery, ensuring high-quality, engaging outputs

  • Shape compelling narrative arcs using documentary-style storytelling techniques

  • Edit a wide range of content including documentary segments, interviews, explainers, episodic, and micro-enablement videos

  • Transform complex product and business concepts into clear, engaging visual stories for global audiences

  • Apply advanced color grading, sound design, and finishing techniques to elevate production quality

  • Create and integrate motion graphics, titles, and visual elements that enhance storytelling and impact

  • Work comfortably across multiple storytelling styles (documentary, instructional, branded, narrative-driven enablement)

  • Collaborate closely with producers, writers, content designers, and stakeholders to bring stories to life

  • Provide creative direction and editorial guidance to junior editors, helping elevate team output and consistency

  • Ensure all content aligns with brand standards, tone, and Go-to-Market priorities

  • Continuously explore and incorporate new editing techniques, tools, and storytelling formats


Minimum Qualifications

  • 4+ years of professional experience in video editing, with a strong focus on narrative storytelling

  • Demonstrated expertise in documentary-style editing, including working with interviews and unscripted footage

  • Advanced proficiency in industry-standard tools (e.g., Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, or similar)

  • Strong skills in color grading, pacing, and visual storytelling

  • Ability to create and incorporate custom motion graphics

  • Strong sense of story structure, pacing, and emotional impact

  • Experience creating motion graphics and visual enhancements to support narrative clarity

  • Ability to translate complex ideas into engaging, digestible video content

  • Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional environments

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver high-quality work on tight timelines


Preferred Qualifications

  • Background in documentary filmmaking, branded content, or educational media

  • Experience producing micro-enablement or short-form instructional content

  • Experience mentoring or guiding other editors

  • Familiarity with enterprise, sales enablement, or product storytelling environments

  • Ability to balance creative storytelling with structured objectives

  • A passion for empowering people through engaging, innovative edutainment experiences

  • The ability to simplify complexity and make enablement fun, relevant, and actionable

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $75,000 and $110,000. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

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