Saatchi & Saatchi

Content Creator (Editor/Motion Designer)

Saatchi & Saatchi$66K — $101K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of professional editing and motion graphics experience in an advertising agency, production company, or in-house creative studio with expert proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
  • Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Proven portfolio demonstrating editorial storytelling and advanced motion design.
  • Experience creating content for various media platforms: broadcast, digital, social, and emerging outlets.
  • Strong grasp of post-production workflows and technical specifications related to color management and audio finishing.
  • Excellent organizational abilities for managing media libraries and complex project files.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, with familiarity in lighting and camera setups.

Responsibilities

  • Edit high-quality video content across various platforms and formats.
  • Design and animate engaging motion graphics and branded assets.
  • Collaborate with various creative team members to craft visual narratives.
  • Oversee projects from rough cut to final delivery with attention to detail.
  • Integrate multiple media elements into finished products.
  • Adapt creative assets for various distribution channels and formats.
  • Shoot simple tabletop or social-first content as needed.

Benefits

  • Medical coverage including dental and vision.
  • Disability insurance and 401K plan.
  • Parental and family care leave along with family forming assistance.
  • Tuition reimbursement for educational pursuits.
  • Flexible time off to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Overview

We're looking for a talented Editor/Motion Designer to join our integrated production studio, combining hands-on editorial and motion design expertise with a strong understanding of post-production workflows, production technology, and creative production processes. This hybrid role is ideal for someone who excels at crafting compelling visual stories from capture to finish while contributing the effective use and ongoing improvement of established production workflows and tools.

Supporting a portfolio of regulated CPG brands, you'll shoot simple tabletop/social first content, edit digital, social, and broadcast content while creating engaging motion graphics and animations that elevate creative work across platforms. In addition to creative execution, you'll contribute to the ongoing development of post-production workflows, project organization and efficient production practices. Ability to light and shoot simple tabletop and social content is required.

The ideal candidate combines exceptional editorial instincts, strong motion design skills, technical curiosity, practical lighting and shooting skills, strong organizational abilities and an interest in improving creative production workflows.

Responsibilities

Production & Post-Production
  • Edit high-quality video content for broadcast, digital, social, retail, and experiential campaigns.
  • Design and animate motion graphics, titles, typography, product animations, explainers, and branded assets.
  • Collaborate with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, Producers, and Strategists to develop engaging visual stories.
  • Take projects from rough cut through final delivery, maintaining strong attention to pacing, storytelling, music/SFX, and visual polish.
  • Integrate color, audio, stock media, graphics, and VFX elements into finished content.
  • Adapt creative assets across multiple formats, aspect ratios, and distribution channels.
  • Light and shoot simple tabletop or social first video and photo content as required.

Workflow & Technical Practices
  • Follow established post-production workflows, project organization, media management and QC/delivery standards.
  • Maintain consistent file organization, naming conventions, version control and overall project hygiene while identifying opportunities to improve existing practices.
  • Stay current with relevant editing technologies, AI-assisted workflows, automation, and software tools, and recommend opportunities that may improve individual or project-level efficiency.
  • Collaborate with producers and studio leadership on workflow or production improvements
  • Assist with equipment inventory, storage management, and inform appropriate use of production and post-production equipment and resources as needed.

Collaboration
  • Work closely with shooters, producers, designers, and external production partners throughout post-production.
  • Participate in creative reviews, incorporating feedback while maintaining creative integrity.
  • Share technical expertise and best practices across the broader team.
  • Collaborate across multiple brands while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of professional editing and motion graphics experience in an advertising agency, production company, or in-house creative studio with expert proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
  • Strong working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and Media Encoder.
  • Demonstrated portfolio showcasing editorial storytelling and sophisticated motion design.
  • Experience delivering content across broadcast, digital, social, and emerging media platforms.
  • Strong understanding of post-production workflows, codecs, color management, audio finishing, and delivery specifications.
  • Excellent organizational skills with experience managing media libraries and complex project files.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced agency environment.
  • Familiarity with different lighting scenarios and camera setups for photo and video along with platform-specific best practices.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting creative operations, working within established workflows and digital asset management or contributing to workflow improvements.
  • Familiarity with Frame.io, Cinema 4D, Figma, or AI-powered creative tools.
  • Experience working with regulated industries such as healthcare or pharmaceuticals.
  • Understanding of legal, compliance, and medical/legal/regulatory (MLR) review processes.
  • Basic scripting or automation experience for Adobe applications is a plus.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $66,120.00 - USD $101,790.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/13/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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