Senior Video Editor (R3918) Job at Shield AI in Baltimore

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Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description : The Marketing Team at Shield AI is hiring a Senior Video Editor / Videographer focused on post-production craft. You are a creative, detail oriented editor with strong technical expertise and a refined creative vision who can turn complex ideas into compelling visual stories and broadcast quality deliverables. You will partner closely with designers, and writers to shape story, pace, sound, color, and finishing for high impact content across platforms and aspect ratios. You collaborate across creative functions to maintain healthy post workflows, including media organization, project templates, motion graphics packages, captioning, color pipelines, and QC. You manage multiple projects in a fast paced environment and deliver on tight timelines. You respond to and synthesize feedback efficiently, sometimes on short notice, and you coordinate with on set teams to align capture needs for interviews, multicam, and b-roll.

The role includes on location travel (approximately 25 percent of the year) and flexibility for last minute production needs. When needed, you execute single shooter video, including planning and packing, location prep, solo camera, audio, and lighting setup, directing talent and interviewees, safe data wrangling and DIT in the field, and timely handoff to post. You work independently when required while collaborating closely with internal video producers and key stakeholders.

What you'll do :

• Edit high quality brand and product stories, building clear narratives from interviews, VO, b roll, product, and archival footage.
• Contribute across the process from concept through final delivery, including approach, schedules, rough cuts, refinements, and finishing.
• Prepare masters and cutdowns for multiple platforms and aspect ratios, add captions and subtitles, and run thorough QC.
• Clean and mix audio, including dialogue cleanup, noise reduction, music selection and timing, and mix ready exports.
• Perform color correction and grading, manage consistent looks and LUTs, and deliver to web and broadcast specifications.
• Partner hand in hand with marketing team leadership to align on briefs, tone, and strategic objectives.
• Execute single shooter video when needed, including prep, solo camera, audio, and lighting setup, directing interviewees, safe data wrangling and DIT, and timely handoff to post.
• Travel for location shoots (approximately 25 percent of the year), sometimes on short notice, and maintain flexibility for production hours.
• Follow site and data handling protocols, including secure management of sensitive or export controlled material when applicable.
• Operate and maintain professional camera equipment such as Sony A7S III, Sony FX6, and similar gear.
• Respond to feedback quickly and thoughtfully from leadership and stakeholders, iterating to refine video assets.
• Balance multiple projects simultaneously, meet tight deadlines, and uphold high creative standards.
• Ensure all video content aligns with Shield AI’s brand style guide and complies with data handling and export control protocols when applicable.

Required qualifications :

Preferred qualifications :

$90,000 - $140,000 a year

EOE statements : Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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