Junior Editor

JUNIOR EDITOR

Job Specification

Location: Cape Town, South Africa (studio-based, with on-location shoots)

Reports to: Creative Producer & Senior Editor

Type: Full-time

Salary: Market-related, based on experience

About Waterkant Studio

Waterkant Studio is a hospitality content studio based in Cape Town. We produce strategy, content, and media libraries for a group of hospitality brands, including a wine farm and restaurant, family vineyards, and UK-based partners. Our work spans branded video, photography, podcast production, and on-location shoots.

The Role

We're looking for a Junior Editor to join our small production team. You'll work across video and audio content — cutting footage from on-location shoots, assembling podcast episodes, and maintaining our media library — under the direction of the Creative Producer & Senior Editor. This isn't a button-pusher role: we need someone with a cinematic eye and a feel for story, who can take direction and cut in service of the group's bigger picture.
*If you're driven, creative, and excited to produce high-quality work, we'd love to see what you can bring to the team.

Responsibilities

• Assist the senior editor with all aspects of the post-production workflow


• Edit video content for client deliverables: short-form social cuts, long-form brand films, and on-location shoot footage


• Assemble podcast episodes, including audio clean-up, basic mixing and sound syncing


• Organise, label, and archive raw and edited footage in the studio's media library


• Colour grade and colour correct footage to a consistent studio standard


• Add motion graphics, titles, and lower-thirds where required


• Export review versions and final deliverables in multiple formats and aspect ratios for different platforms


• Support on-set logistics for on-location shoots as needed (equipment prep, backup, file transfer)


• Work efficiently to meet production schedules and turnaround deadlines set by the Creative Producer and Senior Editor


• Maintain version control and naming conventions across projects


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Requirements

No muggles allowed.

• 1–2 years' experience editing video professionally (freelance, agency, or in-house)


• Cinematic eye — a strong, instinctive sense of composition and shot selection


• Storyteller — can shape footage into a narrative, not just cut it together


• Strong offline editing capability in both DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro


• Proficient in Frame.io for review and approval workflows


• Takes direction well and edits in service of the group's bigger picture, not just the brief in front of them


• Understanding of codecs, frame rates, and file management for multi-camera and drone footage


• Based in or able to commute to Cape Town

Nice to Have

• Experience creating motion graphics, animated titles, and branded visual assets (Extra points)


• Basic understanding of sound design


• Experience editing podcast or long-form interview content


• Photography or on-location production experience

What We Offer

• Direct mentorship from the studio's Creative Producer & Senior Editor


• Hands-on experience across video, podcast, and photography production


• Exposure to hospitality and lifestyle brand content work, including on-location shoots

Do not miss this opportunity, we want to hear from you; Apply now!