Junior Editor (intern)

Plural is a multidisciplinary marketing company. Our team’s mission is to bring a culture of creativity, a posture of possibility, and an abundance of craft to the world. We are practitioners, facilitating a strategic social-first approach to modern media.

As a Junior Editor (Contractor/Intern) at Plural, you will serve as a core post-production engine across our internal media initiatives and partner campaign workflows. Working under the guidance of the Team Lead, Production & Editor, this role is tailored for a detail-oriented, high-energy college senior who understands the crucial difference between traditional narrative editing and fast-paced, social-first commercial editing.

In this position, you will take ownership of editing Plural’s internal video assets while providing essential post-production support on client work through rough assemblies, selects, and project setups. You will also serve as a key anchor in the studio, keeping post-production pipelines moving smoothly when the team is out traveling or on-location for production shoots.

Key Responsibilities

Internal Video Editing & Plural Storytelling

• Internal Video Ownership: Lead assembly and final cuts for Plural’s internal media properties, including Plural Perspectives episodes, internal case studies, studio sizzle reels, and BTS content.
• Commercial Pacing & Craft: Cut engaging short-form and digital video assets with a sharp eye for commercial visual rhythm, platform-native pacing, trending audio, and brand identity.

Post-Production Assembly & Edit Support

• Rough Assemblies & Selects: Support editors and producers by ingesting raw footage, organizing project bins, creating selects, and cutting initial rough assemblies for commercial client projects.
• Commercial Storytelling: Apply an understanding of commercial storytelling - focusing on hook timing, concise messaging, visual rhythm, and graphic integration - rather than traditional long-form narrative structures.
• Cutdowns & Reformatting: Adapt master edits into platform-native cutdowns for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, ensuring correct aspect ratios and compression specs.

Workflow Continuity & Project Prep

• Travel Coverage & Studio Continuity: Act as a reliable post-production contact in the studio to field edit requests, deliver revisions, and manage pipeline assets when the team is traveling for physical shoots.
• Project Setup & Technical Standards: Meticulously build out Premiere Pro project files according to Plural’s post-production guidelines (the PLOG), including folder optimization, file naming, and proxy creation.
• Archiving & Delivery: Export, spot-check, and back up final project files and master assets across local archive drives and cloud servers.

• Academic & Experience Level: Current College Senior pursuing a degree in Film/Video Production, Post-Production, Digital Media, or a related field, with 1–2 years of practical experience gained through internships, freelancing, or student production groups.
• Editing Focus: Demonstrated focus in video editing, with a clear understanding of the differences in pacing, structure, and intent between commercial brand work and narrative storytelling.
• Software Proficiency: Intermediate expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and Media Encoder. Working familiarity with After Effects, Photoshop, and DaVinci Resolve is a plus.
• Technical Foundations: Strong grasp of post-production technical fundamentals - video codecs, aspect ratios, frame rates, audio leveling, color correction, and proxy workflows.
• Adaptability & Pace: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative studio environment with quick turnaround times and constructive feedback loops.
• Location & Availability: NYC-based and available for a minimum of 2 full days per week in-studio (Mondays and Tuesdays, with potential for Thursdays; 8 hours/day) at our Lower East Side studio (195 Chrystie St) from September 2026 through the end of January 2027.

You’re a Great Fit If You:

• Love video pacing, sound design, and modern social video trends.
• Possess a proactive problem-solving mindset and take pride in organized folder structures.
• Can jump in independently to assemble a cut or organize footage when lead editors are away on set.
• Are eager to build a professional post-production portfolio in a collaborative, agency studio environment.

Role & Contract Details

• Timeline: September 2026 – End of January 2027 (~5 Months)
• Schedule: Temporary Contract (Minimum 16–24 hours per week); Minimum 2 full days in-studio (Mondays and Tuesdays required, Thursdays optional).
• Reports To: Team Lead, Production & Editor
• Location: 195 Chrystie St (Studio 901-D), Lower East Side, NYC.
• Compensation: Paid Hourly ($23 / hour)
• Occasional weekday or weekend work on a project-by-project basis.

About Plural

Based in the Lower East Side of NYC, we cultivate and celebrate communities, strengthening our partner’s digital presence as well as create captivating creative content that resonates and inspires the communities we connect with.

We form long-term relationships with our partners built on mutual respect, healthy creative collaboration, inspiration, and sustained growth. We partner with a wide variety of brands and organizations bringing pivotal value as an extension of the partner team.

Plural’s partnerships range from local businesses to global brands, organizations, nonprofits, and personalities. Our partner list includes Seven Seven Six Fund, AERIN Beauty, AllModern, Cash App, EarlyBird, Deseret Wellness, DKNY, Jack Conte, Joss & Main, NAPAWF, Pure Utah, The Grand, Tom Ford Beauty, and Turf Design.

We act as a business partner, not a supplier.

We lead with business empathy.

We believe our unique perspectives make us stronger.

We are human-centered and empathic.

We encourage collaboration and play.

We create together.

We learn together.

We grow together.

We are Plural.