Senior Video Editor, YouTube – Inc42

Inc42 is India's #1 media and intelligence platform on the startup economy – covering journalism, Datalabs (India's largest free startup database, with 75,000+ companies), our flagship Editorial IPs (AI Summit, D2C & Retail Summit, FAST42, D2C Retreat), and Griffin, India's most curated private founder club.

Why this role exists

Inc42 is building its YouTube division from 0 to 1. We're revamping the channel, setting the strategy, building the formats and scaling it – long-form explainers, founder conversations, podcasts and original IPs built on a decade of startup journalism and data.

The edit is where that gets won or lost. We're hiring a senior editor who treats YouTube as its own language, takes a project from raw footage to final master without needing every decision prescribed, and sets the post-production standard the rest of the division works to.

What you'll own

Long-form YouTube edits, end to end: Explainers, founder interviews, podcasts and documentary-style stories, from raw footage to final master. This is the core of the job.

Story and structure in the edit: Finding the strongest moments, restructuring when the material demands it, building the opening and the momentum, knowing when to cut and when to let a moment breathe.

Podcast and multi-cam turnaround: Fast, clean first cuts on multi-camera conversations, so a shoot reaches the audience while it still matters.

Visual storytelling: B-roll, archival, screenshots, charts, on-screen text, sound design and everyday motion graphics that keep information-heavy subjects moving.

Shorts from long-form: Platform-native Shorts and cutdowns that are rebuilt for the format, not chopped from the timeline.

The post-production standard: Templates, presets, project structure, review workflow and delivery specs, including reviewing and raising the bar on freelance edits.

AI in the pipeline: Transcription, cleanup, roto, upscaling, generative assets – used every day where they genuinely make the work better or faster.

Who you are

A YouTube editor at heart: You know YouTube pacing is not television pacing, and your reel proves it.

Editorially independent: You look at raw footage and see the story. You challenge weak sections and suggest structure, rather than waiting for a script to cut to.

Retention-conscious: You can point to where viewers drop off in a video you cut, and explain what you'd change.

Fast without being sloppy: You've delivered against fixed dates on footage-heavy projects, and your first cuts arrive close to final.

Systems-minded: You think about how the next ten edits get faster, not just how to finish this one.

AI-native: AI tools are part of how you work, not an experiment you tried once.

Open on background: YouTube channels, digital newsrooms, creator teams or production houses. We care about the reel and the judgement, not the logo.

Must have: 6+ years of professional editing with substantial long-form YouTube work · Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve · working After Effects for everyday motion · colour and audio finishing · comfort with large multi-cam projects.

Good to have: podcast editing · documentary or explainer work · advanced motion design · event films.

Your first 30 days

Get inside the channel, the formats in production and the current post-production workflow.

Take over live edits, starting with podcasts, and bring first-cut turnaround down.

Put the first version of the templates, presets and delivery specs in place.

Agree the review and approval steps with the Head of YouTube & Distribution, with time limits on each.

What we offer

A 0-to-1 build: you set the editing language of a new YouTube division.

High-visibility work with India's founders, investors and business leaders.

Real data and editorial depth behind every story you cut.

Budget for software, plugins and the tools to do premium work.

Competitive compensation.

Delhi-based, in-person.