Job Description

Location: Cape Town

Working Practices: Hybrid | Mondays and Thursday in office and remaining days remote

Contract Type: Talent Pipeline | While we don't have any openings right now, we'd love to connect with talented professionals who'd like to be considered for future roles.

Working Hours: 10H00 - 18H30 SAST

Job Summary:

Our video editors work closely with our amazing learning design team and video producers to create visually compelling learning videos. These range from standard piece-to-camera and interview videos to creative narrative edits and marketing content. Think engaging, beautiful content and not your standard lecture video.

Key Responsibilities:

Edit video and audio content according to brief, ensuring creative and high-quality outputs. Facilitate reviews of work, gather and implement feedback effectively. Maintain and update progress across platforms (Trello, Slack, Kantata, etc.). Attend team and project meetings as required. Provide creative input and a learning-focused perspective in your edits.

What does success look like?

Videos consistently meet brand, creative, and pedagogical standards. Feedback loops are efficient, with revisions reduced over time. Projects are delivered on schedule with proactive communication about progress and blockers. Content resonates with learners and enhances engagement and knowledge retention. The editor is seen as a collaborative, creative partner by producers, designers, and stakeholders.

Requirements

Experience and Qualifications

Mid-Senior level video editor with 3+ years of professional editing experience. Experience in EdTech or related industries preferred.
Strong proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop).

Skills and Competencies

Excellent storytelling and visual communication skills. Strong sense of pacing, rhythm, and design aesthetics. Ability to balance creativity with meeting instructional/learning objectives. Organized, with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects. Effective communicator and collaborator across functions and time zones. Ability to work independently while being responsive in a fast-paced, remote-first environment. Growth mindset with openness to feedback, experimentation, and innovation in editing practices.

Benefits

About OES

OES is a vibrant and values-led organisation, and we are passionate about enhancing lives through education. We work with university partners, training institutes, and professional bodies worldwide, to develop and enable immersive and engaging learning experiences. We empower our teams to be student-focused, innovative, and embrace change with a growth mindset to ensure we achieve our vision of being the world's most impactful enabler of education. We encourage our people to grow and develop through teamwork and a diverse range of projects, programs and challenging work. We trust our people to deliver, so when you work with OES, you will join a team who are empowered to impact every day.

Company Culture & Values

We are a people-focused organization with a culture built around collaboration, connection, and working together toward one common goal. Our vibrant, values-led culture is grounded in four core principles that guide everything we do:

Passion and Perseverance:

We love what we do (even though it's not always easy) and take pride in creating transformative learning experiences. We bring a 'can-do' attitude to our work, tackling challenges and inspiring others.

Teamwork:

We operate as cross-functional teams globally with trust and respect, celebrating success. We have fun while we work and enjoy collaborating with each other and OES partners.

Agility and Innovation:

We are innovative, lateral thinkers who use our skills to do things better for our students. We thrive in ambiguity, embrace change and challenge conventional thinking.

Integrity:

We do what's right, and what we say we will do, every time. We value a culture of respectful feedback and believe that respect trumps harmony.

These are some of the perks you can expect when you join the team:

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Medical allowance Commute allowance Flexible work for genuine career-life fit A healthy and supportive company culture Generous annual leave Paid maternity and paternity benefits Study leave Professional development and mentoring Construct Culture Club events Company funded lunch and drinks every 6 weeks Policy T&Cs apply for certain benefits*