Freelance Video Editor – Creative Advertising

About This Role

Ogilvy India — one of the world's most celebrated advertising agencies — is hiring fresh graduates as Freelance Video Editors within its creative production studio. You will cut advertising films, digital campaigns, and branded content for Ogilvy's blue-chip client portfolio including Fevicol, Cadbury, Ponds, Asian Paints, and Volkswagen — working within Ogilvy India's legendary creative culture.

Job Overview

Role Context

Ogilvy India's creative heritage includes some of India's most iconic advertising campaigns — Fevicol's humour, Cadbury Dairy Milk's emotional storytelling, and Vodafone's Zoozoo characters. The agency's in-house production studio handles edit assembly, online finishing, and digital campaign production for Ogilvy's client campaigns across television, digital, and social. Freelance Video Editors support the production team — handling assembly cuts from rushes, VFX element integration, graphic titling, audio mix preparation, and digital delivery for Ogilvy's multi-platform campaigns. Working at an advertising agency of Ogilvy's stature exposes freshers to the full creative development process — from brief to broadcast — alongside India's most experienced advertising creative directors.

Key Responsibilities

• Assemble offline edits from director's rushes for TVC and digital film campaigns in Adobe Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer
• Integrate VFX passes, CGI elements, and graphic overlays provided by Ogilvy's post-production partners
• Create title card animations, supers, and end-card graphics using After Effects for advertising campaign delivery
• Prepare audio mixes — dialogue, music, SFX layering — for review presentation and final sound studio delivery
• Produce digital cuts — 30s, 15s, 6s, and social media variants from master campaign films
• Edit digital campaign content — YouTube pre-rolls, Facebook video ads, and website banner video assets

Requirements & Skills

• Degree or diploma in Film Editing, Mass Communication, or Media Production — 2024/2025 batch
• Adobe Premiere Pro proficiency; Avid Media Composer knowledge is a bonus for broadcast delivery
• After Effects for title animation and graphic integration
• Understanding of advertising film production — rushes, offline edit, online, and broadcast delivery workflow
• Appreciation for advertising creativity — ability to interpret and serve the creative director's vision
• Portfolio of video editing work including any advertising, commercial, or branded content

Benefits & Work Conditions

• ₹3–7 LPA annualized contract rate
• Hybrid work with studio presence required during edit sessions
• Ogilvy brand portfolio credit — one of the most prestigious names in global advertising
• Immersion in India's most celebrated advertising creative culture
• Direct exposure to creative directors, art directors, and film directors on live campaign productions

Who Should Apply

A fresh film editing graduate with genuine love for advertising craft — who finds the intersection of storytelling and persuasion in 30 seconds creatively fascinating. You understand that great advertising editing serves the idea first and the editor second. You want to learn from the best creative minds in Indian advertising and build a portfolio of work that has been seen by millions.

About the Company

Ogilvy is a global advertising and communications agency founded by David Ogilvy with offices in 83 countries and part of the WPP Group. Ogilvy India — with offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Chennai — is consistently ranked India's most creative advertising agency, having won the most Cannes Lions of any Indian agency over the past decade and created some of the country's most culturally celebrated advertising campaigns across FMCG, automotive, and technology brands.

How to Apply

Apply at ogilvy.com/careers. Search India freelance or contract video editing roles. Include a showreel — even student work is acceptable for freshers, but the edit must demonstrate creative judgment and technical quality. Ogilvy hires for passion and craft over experience.