Freelance Video Editor – Advertising

About This Role

McCann Worldgroup India — one of the world's most awarded creative networks — is hiring fresh graduates as Freelance Video Editors within its content production and creative services teams. You will edit advertising films, branded content, and digital campaigns for McCann's iconic India client roster including MRF, Coca-Cola, L'Oréal, Nestlé, and Mastercard.

Job Overview

Role Context

McCann India's creative portfolio spans brand advertising, digital content, experiential campaigns, and integrated communications for multinational and Indian brands. McCann's India production team handles in-house editing, finishing, and digital content delivery across McCann's client campaigns — including MRF's iconic cricket advertising, Coca-Cola India's emotional campaigns, and L'Oréal India's digital content. Freelance Video Editors join the production studio — learning advertising post-production workflow from assembly edit through to broadcast finish — within a creative culture that has produced some of India's most celebrated advertising campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

• Assemble offline edits from director's rushes for TVC and digital film campaigns in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Create title animations, graphic overlays, and end-card sequences using After Effects for campaign delivery
• Produce multi-format digital cuts — 30s, 15s, 6s, vertical social formats — from master campaign films
• Integrate VFX and CGI elements, colour grade footage for digital and broadcast delivery
• Edit digital campaign content — YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and OTT platform video formats
• Support the production team on client presentation edit cuts and creative review cycles

Requirements & Skills

• Degree or diploma in Film Editing, Mass Communication, or Media Production — 2024/2025 batch
• Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects proficiency
• Understanding of advertising film production and post-production workflow
• Good visual storytelling instinct — McCann's work is emotionally driven and human-centred
• Ability to work to tight broadcast deadlines in an agency environment
• Portfolio or student showreel demonstrating editing quality and creative sensibility

Benefits & Work Conditions

• ₹3–6 LPA annualized contract rate
• Hybrid work — studio presence during edit sessions
• McCann brand portfolio credit across iconic India advertising campaigns
• Exposure to McCann's globally celebrated "Truth Well Told" creative philosophy
• Direct mentoring from McCann's experienced advertising production team

Who Should Apply

A fresh film editing graduate with emotional storytelling sensibility and desire to learn advertising craft from an agency that has produced some of the world's most celebrated campaigns. McCann India looks for freshers with creative passion and technical foundation — experience can be built, but craft instinct and love for the medium are essential.

About the Company

McCann Worldgroup is a global creative communications network with offices in 120 countries and part of the IPG Group — one of the world's largest advertising holding companies. McCann India, with offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, has won more Cannes Lions and Effie awards than almost any other agency in India — known for emotionally powerful advertising for brands including MRF, Coca-Cola, L'Oréal, and Mastercard.

How to Apply

Apply at mccannworldgroup.com/careers. Search India contract video editing roles. Include a showreel or portfolio — even student film or college project work — that demonstrates emotional storytelling instinct and technical editing quality.