Senior Video Editor

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.</p></div><p>Vast is looking for a <strong>Senior Video Editor</strong>, reporting to the S<strong>enior Manager, Media Production</strong>, to support the development of the systems, stories, and visual content that will help bring the future of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations to life.</p> <p>This will be a <strong>full-time</strong>, <strong>exempt</strong> position located in our <strong>Long Beach</strong> location.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Edit high-quality video content from rough cut through final delivery, including sound design, color finishing, and visual effects integration</li> <li>Own and help refine post-production workflows across a wide range of content, including brand films, social media, executive communications, internal content, and documentary-style pieces</li> <li>Organize, ingest, catalog, and manage large volumes of footage and project assets with a strong eye toward efficiency, scalability, and archival consistency</li> <li>Collaborate closely with the Senior Manager, Media Production, producers, shooters, creatives, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure edits align with creative goals, messaging, and brand standards</li> <li>Shape narrative clarity, pacing, and emotional impact through strong editorial decision-making and a high level of craft</li> <li>Incorporate feedback from multiple stakeholders and guide projects through rounds of revision with speed, professionalism, and precision</li> <li>Manage multiple active projects and deadlines simultaneously while maintaining a consistently high creative bar</li> <li>Support on-set production and DIT workflows when needed, including media management, footage backup, and daily review prep</li> <li>Help establish and uphold editorial best practices, templates, organization systems, and team workflow standards</li> <li>Contribute to the continued elevation of Vast’s visual storytelling across all major external and internal channels</li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of professional video editing experience across commercial, branded, documentary, social, or narrative-driven content</li> <li>Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and strong working knowledge of Adobe After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and related post-production tools</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to manage complex post-production workflows in a fast-paced environment while meeting tight deadlines</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Skills &amp; Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Film, Media Production, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience</li> <li>Strong experience in color correction, sound design, finishing, and project organization</li> <li>Strong storytelling instincts, with a sharp eye for pacing, structure, music, performance, and visual detail</li> <li>Experience supporting executive-facing content and high-visibility brand communications</li> <li>Experience working in a startup, agency, technology, or aerospace environment</li> <li>Ability to collaborate effectively across creative and non-creative teams</li> <li>Strong organizational discipline and comfort managing large amounts of footage and layered project files</li> <li>Growth mindset and enthusiasm for evolving storytelling formats, styles, workflows, and emerging creative tools</li> <li>Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, with the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction</li> </ul> <p><strong>Additional Requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ability to travel up to 10% of the time</li> <li>Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Pay Range: California</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$106,600</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$151,300 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><div style="line-height: 1;"><strong>COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS</strong></div> <div style="line-height: 1;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="line-height: 1;"> <div> <div data-qa="message_pane"> <div> <div id="message-list"> <div id="message-list"> <div data-qa="slack_kit_scrollbar"> <div> <div data-qa="slack_kit_list"> <div id="message-list_1770163429.476589" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1770163429.476589"> <div data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false" data-msg-ts="1770163429.476589" data-msg-channel-id="D1T52LDR4"> <div data-qa-hover="true"> <div> <div> <div> <div data-qa="message_content"> <div> <div data-qa="message-text"> <div data-qa="block-kit-renderer"> <div> <div> <div>Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee &amp; onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="message-list_bottomSpacer" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="bottomSpacer"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="line-height: 1;"> <p><strong>U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS</strong></p> The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/section-120.62">22 C.F.R. § 120.62</a> or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.</div> <div style="line-height: 1;">&nbsp;</div> <p style="line-height: 1;"><strong>EQUAL OPPORTUNITY</strong></p> <div style="line-height: 1;">Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</div></div>