Senior Video Editor

**sweetgreen** is on a mission to build healthy communities by connecting people to real food. We passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each sweetgreen, team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. And in our local communities, we're committed to leaving people better than we found them. We're in the business of feeding people, and we're out to change what that means. The **Senior Video Editor** sits on the Commercial team and owns the craft and quality of the video, photo, and motion content that brings sweetgreen to life across social, web, and brand channels. This is a hands\-on, multidisciplinary role for an accomplished multimedia creator who sets the editorial bar for the team, moving fluidly between high\-volume production and culturally relevant content for our social platforms. You will act as the go\-to expert on post\-production, partnering closely with our designers, social, and brand leads to shape briefs into platform\-native content, capturing moments in our restaurants and in culture, and raising the craft, consistency, and efficiency of how the team produces work. **You will:** * Own video editing and post\-production across social, web, digital, and brand channels, from first assembly through final delivery, serving as the team's craft expert * Set the creative and technical bar for editorial work, defining the pacing, tone, music, sound design, and visual rhythm of sweetgreen content * Independently translate briefs, scripts, and raw footage into clear, engaging narratives, exercising strong editorial judgment on approach and method * Lead the development of hero edits, campaign films, social\-first content, cutdowns, trailers, recaps, and internal storytelling from concept through finish * Partner with creative and production leads before shoots to shape coverage, shot lists, formats, and post\-production needs * Create and evolve advanced motion graphics, typography, animation, and branded graphic systems * Own finishing standards, including color correction, sound mixing, music, captions, quality control, and final exports * Define and maintain efficient post\-production workflows, templates, naming conventions, and asset\-management systems for the broader team * Mentor and give creative direction to junior editors, freelancers, and production partners, reviewing work and elevating overall craft * Manage multiple concurrent projects and rounds of feedback while holding a consistently high bar for quality * Stay ahead of emerging editing styles, platform behaviors, cultural moments, and new production tools, and bring recommendations back to the team **Desired traits:** * A master storyteller fluent in video and visual content with authoritative creative judgment * A self\-starter who works independently and raises the bar for the people around them * Able to articulate ideas and editorial choices with a clear rationale that ties back to strategy * Highly collaborative and comfortable guiding creative leads, cross\-functional teams, and outside partners * Organized and adaptable, able to manage high\-volume, ambiguous work without losing quality * A trusted resource others turn to for craft, process, and problem\-solving * A passion for food, culture, sustainability, and brand building **Desired experience:** * 6\+ years producing multimedia content, preferably in\-house or agency * Demonstrated ownership of high\-visibility video and photo work for social and brand channels * Proven ability to shoot and edit video and photo across formats and platforms * Advanced motion design and animation skills (After Effects or similar) * Deep proficiency in Premiere Pro and the Adobe suite * Experience setting standards and workflows or mentoring other creators is a plus ### **What you'll get:** * Highly competitive pay \+ bonus plan * Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs * Dental and Vision insurance * Flexible PTO plan * 401k program * Employee HSA and FSA * Complimentary greens * An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food * To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion \+ purpose * A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back * A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally * Free sweetgreen swag **Come join the sweetlife!** **About sweetgreen** Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities. As we grow, we are committed to developing our people in our restaurants and at our support center, so that everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you not only invest in your own future but help create spaces where food, people, and purpose come together Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service in the uniformed services of the United States, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law. *California residents: Review our applicant privacy notice* *HERE**.* *sweetgreen participates in the federal government's* *E**\-**Verify* *program to determine employment eligibility. To learn more about the* *E**\-**Verify* *program, please* *click here**.*