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Video Editor resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what video editors actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most video editors should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Video editor with strong technical command of industry-standard editing software and a sharp eye for pacing, tone and narrative structure. Comfortable working across broadcast, digital and corporate projects, from raw footage import through to final delivery. Known for balancing creative judgement with tight production deadlines.
Key skills
- Content creation and writing
- Creative software production
- Project management
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- After Effects
- Avid Media Composer
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Time and deadline management
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Imported, logged and organised raw footage, audio and graphics across multiple projects, maintaining clean file structures that sped up turnaround for later edits
- Cut and sequenced footage to brief, adjusting pacing and structure through client feedback rounds to land the intended tone
- Colour corrected and graded footage in DaVinci Resolve to bring visual consistency across mixed camera sources
- Synced dialogue, music and sound effects to picture, building sound design that supported the story rather than distracting from it
- Exported final masters in multiple formats and resolutions to meet broadcast, social and web delivery specifications
- Managed competing deadlines across concurrent projects, flagging risks early and renegotiating timelines with producers where scope changed
Education
Typical entry is via a Bachelor degree in film, media or communications, though a Diploma in screen and media or a strong self-built portfolio with Certificate III/IV training can also lead into the role; nearly half of current editors hold a bachelor-level qualification.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Video editing
- Post-production
- Colour grading
- Colour correction
- Sound design
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- Avid Media Composer
- After Effects
- Broadcast delivery specifications
- Screen and media qualification
- Freelance production
- Content creation
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.