Finishing Editor (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; based at hirify.global' corporate headquarters with 4–5 days per week in the office. Regular in-person meetings and events are required. Domestic travel of approximately 5–10% is required, including occasional travel to productions and events; a valid driver's license is required.

Salary: $85,000–$105,000 annual base salary, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electrified and digitized rugged SUVs and trucks, including all-electric and range-extender powertrains, while rebuilding the Scout brand.

What you will do

• Own color grading and visual finishing for premium video content, episodic films, campaigns, product storytelling, social content, photography, events, and other brand work.
• Develop a consistent visual language and collaborate with creative, production, editorial, cinematography, and external partner teams from pre-production through delivery.
• Conform editorial projects and perform color correction, creative grading, shot matching, cleanup, stabilization, reframing, compositing, beauty work, and visual retouching.
• Handle or coordinate sound design, mixing, graphics, VFX, mastering, versioning, codecs, color spaces, aspect ratios, captions, exports, delivery specifications, and final QC.
• Build and maintain color-management workflows, LUTs, presets, project standards, and finishing pipelines across different cameras, formats, locations, and production environments.
• Edit selected short-form, social, internal, and quick-turn projects and help improve Scout Studios' post-production infrastructure and workflow.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in color, finishing, post-production, or editorial work.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating sophisticated color grading and finishing work.
• Expert knowledge of DaVinci Resolve and modern color-management workflows.
• Understanding of professional cinema-camera workflows, codecs, RAW formats, log workflows, and color science, including experience with professional cinema systems.
• Experience conforming projects from major NLEs and working proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro and the broader Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem.
• Strong editorial instincts and the ability to independently edit selected projects.
• Understanding of sound design, mixing, graphics, VFX, mastering, and delivery workflows.
• Exceptional attention to detail, strong file-management and organizational habits, and the ability to move between premium long-form and fast-turn content without compromising quality.
• Minimum High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent required.

Nice to have

• Experience finishing automotive, outdoor, lifestyle, documentary, fashion, or premium commercial work.
• Experience with ARRI, RED, Sony Cinema Line, and other professional cinema systems.
• Photography retouching experience.
• After Effects, Flame, Fusion, or comparable compositing and VFX experience.
• Sound-design or audio-post experience.
• Experience developing LUTs and show looks with cinematographers.
• Understanding of HDR finishing and emerging display standards.
• Experience helping establish an internal post-production or finishing pipeline.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced environment with an emphasis on integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a growth mindset.
• Opportunity to help establish the visual language and archive of the Scout brand from the beginning.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection plans.
• 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, 14 company or floating holidays, and up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Additional paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.