☆ About Silverlake Jams

Silverlake Jams is an LA-based cultural brand and community that brings people together over live music. What began as a backyard concert in 2021 has grown into a consistently sold-out monthly experience where 200 people gather to discover independent artists and meet their neighbors.

Queer woman-founded and led, Silverlake Jams just celebrated 5 years and been featured by Los Angeles Magazine & STERN. Our mission is simple: make LA smaller, one show at a time.

☆ About the Role

Silverlake Jams is seeking a highly skilled, music-minded Video Editor to run the growing digital media portion of the Jams.

You will own the editing workflow for our new live sessions initiative: transforming professionally filmed live performances into polished, emotionally resonant releases for social channels (IG, TT, YT).

You’ll help us document the magic of Silverlake Jams, spotlight remarkable emerging artists, and tell the larger story of a community that brings strangers together through art.

You’ll work directly with me to establish the editorial language, workflow/systems, and release quality for a platform designed to give brilliant emerging artists a lasting home for their work, but you will be highly independent.

☆ Responsibilities

• Edit professional videos from our collection over the years into Full-Length Performances and short-form videos for socials, etc. that capture to the magic of SLJ
• Own the editing of our new series:
  • Review, organize, and manage professionally filmed multi-camera performance footage
  • Edit full-length live performances and artist sessions for YouTube and SLJ Archives releases, along with teasers & cutdowns
  • Build a cohesive visual and editorial language across the series
  • Sync and organize camera angles, audio, graphics, titles, captions, and deliverables
  • Color-correct and polish footage within the established series look
• Create clean workflow
  • Maintain clean project files, naming conventions, archive structure, and delivery timelines
  • Help create a repeatable post-production workflow that can scale with the initiative

☆ Basic Qualifications:

• Professional or high-level editing experience in Adobe Premiere Pro
• A portfolio showing polished work in music video, film, live performance, documentary, or artist content with multi-camera edits
• Strong instincts for pacing, emotion, music, and visual storytelling
• Ability to manage large files, organized project folders, and reliable delivery timelines
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently

☆ Preferred Experience:

• Hands-on production and post-production experience in film or music