The role
Raw footage in one end, something people stop scrolling for out the other. You'd cut commercials, brand films, social verticals and performance ad creative for brands across automotive, beauty, F&B and broadcast.
The thing worth knowing: you'd be cutting next to the people who shot it. Pomelo produces in-house, so when a sequence isn't working you can ask the DP what else is on the card instead of filing a request with a production company. And because one shoot feeds dozens of deliverables, you'd get volume — which is how editors actually get better.
Why Pomelo
- Six disciplines, one building. Brand, web, video, social, paid, SEO. Most projects use three or four together, and you'd sit next to the people doing the rest.
- Iraq's brands, not Iraq's budgets. Tecno, Talabat, Al Mouyassar, Xiaomi, Holdal, Chery. The client list is why people stay.
- Erbil and Baghdad, working in three languages. Everything we make is built natively in Kurdish, Arabic and English, not translated afterwards.
What we need
- 1+ years editing, with a reel or a handful of finished pieces.
- Premiere Pro or Final Cut. After Effects familiarity helps.
- Comfortable with AI-assisted editing tools — auto-transcription, subtitling, background removal, upscaling. We use them, and they save real hours.
- An instinct for pacing in short-form — you understand why a cut lands at 0:03 and not 0:06.
- Kurdish or Arabic plus working English. Reel required.
- Based in Erbil or able to relocate before starting.
We care more about your cuts than your CV. If the work is good and the experience is light, still apply.