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Hi, I’m Jay Tekus, a video editor with 15+ years shaping unscripted reality TV, branded content, corporate, and social media storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments, collaborating with producers to deliver high-impact episodes and campaigns on tight deadlines, often working remotely. I've edited 50+ Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta episodes across multiple seasons, contributed to branded shorts for Mercedes-Benz Advanced RV, Lucasfilm, and Food52, and led post-production teams on pilots and specials. My goal is to craft cinematic, engaging narratives with strong pacing, clear storytelling, and polished sound design.…Hi, I’m Jay Tekus, a video editor with 15+ years shaping unscripted reality TV, branded content, corporate, and social media storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments, collaborating with producers to deliver high-impact episodes and campaigns on tight deadlines, often working remotely. I've edited 50+ Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta episodes across multiple seasons, contributed to branded shorts for Mercedes-Benz Advanced RV, Lucasfilm, and Food52, and led post-production teams on pilots and specials. My goal is to craft cinematic, engaging narratives with strong pacing, clear storytelling, and polished sound design.

Jay Tekus

Video Editor, Filmmaker, Content Producer, +3

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Hi, I’m Jay Tekus, a video editor with 15+ years shaping unscripted reality TV, branded content, corporate, and social media storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments, collaborating with producers to deliver high-impact episodes and campaigns on tight deadlines, often working remotely. I've edited 50+ Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta episodes across multiple seasons, contributed to branded shorts for Mercedes-Benz Advanced RV, Lucasfilm, and Food52, and led post-production teams on pilots and specials. My goal is to craft cinematic, engaging narratives with strong pacing, clear storytelling, and polished sound design.…Hi, I’m Jay Tekus, a video editor with 15+ years shaping unscripted reality TV, branded content, corporate, and social media storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments, collaborating with producers to deliver high-impact episodes and campaigns on tight deadlines, often working remotely. I've edited 50+ Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta episodes across multiple seasons, contributed to branded shorts for Mercedes-Benz Advanced RV, Lucasfilm, and Food52, and led post-production teams on pilots and specials. My goal is to craft cinematic, engaging narratives with strong pacing, clear storytelling, and polished sound design.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Jay Tekus, a video editor with 15+ years shaping unscripted reality TV, branded content, corporate, and social media storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments, collaborating with producers to deliver high-impact episodes and campaigns on tight deadlines, often working remotely.

I’ve edited 50+ Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta episodes across multiple seasons, contributed to branded shorts for Mercedes-Benz Advanced RV, Lucasfilm, and Food52, and led post-production teams on pilots and specials. My goal is to craft cinematic, engaging narratives with strong pacing, clear storytelling, and polished sound design.

Skills

Avid media composer

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Adobe Audition

Experience Level

Avid media composer

Expert

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

Adobe After Effects

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Work Experience

Video Editor at Antoinette Media / Paramount (MTV, VH1)

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2026

Edited 50+ episodes of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (S10–S13) and 6 episodes of Caught in the Act: Unfaithful using AVID Media Composer; exercised full creative independence; edited multicam scenes, interstitials, green screen selections, scoring and audio mix; remote work; recognized with nominations.

Freelance Video Editor at Various Production Companies

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2021

Delivered corporate, documentary, social media, music video and package edits for brands including Cisco, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intel, Boeing, Signet Jewelers; edited 30+ ongoing social media videos for Advanced RV; Co-Producer and Editor on a documentary short and social media campaign for Open Book CBD Extracts; cut 15 brand partnership shorts for Food52 and other projects.

Video Editor at Eastern TV

January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016

Edited and co-edited 20+ episodes across Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, Miami, Hollywood, and New York franchises; Lead Editor on two greenlit pilots for BET and Lifetime; Lead Editor on Top 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments (VH1, 2-hour); Co-edited This is Hot 97 (VH1).

Technical Supervisor at Eastern TV

January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013

Maintained 72TB Facilis Terrablock server ensuring high-performance accessibility and backup for 30 edit suites; documented full post-production workflow; trained media managers and first assistant editors to improve productivity and standards.