Video Template Tech Lead at Envato - Remote Mexico — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
Remote-First with a "Work from Anywhere" Perk — This role is explicitly remote-first and based in Mexico, with Envato offering up to 3 months per year to work from another location. That's a genuine nomad-friendly benefit, letting you spend a quarter of the year working from a different country or city without losing your employment status.
Timezone Flexibility: The job description doesn't mandate fixed hours, suggesting meaningful async flexibility. However, collaboration with Product and Engineering teams (likely distributed across Australian and global time zones given Envato's origins) may require occasional overlap windows. Expect some early mornings or late evenings depending on where you roam.
Visa & Location Considerations: The role is scoped to Mexico, so you'll need to be legally eligible to work there. Mexico's own Temporary Resident Visa can suit remote workers employed by foreign entities; however, since this is a local MX employment contract (SGMM insurance, fondo de ahorro), you'll need formal work authorization in Mexico specifically.
Cost of Living Context (no salary disclosed):
- Mexico City: ~$1,200–$1,800/mo for a comfortable lifestyle — highly affordable for most tech salaries.
- Guadalajara or Monterrey: Slightly lower costs with growing remote-work communities.
- Oaxaca/Mérida: Even lower COL; strong nomad communities and good internet infrastructure.
The "Conoce Mexico" travel benefit is a unique perk for exploring the country on the company's dime — a genuine differentiator for location-curious employees.
About Us
At Envato, we empower creative pros to thrive. We're here to help creatives bring their ideas to life, supercharge their workflows, and equip them with an unparalleled toolkit they can use anywhere. With unlimited access to world-class assets, innovative AI tools, and hands-on tutorials, we deliver what creatives need today — and are continually evolving our offering. As AI transforms the creative landscape, we're committed to building what's next for the future.
We're a purpose-driven company and we've long embraced flexible, inclusive ways of working. We're proud of the connected culture we've built across our global team. Our values — Customer First, Build our Future, Make it Happen, and Embrace Diversity — guide everything we do, shaping how we work and grow.
You can read more about us on our blog, including news of our acquisition by Shutterstock Inc in 2024.
About the Role
This role provides technical leadership and operational support to Video Template Review teams. You will own tooling, AI-assisted workflows, technical standards, and review processes that ensure high-quality, scalable, and efficient review of motion graphics, video templates, and related creative assets.
What You'll Be Doing
- Review and analysis of video templates, motion graphics, After Effects projects, Premiere Pro templates, DaVinci Resolve templates, and related assets.
- Lead technical upskilling and tooling adoption for Video Template Reviewers.
- Test, deploy, and optimize AI-assisted review workflows for template content.
- Establish and maintain technical review standards across supported software platforms.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to improve template review systems and workflows.
- Monitor quality trends, compatibility issues, and operational risks.
- Support escalations involving template functionality, licensing, copyright, AI-generated content, and technical performance.
- Drive automation and innovation initiatives within Video Template Review operations.
- Ensure ethical and responsible use of AI in template review workflows.
About You
- Strong knowledge of motion graphics, video production, and template-based creative workflows.
- Experience with Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or similar tools.
- Understanding of template structure, expressions, plugins, rendering workflows, and asset dependencies.
- Experience reviewing creative assets for functionality, usability, and commercial quality.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted content creation tools and workflows.
- Ability to translate technical requirements into reviewer guidance and documentation.
- Strong collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Content Operations teams.
Life at Envato
- Flexible Working: Remote-first with flexibility for you to manage work and life as you need.
- Work from Anywhere: Apply to work in another location for up to 3 months per calendar year.
- Conoce Mexico: A unique travel benefit for you to explore and visit new places across Mexico.
- Connection Budget: An annual budget to connect with the team in person where and when possible.
- Learning Budget: Study leave and an annual budget for your learning and development.
- Home Office Allowance: Contribution towards your setup and a monthly allowance to support work-from-home costs.
- Wellbeing: Access to a holistic assistance program providing support in many areas of life and health.
- Volunteer Leave: 2 days per calendar year to volunteer and give back to the community.
- Parental Leave: 20 weeks paid primary carer leave and 6 weeks paid secondary carer leave.
- Christmas Bonus, Paid Holidays and Holiday Bonus: 30 days paid in December, 12 days vacation in the first year, and 100% holiday bonus.
- Grocery Tickets: Monthly food vouchers at 5% of salary (subject to legal cap), usable at markets, pharmacies, and more.
- 5% Savings Fund (Fondo de Ahorro).
- Private Health Insurance (SGMM).
- Unlimited Ebooks.
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