Video Editor for Social Media, Ads, & Marketing Content

Caliber is a U.S.-based marketing and growth firm serving local service businesses, professional services companies, B2B brands, and growing companies across multiple industries. We are looking for a skilled Video Editor to help create social media videos, short-form clips, commercials, testimonial edits, webinar/podcast cutdowns, and marketing videos across multiple client accounts.

This is not just a basic video clipping role. We need someone who understands social-first video, hook-first editing, clean pacing, captions, brand consistency, and platform-specific formatting.

You will work with our copywriters, designers, social media managers, and marketing strategists to turn raw footage, interviews, podcasts, webinars, testimonials, screen recordings, and client videos into polished content for LinkedIn, Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, ads, websites, and email campaigns.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN:

VIDEO EDITING & PRODUCTION
• Editing raw footage into polished final cuts.
• Editing talking-head videos, interviews, testimonials, webinars, podcasts, screen recordings, and client footage.
• Cleaning up awkward pauses, filler words, and rough cuts when needed.
• Jump cut editing for fast-paced social content.
• Pacing and rhythm editing to match the brand, platform, and audience.
• Basic color correction and color grading.
• Basic audio cleanup, noise reduction, and volume leveling.
• Adding music, sound effects, and audio transitions when appropriate.
• Adding simple B-roll from provided footage or stock libraries when needed.
• Creating clean, professional edits for both local service businesses and professional brands.

SHORT-FORM & SOCIAL VIDEO
• Creating Instagram Reels.
• Creating TikTok videos.
• Creating YouTube Shorts.
• Creating LinkedIn video clips.
• Creating Facebook video posts and Reels.
• Creating Twitter/X video clips when needed.
• Cutting long-form content into short-form clips.
• Identifying strong soundbites and ---------- nts from longer videos.
• Creating vertical, square, and horizontal exports based on platform specs.
• Creating 15-second, 30-second, 60-second, and 90-second edits.
• Creating hook-first edits that capture attention quickly.
• Formatting videos for LinkedIn, Reels, Shorts, TikTok, Facebook, and ads.

COMMERCIAL & AD VIDEO EDITING
• Editing short commercials.
• Editing paid social video ads for Meta, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google, and other platforms.
• Creating product or service promo videos.
• Creating local business promotional videos.
• Creating offer-based video ads.
• Creating founder-led or spokesperson-style ad edits.
• Creating testimonial ad edits.
• Creating before-and-after style videos when applicable.
• Creating event promo videos.
• Creating launch videos.
• Creating multiple ad variants from one source video, including different hooks, lengths, CTAs, and formats.
• Editing retargeting video clips.

TESTIMONIAL & SOCIAL PROOF VIDEOS
• Editing customer testimonial videos.
• Editing client interview clips.
• Editing review-based videos.
• Editing case study video snippets.
• Creating social proof highlight reels.
• Pulling the strongest quotes from longer recordings.
• Adding captions, quote emphasis, speaker labels, and branded frames.
• Creating clean, professional testimonial edits that feel credible and polished.

PODCAST, WEBINAR & LONG-FORM REPURPOSING
• Editing podcast clips.
• Editing webinar clips.
• Editing video call clips.
• Editing Loom or screen recording clips.
• Editing guest interview clips.
• Cleaning up webinar recordings when needed.
• Creating highlight reels from longer recordings.
• Pulling 5-10 short clips from longer videos when needed.
• Adding intro/outro sequences, music beds, chapter markers, or title cards when needed.
• Repurposing one long video into multiple short-form social clips.

CAPTIONS & SUBTITLES
• Adding burned-in captions for social videos.
• Creating styled captions that match brand guidelines.
• Cleaning up auto-generated captions for accuracy.
• Making captions readable, properly timed, and visually clean.
• Using caption tools such as CapCut, Descript, Premiere Pro, Kapwing, or similar tools.
• Supporting subtitle formatting when needed.
• Ensuring names, titles, brands, and important terms are spelled correctly.

MOTION GRAPHICS & VISUAL ELEMENTS
• Adding lower thirds, including names, titles, locations, and company names.
• Adding title cards.
• Adding intro and outro sequences.
• Adding animated text overlays.
• Adding simple kinetic typography when needed.
• Adding call-to-action overlays and end screens.
• Adding logo placements and branded frames.
• Adding progress bars, countdown timers, or visual accents when appropriate.
• Adding simple transitions and motion elements.
• Using graphics provided by the designer when needed.
• Creating simple motion graphics when within your skill set.

BRANDED VIDEO SYSTEMS
• Following client brand guidelines.
• Using correct logos, colors, fonts, and visual styles.
• Creating consistent caption styles per client.
• Creating consistent lower-third styles per client.
• Creating reusable video templates when appropriate.
• Collaborating with the designer on branded frames, intros, outros, thumbnails, title cards, and motion graphics assets.
• Maintaining visual consistency across video content for each client.

THUMBNAILS & VIDEO COVERS
• Creating or supporting thumbnails for social videos.
• Creating YouTube thumbnail drafts when needed.
• Creating LinkedIn video cover images.
• Creating Reel/TikTok/Shorts cover frames when needed.
• Collaborating with the designer when more polished thumbnail design is needed.

FILE MANAGEMENT & DELIVERY
• Organizing raw footage and project files by client.
• Naming files clearly.
• Exporting in the correct format and size for each platform.
• Exporting vertical, square, horizontal, and ad-ready versions when needed.
• Maintaining draft and revision versions.
• Delivering final files through Google Drive, Dropbox, ---------- , or similar tools.
• Keeping editable project files organized.
• Maintaining a video asset library per client when needed.
• Tracking revisions and file status clearly.

COLLABORATION
• Work from creative briefs provided by the copywriter, strategist, or social media manager.
• Coordinate with the designer on brand look, lower thirds, captions, colors, fonts, title cards, thumbnails, and intro/outro graphics.
• Coordinate with the social media manager on platform specs, publishing dates, video lengths, captions, and file delivery.
• Coordinate with the copywriter on hooks, scripts, voiceover copy, caption copy, and testimonial quote selections.
• Flag poor footage, bad audio, missing assets, unclear instructions, or quality issues early.
• Communicate clearly about timelines, blockers, and revisions.

STRATEGY SUPPORT
• Recommend which raw footage ---------- nts are strongest for social clips.
• Suggest content formats based on platform trends.
• Identify repurposing opportunities from existing video libraries.
• Suggest different hooks, cutdowns, and formats from the same source footage.
• Stay current on social video editing styles, platform formats, and short-form video best practices.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
• Strong experience editing social media videos.
• Strong experience creating short-form clips for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
• Experience editing captioned videos.
• Experience editing testimonial videos, podcast clips, webinar clips, or interview clips.
• Experience editing commercial, promotional, or ad-style videos.
• Strong sense of pacing, hooks, rhythm, and retention.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Able to match different brand styles across multiple clients.
• Able to work from creative briefs and brand guidelines.
• Able to organize files and manage revisions.
• Able to communicate clearly and meet deadlines.
• Comfortable managing multiple client projects at once.
• Responsive, reliable, and self-directed.
• Comfortable receiving feedback and making revisions quickly.

TOOLS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
• Adobe Premiere Pro, strongly preferred.
• CapCut.
• Descript.
• DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or similar video editing tools.
• Canva or Figma for receiving design assets.
• Google Drive or Dropbox for file delivery.

NICE TO HAVE:
• After Effects experience.
• Motion graphics experience.
• Kinetic typography experience.
• Logo animation experience.
• Advanced caption styling experience.
• ---------- experience.
• Riverside, OpusClip, or podcast/webinar clipping tool experience.
• YouTube editing experience.
• Full podcast episode editing experience.
• Full webinar editing experience.
• Stock B-roll sourcing experience.
• Music licensing experience.
• Experience editing videos for local service businesses, professional services, real estate, mortgage, legal, healthcare, home services, SaaS, B2B, or technology companies.
• Experience working inside a marketing agency.
• Basic understanding of paid social video ads.

ROLE BOUNDARIES:
• Filming or videography will usually come from the client, Caliber, or another tea ---------- mber.
• Graphic design beyond basic overlays will usually be handled by the designer.
• Scriptwriting and long-form copy will usually come from the copywriter.
• Social media scheduling will usually be handled by the social media manager.
• Final content strategy will usually come from Caliber leadership.
• Paid ads management will usually be handled separately.
• Client-facing strategy calls will usually go through Caliber leadership.

WHAT TO EXPECT WEEKLY:
Depending on client needs, you may work on:
• Short-form social clips.
• Captioned videos.
• Testimonial edits.
• Commercial or ad-style edits.
• Podcast, webinar, or interview clips.
• LinkedIn, Reels, TikTok, Shorts, and Facebook ---------- .
• Video thumbnails or cover frames.
• Branded intro/outro or lower-third updates.
• Multiple cutdowns from one longer video.
• Revisions based on feedback.
• Exporting and organizing platform-specific files.
• Collaboration with the designer, social media manager, and copywriter.

PAID TEST:
Finalists may be asked to complete a short paid test:
• Edit one short-form video from provided raw footage.
• Add captions.
• Add basic branded styling.
• Create a strong hook in the first few seconds.
• Export the video in a social-ready format.
• Send a short note explaining your editing choices.

GROWTH OPPORTUNITY:
This role has strong potential to grow into more hours as Caliber expands. We are looking for a long-term tea ---------- mber who wants to grow with us, not a one-off contractor.

HOW TO APPLY:
Please include:
• A short introduction about your video editing experience.
• 3-5 examples of social videos, ads, testimonials, podcast clips, webinar clips, or short-form videos you have edited.
• The editing tools you use regularly.
• Your experience with captions, short-form social clips, testimonial edits, and ad-style videos.
• Your hourly rate and weekly availability.
• Write “Caliber Video” at the top of your application so we know you read this post carefully.