Marketing Video Editor (Descript Experience)

# Marketing Video Editor
**Full-Time Remote | Philippines | $850- $1,000 USD Per Month**

## About the Role

We are looking for a creative and reliable **Marketing Video Editor** to join our team full-time.

This role is ideal for an editor who understands that effective video content is not only about transitions, captions and visual effects. It is about capturing attention, communicating value, building trust and encouraging the viewer to take action.

You will edit video content for business owners, coaches, consultants and professional service companies. This will include short-form social media videos, video advertisements, testimonials, case studies and long-form YouTube content.

You must be highly confident using **Descript** and have previous experience editing content influenced by **direct-response marketing principles**.

## Key Responsibilities

- Edit short-form videos for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube Shorts
- Edit direct-response video advertisements designed to generate leads and sales
- Edit long-form YouTube videos, interviews, case studies and talking-head content
- Use Descript confidently to edit transcripts, remove mistakes, improve pacing and organise footage
- Identify strong hooks, testimonials, objections and persuasive ---------- nts within raw footage
- Remove unnecessary sections and turn long recordings into concise, engaging videos
- Add accurate captions, graphics, music, sound effects, B-roll and visual pattern interrupts
- Edit multiple variations of advertisements for creative testing
- Follow client brand guidelines, templates and editing styles
- Organise project files and maintain a consistent file-management system
- Complete revisions accurately and within agreed deadlines
- Communicate clearly with the team about progress, questions and potential delays
- Contribute ideas for stronger hooks, video structures and creative angles

## Essential Requirements

- Strong practical experience using **Descript**
- Previous professional video-editing experience
- Experience editing direct-response advertisements or sales-focused video content
- Understanding of hooks, audience retention, offers, calls to action and customer objections
- Ability to distinguish between a visually attractive video and a video designed to generate action
- Strong short-form editing skills
- Experience editing talking-head videos, interviews or testimonial content
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Excellent attention to detail, particularly with captions and spelling
- Ability to follow detailed instructions and editing references
- Reliable internet connection and computer capable of handling professional video editing
- Ability to work consistently during agreed working hours
- Comfortable receiving feedback and completing revisions

## Preferred Skills

- Experience using Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects or similar software
- Experience editing Meta, Instagram, TikTok or YouTube advertisements
- Understanding of direct-response copywriting
- Experience working with coaches, consultants, agencies or service businesses
- Ability to review long recordings and independently select the strongest ---------- nts
- Basic knowledge of customer psychology, funnels and paid advertising
- Experience creating multiple hooks or variations from the same footage
- Interest in progressing towards creative strategy or marketing

## What Success Looks Like

A successful editor in this role will:

- Deliver work on time without needing to be repeatedly chased
- Understand the marketing objective behind each video
- Select strong ---------- nts from raw footage rather than relying entirely on timestamps
- Produce accurate captions with minimal mistakes
- Follow established editing styles consistently
- Improve after receiving feedback
- Communicate early when clarification is needed
- Suggest improvements when they identify a stronger hook, structure or creative direction
- Become faster and more independent over time

## Salary and Benefits

- **$850 - $1,000 USD per month**
- Full-time, long-term remote position
- Paid probationary period
- Paid annual leave
- Philippine public holidays
- Regular performance and salary reviews
- Training in direct-response marketing, customer psychology and creative strategy
- Opportunity to progress into a senior editor or creative strategist role

## Working Hours

This is a full-time position.

Applicants must be available during agreed working hours and should not be working another full-time role at the same time.

Some flexibility may be available, but reliable daily communication and consistent availability are essential.

## Application Process

Please include the following when applying:

1. A short introduction about yourself and your editing experience
2. Your portfolio or examples of previous work
3. Examples of direct-response advertisements or marketing videos you have edited
4. Details of your experience using Descript
5. Your current employment situation and availability
6. Your internet speed and computer specifications
7. Your expected start date

Please also answer the following question:

**What is the difference between editing a video to look good and editing a video to generate leads or sales?**

Applications that do not answer this question may not be considered.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a paid editing test using footage similar to the content they would edit in the role.