FULL-TIME Short-Form Video Editor – Reels / TikTok / Social Media

EXPERIENCED VIDEO EDITORS ONLY

We are looking for a full-time professional video editor who specializes in creating attention-grabbing short-form social media content.

Our videos will be used primarily for:

Instagram Reels • TikTok • Facebook Reels • YouTube Shorts • Social Media Advertising

This is NOT an entry-level position.

We need someone who already has experience creating professional short-form content and understands how to take raw footage and turn it into something that immediately catches people’s attention and keeps them watching.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

We will send you raw video clips, and your responsibility will be to take that footage and create a completely edited, polished, ready-to-post social media video.

You need to know how to:

• Find the strongest parts of the raw footage and put them together correctly
• Create a strong attention-grabbing hook within the first 1–3 seconds
• Use eye-catching effects that keep viewers engaged
• Add attention-grabbing sounds such as clicks, dings, pops, swooshes, typing/mouse sounds and other effects when appropriate
• Create fast, clean and smooth transitions
• Use zoom-ins, zoom-outs and movement to emphasize important moments
• Create professional animated captions and subtitles
• Highlight important words and phrases within captions
• Add graphics, images, icons, arrows, emojis, callouts and visual effects when appropriate
• Use B-roll and other visual elements when they improve the video
• Remove pauses, dead space and unnecessary footage
• Understand fast-paced social media editing
• Use pattern interrupts and visual changes to keep the viewer’s attention
• Add appropriate background music and sound effects
• Properly balance music, voice and sound effects
• Clean and enhance audio when necessary
• Color-correct and improve footage when needed
• Properly format content for vertical 9:16 social media videos
• Deliver high-quality finished videos that are ready for us to post

WE WANT SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ATTENTION

We are NOT looking for someone who simply cuts clips together and adds subtitles.

You need to understand modern social media editing and why someone stops scrolling and continues watching a video.

You should understand how and when to use:

HOOKS • CAPTIONS • SOUND EFFECTS • ZOOMS • B-ROLL • GRAPHICS • ANIMATIONS • TRANSITIONS • PATTERN INTERRUPTS • TEXT EFFECTS • VISUAL EFFECTS

Effects should be eye-catching and professional, not random or overdone.

We want someone who can look at raw footage and use their own creativity to make the final video better.

EXPERIENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT

Professional video editing experience is required.

You should have experience creating content specifically for platforms such as TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels and YouTube Shorts.

Experience with professional editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or similar is preferred.

You must also:

• Be available for full-time work
• Have a reliable high-speed internet connection
• Communicate and respond promptly during working hours
• Be able to handle revisions quickly
• Be capable of fast turnaround when necessary
• Be available for urgent/on-the-spot editing when needed
• Pay very close attention to details and instructions
• Meet deadlines consistently
• Be creative and bring your own ideas to the videos
• Be able to work independently without needing every edit explained step-by-step

THIS IS A FULL-TIME, LONG-TERM POSITION

The amount and type of content will depend on what we have going on at the time.

Some periods may be busier than others, so we need someone flexible who can handle our video editing needs as they come in.

We are looking for someone to become our long-term video editor, learn the style of content we like, and eventually understand what we are looking for without needing detailed instructions every time.

PAID VIDEO EDITING TEST

After reviewing applications, resumes and previous work samples, we will select the applicants we feel are qualified to move forward.

Qualified candidates will be asked to complete a PAID editing test.

We will provide raw footage and ask you to create approximately 2–3 sample edited videos so we can see your actual editing ability using our content.

You WILL be paid for these test videos.

The test will allow us to evaluate your:

• Creativity
• Editing quality
• Hooks and attention-grabbing ability
• Captions
• Graphics and visual effects
• Sound effects
• Transitions
• Zooms and movement
• Pacing
• Attention to detail
• Ability to follow instructions
• Overall understanding of short-form social media content

We are not looking for free work. The test videos will be paid.

The strongest candidate will be considered for the full-time position.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us:

1. A short introduction about yourself and your professional video editing experience.
2. Your resume.
3. How many years you have been professionally editing.
4. What editing programs/software you use.
5. Links to 3–5 of the BEST short-form social media videos you personally edited.
6. Your expected monthly salary for a full-time position.
7. Your normal working hours and availability.
8. Your internet speed.
9. Let us know if you are comfortable completing our paid 2–3 video editing test if selected.

IMPORTANT: Start your application with the words:

“READY TO EDIT”

If your application does not start with these words, we will assume you did not read the complete job description.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER

We are looking for someone with real experience who can show us examples of professional work they have already completed.

If you are experienced, creative, fast, dependable and understand how to create eye-catching social media content that keeps people watching, we would like to hear from you