Aesthetic YouTube Video Editor — Luxury Beauty & Lifestyle Brand

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TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

SALARY

$4-$8/hour

HOURS PER WEEK

40

DATE UPDATED

Apr 7, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

Aesthetic YouTube Video Editor — Luxury Beauty & Lifestyle Brand

**Company:** Dee Michelle Brands (New York City)
**Location:** Remote
**Type:** Part-Time to Full-Time (ongoing role)
**Rate:** $4–$8/hour depending on experience and portfolio quality

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## About Us

We are a New York City-based luxury beauty brand with a growing social media presence and a mid-six-figure following. We operate across three businesses — a private luxury hair extension salon, a premium European hair product company, and a business education platform for beauty professionals.

We are launching a YouTube channel and need a video editor who can deliver a polished, luxury, neutral-toned aesthetic that feels elevated, cinematic, and intentional — not trendy or overproduced. Think soft life energy with sharp execution.

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## The Aesthetic We Want

This is the most important part. We are looking for a very specific visual style. If you don't understand this aesthetic, this role is not for you.

**Our vibe:** Luxury. Neutral tones. Clean. Cinematic. Warm. Aspirational but not cold. Editorial but not stiff. Think quiet confidence, not loud flexing.

**Study these creators — this is the energy and editing quality we're going for:**

Jaz Turner — ----------
THIS is the standard. Warm, glowy color grading. Clean but confident editing. Her content feels aspirational without trying too hard — luxury lifestyle meets real personality. The glow-up content, the girl chats, the "that girl" energy — all edited with intention and polish. Study this channel closely.

Jayla Koriyan — ----------
Elevated Black girl luxury. Travel content, lifestyle vlogs, and fashion hauls that feel curated and polished. Her editing is clean, her pacing is smooth, and everything feels like she's living her best life on purpose. The aesthetic is aspirational but warm.

Monet McMichael — ----------
The queen of GRWM content with effortless editing that keeps you watching. Her videos feel intimate and polished at the same time — soft lighting, warm tones, and a personality-driven edit style that makes beauty content feel like a conversation, not a tutorial.

Patricia Bright — ----------
London-based luxury lifestyle and beauty with sharp, professional editing. Her fashion hauls and lifestyle content have a high production feel while still being relatable. Great example of how to balance personality with a premium visual standard.

Shalom Blac — ----------
Beauty and lifestyle content with a cinematic, polished edit. Her vlogs feel warm and inviting with clean transitions and thoughtful pacing. Great reference for how beauty content should look when you want it to feel elevated but not cold.

**Key visual elements we want across all our content:**
- Warm, neutral color grading (creams, tans, soft browns, muted golds — NOT oversaturated)
- Cinematic B-roll (slow pans, detail shots, lifestyle ---------- nts)
- Clean, minimal text overlays and lower thirds
- Smooth, intentional transitions — no gimmicky effects
- Soft background music that matches the luxury tone
- Consistent thumbnail style with neutral tones and clean typography
- Professional audio mixing (clean voiceover, balanced music levels)

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## What You'll Be Doing

**Long-Form YouTube Editing**
- Edit vlogs, tutorials, day-in-the-life content, brand storytelling, and educational videos (10–25+ minutes)
- Create a consistent visual identity across all videos with cohesive color grading, fonts, and transitions
- Cut raw footage into polished, well-paced final videos that hold attention and feel premium
- Add B-roll, music, sound effects, text overlays, and motion graphics where appropriate
- Sync and mix audio (voiceover, music, ambient sound) to professional quality

**YouTube Shorts & Repurposed Clips**
- Cut key ---------- nts from long-form videos into YouTube Shorts optimized for vertical format
- Repurpose content for Instagram Reels and TikTok with platform-specific formatting
- Create teaser clips and highlight reels for upcoming video releases

**Thumbnails**
- Design aesthetic, click-worthy thumbnails that match our neutral, luxury visual identity
- A/B test thumbnail styles and iterate based on performance
- Maintain a consistent thumbnail template library across content categories

**Channel Management Support**
- Upload videos with optimized titles, descriptions, tags, and end screens
- Add chapters, cards, and timestamps to each video
- Organize content into playlists and maintain channel branding consistency

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## Who You Are

**Required:**
- Strong portfolio demonstrating luxury, neutral, cinematic editing style — you MUST include samples
- Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve
- Skilled in color grading — you understand how to create warm, neutral tones consistently
- Experience with motion graphics and text animation (After Effects or similar)
- Thumbnail design skills (Photoshop, Canva Pro, or Figma)
- Understanding of YouTube best practices (pacing, retention, hooks, chapter structure)
- Clean audio mixing and ability to work with voiceover content
- Ability to match and maintain a specific brand aesthetic across all content
- Fast turnaround — 48–72 hours per video (depending on length and complexity)
- Reliable communication and ability to take creative direction

**Preferred:**
- Experience editing for beauty, fashion, hair, or lifestyle creators
- Understanding of YouTube analytics and how editing impacts watch time and retention
- Experience creating content for Black women creators or luxury beauty brands
- Knowledge of trending YouTube formats and structures that perform well
- Ability to source and select royalty-free music that fits our aesthetic
- Experience with AI voiceover tools (ElevenLabs or similar)
- Motion graphics and intro/outro creation experience

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## Tools You Should Know

**Editing:** Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve
**Color Grading:** DaVinci Resolve, Lumetri (Premiere), LUTs creation/application
**Motion Graphics:** After Effects, CapCut (for Shorts)
**Thumbnails:** Photoshop, Canva Pro, Figma
**Audio:** Audition, Logic Pro, or equivalent for mixing/cleaning
**Music:** Epidemic Sound, Artlist, or similar royalty-free platforms

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## What We Expect

- **Aesthetic obsession.** You should look at the creator references above and immediately understand the assignment. If you can't tell the difference between "luxury neutral" and "basic beige filter," this isn't the role.
- **Consistency over creativity.** We want every video to feel like it belongs to the same world. You should be able to create a visual system and stick to it — color grades, fonts, transitions, thumbnail style — all locked in.
- **Pacing that keeps people watching.** You understand YouTube retention. You know when to cut, when to breathe, when to hit them with B-roll, and when to let a ---------- nt land.
- **Independence.** You should be able to take raw footage and a loose brief and turn it into a finished product without needing hand-holding on every edit.
- **Discretion and professionalism.** You're representing a luxury brand. Everything you produce should reflect that.

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## Volume & Schedule

- 2–4 long-form videos per week (10–25+ minutes each)
- 4–8 Shorts/Reels cut from long-form content per week
- 2–4 custom thumbnails per week
- Weekly creative check-ins (async or call)
- Must have at least 3–4 overlapping hours with U.S. Eastern Time for communication

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## Why Work With Us

- Build a luxury YouTube channel from the ground up — your work will shape the entire visual identity
- Long-term, ongoing role that grows as the channel grows
- Work across three distinct brands with different content needs
- Direct collaboration with the founder — your creative input is valued
- Portfolio-building opportunity with a high-end beauty brand

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## To Apply

**Your application MUST include the following (incomplete applications will not be reviewed):**

1. **Your portfolio or showreel** — 3–5 examples of videos you've edited that demonstrate a luxury, neutral, cinematic aesthetic. Beauty/fashion/lifestyle content strongly preferred. If your portfolio is all gaming montages and tech reviews, this isn't the right fit.

2. **A thumbnail sample set** — At least 3 thumbnails you've designed. Bonus if they match a luxury or neutral aesthetic.

3. **Your editing software and tools** — Tell us what you use and what you're strongest with.

4. **Watch one of the reference creators listed above and tell us:** What specifically about their editing style makes their content feel "luxury"? (This tells us if you actually understand the aesthetic.)

5. **Your available hours per week, hourly rate, and typical turnaround time per video.**

6. **How soon you can start.**

We're hiring immediately. Strong portfolios move to a paid test edit.

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*Dee Michelle Brands | New York City*

SKILL REQUIREMENT
Thumbnail & Social Media Design Video Editing Youtube Marketing
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