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TYPE OF WORK
Full Time
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SALARY
Negotiable
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HOURS PER WEEK
50
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DATE UPDATED
Sep 10, 2026
I film concerts, lifestyle videos, vlogs, and content meant for short form distribution. My brother is the musician in front of the camera.. We have the footage. What we need is someone who can turn it into videos people actually finish watching.
This is not a role where you get a shot list and assemble it. We are looking for an editor with taste, someone who can watch two hours of raw concert footage and instinctively know which four seconds carry the moment. You will be cutting both short form vertical content for social platforms and longer form pieces, so you need to understand that those are two different crafts. A ninety second reel lives or dies in the first two seconds. A ten minute video lives or dies on pacing and structure.
What you'll be doing:
Editing supplied concert and live event footage into short form vertical clips and long form videos
Selecting the moments worth keeping — the reaction, the drop, the crowd, the joke that lands
Color grading footage shot in difficult, high-contrast, low-light concert lighting
Cutting for rhythm, energy, and viewer retention rather than just chronology
Sound work: balancing live audio, cleaning up dialogue, syncing cuts to music
Adding text, captions, and graphics where they serve the video and leaving them out where they don't
Delivering on an agreed schedule and communicating clearly if something slips
What we're looking for:
A real eye. You can articulate why one cut works and another doesn't. You understand framing, contrast, and how color sets mood. You know the difference between a video that looks polished and one that just looks filtered.
An understanding of retention. You think about where a viewer drops off and you edit against it. You know how to open a video, how to hold attention through the middle, and how to end on something that earns a rewatch.
Comic timing. A lot of what makes live footage work is humor — a facial expression, a badly timed moment, a quip from the crowd. You need to recognize those beats and know how long to hold them. Comedy is timing, and timing is editing.
Emotional instinct. Concerts are emotional events. The best clips make someone who wasn't there feel like they missed something. That's the bar.
Software fluency. Strong command of at least one professional editing suite, ideally two:
DaVinci Resolve (especially strong if you know the Fusion and Fairlight pages)
Adobe Premiere Pro
Final Cut Pro
Adobe After Effects — for motion graphics and titling
Adobe Audition or iZotope RX — for audio cleanup
CapCut — for fast short form turnaround
Tell us which ones you use and which one you're strongest in.
Reliability and communication. You respond to messages. You ask questions before you burn six hours going the wrong direction. You take notes on a revision without ego. This matters as much as the creative side.
Nice to have:
Experience specifically with live music, festival, or event footage
Multicam editing
A sense of what performs on the platform you're cutting for
Your own understanding of trending audio, formats, and pacing on short form
How to apply
Reply with the word SUNSET so I know you read everything and are interested:
Your portfolio or reel. Links to actual finished work. If you have short form and long form examples, include both.
Your software. Which programs you use and which you'd call yourself expert in.
Availability and turnaround. How much work you can take on and how quickly you typically deliver.
Your rate. Per clip, per finished minute, or hourly — whichever you normally work by.
One short answer. Point us to a single video you did not make that you think is edited extremely well, and tell us in a few sentences why. We care more about this answer than almost anything else in the application.
