Part Time
$50-$75 USD per completed 6–10 minute vi
10
Aug 7, 2026
YouTube Video Editor Needed – Long-Term Opportunity
DIGITAL SAFETY:
I am building a professional YouTube channel called Sykes: The Digital Safety Detective.
The channel helps adults recognize scams, protect their money and identity, and stay safe online.
I am a U.S. Army veteran, retired police corporal, and former narcotics detective with 25 years of law-enforcement experience.
I will record and provide the raw talking-head footage. I need a skilled YouTube editor who can turn my recordings into polished, engaging videos designed to keep viewers watching.
Most finished videos will be approximately 6–10 minutes long.
Topics include:
Online scams
Phone and text-message scams
Email
Identity theft
AI scams
Banking and financial scams
Social-media scams
Digital safety
Your responsibilities will include:
Remove mistakes, pauses and dead space
Create clean jump cuts
Improve pacing and viewer retention
Clean and balance audio
Add subtle zooms when appropriate
Add professional on-screen text and graphics
Highlight important warning signs and key information
Add relevant B-roll, screenshots and visual examples
Add captions where appropriate
Add channel branding
Create strong, engaging openings
Export finished videos ready for YouTube
Bonus skills:
Turn each long-form video into 2–4 YouTube Shorts
Create YouTube thumbnails
Find royalty-free B-roll
Understand YouTube audience retention
Understand storytelling and pacing
Editing style:
Professional, trustworthy, authoritative, modern and engaging.
I do NOT want excessive
PAID TEST EDIT
Selected applicants will receive approximately 60–90 seconds of raw footage to edit.
The test edit will be paid.
I will evaluate:
Pacing
B-roll
Graphics
Text
Audio
Viewer retention
Professional appearance
Attention to detail
HOW TO APPLY
Start your application with the exact words:
DIGITAL SAFETY
Then answer:
What is your name?
How long have you been editing YouTube videos?
Send links to your 3 best talking-head YouTube edits.
What editing software do you use?
How long would it normally take you to edit a 6–10 minute video?
Can you create YouTube Shorts?
Can you create thumbnails?
Do you find your own B-roll and graphics?
What would you charge to edit one 6–10 minute video?
Do not send your entire portfolio. Send the 3 examples most similar to this type of channel.
I am looking for someone dependable who wants to grow with the channel and potentially become my long-term YouTube editor.