Video Editor - Freelance, Remote
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Job description
The Impact you’ll make
- Edit approximately two long-form YouTube videos per week from raw footage provided by the client
- Organize footage, assemble sequences, and create polished videos based on reference content and creative direction
- Apply revisions and incorporate feedback to align the final output with the expected editing style
- Repurpose long-form footage into short-form clips for social media and trial reels
- Create variations of existing content while keeping the intended messaging and visual quality
- Deliver approximately 20 hours of short-form editing work per week, alongside approximately 20 hours of long-form editing
- Match the editing style of provided YouTube references and examples as closely as possible
- Review your own work for pacing, audio, and visual consistency before delivery [confirm: inferred from the style-matching and quality standards]
- Manage revisions, organize project files, and deliver completed videos on schedule
- Communicate proactively, ask clarifying questions, and consistently meet agreed-upon deadlines
- Participate in team check-ins and video meetings with camera on]
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Proficiency in professional video editing software such as Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve
- Experience editing long-form YouTube content and creating short-form clips
- Strong English comprehension to understand scripts, context, and creative instructions
- Good storytelling instincts, visual judgment, attention to detail, and openness to feedback
- Reliable attendance and accountability, willingness to join video meetings with the camera on, and the ability to work about 40 hours per week
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Technical
- Professional editing in Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or similar software
- Pacing, cuts, transitions, and audio cleanup for YouTube-style content
- Reframing and repurposing horizontal footage into vertical short-form clips
- Captions, text, and music, as the style requires
- Organized project files, version control, and backups
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Soft skills
- Storytelling instincts, including knowing which moments hook a viewer
- A sharp eye for detail and visual quality
- Coachability: you take feedback well and apply it quickly
- Accountability and dependable follow-through
- Asking questions early instead of guessing
- Managing a split workload and deadlines without being chased
- Computer with at least 8GB RAM, an Intel i5 core processor/AMD Ryzen 5 Processor and up.
- Internet speed of at least 40MBPS
- Headset with an extended mic that has noise cancellation and a webcam
- Back-up computer and internet connection
- Quiet, dedicated workspace at home
- You love finding the best moment in a long recording and turning it into something people actually watch
- You enjoy studying a creator’s style and reproducing it accurately
- You can switch between deep long-form work and fast, high-volume short-form edits
- You see feedback as a way to get better, not criticism
- You’re dependable: you show up on time, on camera, and ready to work every day
- You’d rather ask a quick question than hand in work that misses the mark
- You want to grow with a team that will train you on its style and workflows
- Remote position
- Must have a reliable internet connection and a quiet workspace
- Required to provide own computer with Intel Core i5 or something similar or higher operating system
- 40 hours per week
- 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM US Business Hours
- $5 per hour
- No benefits package included
Benefits
Originally posted on Himalayas
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