Video Editor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nicaragua.

📋 Description

• Transform conversational footage into concise short-form narratives featuring compelling hooks, well-defined structure, and engaging pacing.

• Utilize the founder’s messaging guidance to pinpoint the most impactful moments and create comprehensive narratives autonomously.

• Maintain each client’s unique voice, personality, and intended message while eliminating repetition, digressions, and distractions.

• Incorporate accurate captions, thoughtful framing, B-roll, punch-ins, and supplementary visuals to enhance clarity or engagement.

• Produce polished, platform-ready videos with clean audio, ensuring subtitles, visual elements, and overall flow are meticulously checked before delivery.

• Organize recurring content and revisions across 4-6 clients, achieving approximately 3-4 completed videos per day within the anticipated turnaround time.

• Tailor editing style to suit each client’s needs.

• Proactively identify next steps, highlight unclear messaging or potential delivery risks promptly, and implement feedback to reduce the need for extensive direction in future edits.

⛳️ Requirements

• A portfolio showcasing Instagram Reels and pertinent talking-head, interview, podcast, founder, executive, thought-leadership, or personal-brand content.

• Relevant experience in professional video editing, ideally between 3-5 years, with at least 2+ years focused on social content; candidates with 1-2 years and an outstanding portfolio are also encouraged to apply.

• Proficiency in CapCut, demonstrating strong skills in captions, pacing, framing, B-roll, punch-ins, basic audio cleanup, and finishing touches.

• Strong instincts for short-form storytelling.

• Excellent English comprehension and communication skills, including the ability to grasp conversational nuances and maintain the speaker’s intent.

• Proven initiative and independent decision-making capabilities, with the organization to handle recurring edits, revisions, and delivery deadlines without requiring detailed instructions.

• Comfort in working directly with a founder in the absence of a creative team, responding positively to feedback, and committing to a Monday to Friday schedule on Central Time.

• Previous experience collaborating directly with a founder or within a startup environment is strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with Descript is strongly preferred.

• Experience with Premiere Pro or similar professional editing software is beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Access to a $200K+ perks marketplace offering discounts on over 150 global services.

• Option to withdraw up to 50% of approved earnings prior to payday.