Full Job Description.
Position: Social Media video editor.
Location: Remote.
Salary: #100,000- 200,000 ( Negotiable Based on Experience).
we are looking for a social media video editor who lives and breathe short form content. You will transform raw footage into thumb stopping videos for platforms like Facebook, tiktok, Instagram reels, YouTube shorts, and beyond. This role is perfect for someone who edits fast, understand trends, and know how to craft video that hold attention for the first 1-2 seconds.
Responsibilities .
You ‘re likely expected to:
- Edit short form videos optimized for tiktok, IG reels, YouTube shorts, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
- Create platform native cuts, pacing, ooks, caption, framing, and sound choice that match each channel.
- Add test overlay, dynamic captions, motion graphics, SFX, transitions, and light VFX where needed.
- Color correct and mix audio to ensure clean, professional output.
- Repurpose long form contents (podcasts, interview, webinars, vlogs) into High performing clips.
- Collaborate with social marketing, and creative teams to align videos with brand voice and campaign goals.
- Stay current on social trends, meme format , audio, and editing Styles.
- Deliver multiple iteration quickly and incorporate feedback smoothly.
- Manage and organize project files, footage and export with clean workflow habits.
Requirement.
interested applicant should have the following requirement to be eligible for the role:
- 2+ years editing social or digital first video (agency, brand, or creator experience welcome).
- Strong sense of pacing, story, and comedic/dramatic timing for short form.
- Proven ability to create engaging hooks and retention driven edits.
- Comfortable editing a high volume of content weekly without sacrificing quality.
- Fluent in social first virtual language like jumpcuts, punch-ins, B-roll layering, captions, etc.
- Great communicator who can take a brief and run with it.
- Reliable, deadline driven and organized.
Required Tools and Skills.
- Adobe premium pro or final Cap cut pro (nice to have).
- After effects, Capcut, Da Vinci resolve, or similar.
- Motion graphics, basic animation, and templated workflow.
- Sound design and audio cleanup.
- Strong captioning/substitling skill.
- familiarity with platform specs, save zones, and aspect ratio (9 ratio 16, 1 ratio 1, 16 ratio 9
How to Apply.
Interested Applicant should check the job listing on Indeed Here. And should please send the following:
- Your resume or LinkedIn link.
- A portfolio/ real of social media edits/videosamples.
- A brief note on why you are fit.
- (Optional) Any matrix or example of content you’ve help grow.
Applicable question(s)
- which of your social media handle has the most follower and how many organic followers do you have on it.
- are you okay with editing videos 7 days a week including weekend?
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