YouTube Video Editor
HighKey Agency
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $200 per long-form video
About the role
- Edit long-form YouTube videos (direct-to-camera, interviews, podcasts, educational content)
- Optimize pacing, structure, and visual flow for viewer retention
- Add motion graphics, light VFX, callouts, captions, and on-screen emphasis
- Create YouTube thumbnails designed for high CTR (not cinematic posters)
- Produce clean, engaging intros and outros aligned with YouTube best practices
- Occasionally, create short-form clips from long-form videos
- Collaborate with internal short-form editors to maintain brand consistency
- Work directly with creators and internal strategists to execute the content vision
- Proactively suggest improvements to structure, visuals, and presentation
Requirements
- Proven experience editing YouTube-native long-form content
- Portfolio demonstrating: Talking-head YouTube videos, Retention-focused editing, Motion graphics / VFX used to enhance clarity
- Strong understanding of: YouTube pacing & viewer psychology, Retention curves and pattern interrupts, Visual reinforcement of spoken content
- Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, or similar
- Ability to manage multiple projects and hit deadlines consistently
- Strong communication skills and ability to take creative direction
- Bonus: Experience working with educational, business, or personal brand content.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
video editingmotion graphicsvisual effectsYouTube content optimizationpacing and structure optimizationretention-focused editingshort-form video creationcontent presentationvisual reinforcementproject management
Soft skills
strong communicationcreative directioncollaborationproactive improvement suggestionstime management