
Video Editor
PLACE
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Philippines
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About the role
- Edit longform YouTube videos (10–30 min) with strong pacing, hooks, pattern interrupts, and clean storytelling
- Cut and optimize YouTube Shorts from longform content
- Design high-converting thumbnails (Canva mastery required)
- Add dynamic text overlays, graphics, b-roll, sound effects, and light motion where it enhances retention
- Collaborate on video structure, hooks, and flow, not just edits
- Implement YouTube SEO best practices: titles, descriptions, keywords, chapters, and trends
- Use ChatGPT (or similar tools) when needed for hooks, titles, descriptions, and idea refinement
- Maintain consistent branding, tone, and visual identity
- Stay ahead of YouTube trends, algorithm shifts, and best practices.
Requirements
- Live and breathe YouTube strategy, not just editing
- Understand retention, watch time, CTR, and why thumbnails matter
- Are a Canva power user (thumbnails, graphics, text animations)
- Know how to edit for both YouTube AND YouTube Shorts
- Understand SEO, keywords, and how videos get discovered
- Can take feedback well and also confidently bring creative ideas to the table
- Love building something long-term and watching a channel grow.
Benefits
- Remote working opportunity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
video editingYouTube SEOthumbnail designdynamic text overlaysgraphics creationb-roll editingsound effects integrationmotion graphicscontent optimizationretention strategies
Soft Skills
collaborationcreativityfeedback receptivenessstrategic thinkingstorytellingattention to detailadaptabilitylong-term visioncommunicationproblem-solving