Lead Video Editor — YouTube & Social (Long-form + Shorts)

Role summary
Editing for our two flagship channels. Turn raw footage into high-retention YouTube videos and repurpose them into platform-ready short-form clips.

What you’ll do
• Edit long-form YouTube videos (story, pacing, hooks, end screens).
• Cut 9:16 from long-form and raw selects.
• Add b-roll, graphics, captions, SFX, music; clean dialogue and mix.
• Apply brand style, lower thirds, and reusable motion templates.
• Create/select strong opening 5–10 seconds for retention.
• Prep exports, thumbnails handoff.
• Manage project files, proxies, versioning, and backups.
• Work with a PM for briefs, deadlines, reviews, and publishes.
• Track results and suggest edits to improve watch time and CTR.

Requirements
• Expert in Adobe Premiere Pro; solid in After Effects (templates), Photoshop/Canva.
• Strong story sense, pacing, and sound design for YouTube.
• Fluency in platform specs (YT, IG, TikTok, FB, LinkedIn).
• Organized, fast, good English, hits deadlines.
• Portfolio showing long-form + shorts for YouTube.

KPIs
• 95% on-time delivery.
• Avg. revision rounds ?2 per video.
• Month-over-month improvement in retention and short-form completion rate.
• Zero missed spec/format issues at publish.

Nice to have
• Color workflows (Lumetri), caption styles, motion template building.
• Basic thumbnail composition skills.

How to apply
• Send a reel, 1 full YouTube edit you owned, and 5–10 shorts you cut.