Editor for a Moto-Vlog Style YouTube Channel

I THINK WE MISSED A TURN: Editor for a Moto-Vlog Style YouTube Channel - TCAT Remapping Expedition 2026

Editor for a Moto-Vlog Style YouTube Channel
OVERVIEW
- Craig Luke is a Canadian Moto-Vlogger based in Nelson, British Columbia. He is currently riding solo, coast to coast off-road, to remap the Trans Canada Adventure Trail. 15,000 km from Grant Bay on Vancouver Island to St. John's, Newfoundland. Roughly six months on the dirt road. You are the editor who turns each journey's raw footage into a finished, upload-ready video.
- This is off-road adventure motorcycling content made by riders for riders. Authentic and practical. Real Canadian backcountry travel, not influencer polish. He shoots on a lightweight Kove 450 Rally and lives on a strict $50/day budget. Footage comes off the trail and uploads via Starlink Mini from remote campsites. Every video should feel like the viewer is out there with him.
- Style benchmark is Itchy Boots ---------- story-driven pacing built around solo travel, geographic progression, map tracking and the raw beauty of the trail. Not hyper-edited visual noise.
- Publish cadence is once every three days to start. Turnaround is within 48 hours from the ---------- nt a journey's assets are ready.

THE ROLE
- We outline each episode in a shared Google Sheet. An episode may cover one day or several days. You build one finished episode per outline.
- We engage you video by video to start.
- If we like your work and we are working well together, we build a longer-term relationship from there.
- We want a go-to editor for the entire 15,000km project across Canada and beyond.
- The Google Sheet which is our production hub.

REVIEW THE CHANNEL FIRST
- Watch the current channel for context and style: ----------
- We want you to match the rider-to-rider feel and then raise the bar.
- Come with ideas. Better pacing, cleaner sound design, sharper color, smarter cutaways, stronger hooks and openings, chapter markers, retention editing.
- Tell us what you would do differently and why.

REFERENCE VIDEOS (watch before you start)
- Study these before your first edit. They show the target. Match the pacing, energy and storytelling. Do not copy shot for shot.
- Style we are aiming for: youtu.be/t8R4xB9k6xI
- Reference: youtu.be/6cmY8qEdvIM
- Channel benchmark: Itchy Boots, ----------

SOURCE FOOTAGE
- Craig shoots each day on three cameras.
- Insta360 X4 Air. 360 capture for reframing and impossible angles. 8K.
- Insta360 GO Ultra. Mounted POV and cube shots.
- Phone. Handheld and talking-to-camera footage.

WHERE EVERYTHING LIVES
- Google Sheet (production hub). Every episode outlines lives here. The narrative spine, titles, descriptions, tags, notes, locations and track links. An outline may span multiple days. This is your starting point for every episode.
- Google Drive day folders. Raw footage from the three cameras, photos of people and scenery, Craig's voiceover and in most cases the route map video file.
- ---------- . The route map is usually dropped into the Drive folder as a finished video. In some cases over the next two weeks you may need to grab the route video for the day from ---------- yourself. Craig is moving toward providing it automatically in the folder.
- Insta360 Studio app. Where you reframe and export the 360 footage before Premiere, or you use the Insta360 plugin inside Premiere instead.

THE 360 WORKFLOW
- You handle the 360 footage one of two ways.
- Reframe and export the 360 footage in the Insta360 Studio app first, then bring it into Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Or use the Adobe Premiere Pro Insta360 plugin to import and reframe ---------- sv files directly inside Premiere.
- Pick the path your machine handles cleanly. Everything finishes in Premiere.

WHAT YOU BUILD
- One finished episode per outline.
- The route map worked into the video. Most days the map video is already in the Drive folder. Occasionally you pull it from ---------- .
- Craig's voiceover laid in as the spine of the story.
- The pre-made intro and outro applied to every video.
- People and scenery photos worked in as cutaways and b-roll where they fit the story.

EDIT APPROACH
- Follow the outline in the Google Sheet as the spine. It tells you where Craig was, where he was going and what happened.
- Cut for story first, polish second. The ride is the star. Find the arc. Geographic progress, the struggle, the breakdown, the triumph, the camp routine.
- Keep it honest. No fake drama. Sound like a rider, not a brand.
- Reframe the X4 360 footage to land the action. Use the small POV cam for mounted shots. Use the phone for Craig to camera.
- Pacing and sound design. Balance voiceover and music against crisp engine audio, wind and ambient nature sound. Build tension on technical trail. Go cinematic and calm at camp. The voice stays clear and on top.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND HARDWARE
- Expert editor in Adobe Premiere Pro. This is the only editor we use. We want every project built in Premiere so we can bring editing in-house later.
- Insta360 workflow. Reframe and stabilize 360 footage cleanly. Run the Insta360 Reframe plugin in Premiere or reframe and export in the Insta360 Studio app first.
- Handle heavy 4K and 8K files smoothly.
- Audio layering and sound design. Balance voiceover, camera audio, engine sound and music so the voice stays crystal clear.
- Story editing. Find the narrative arc in hours of raw trail footage without over-editing. The Itchy Boots flow.
- Strong English comprehension. You follow written outlines and check on-screen metadata against what actually happened on camera.
- Reliable communication and on-time delivery inside the 48 hour window.
- Fast internet and a high-spec machine. You will pull heavy 8K and 4K files from Google Drive and the Insta360 cloud.

NICE TO HAVE (strong bonus, not required)
- Map and motion graphics. Generate route paths from GPX using Google Earth Studio, After Effects or a dedicated mapping plugin. In most cases the route map is provided for you. Relive supplies the motion graphics if they come on as a sponsor. Otherwise we build it through Google Maps or another option. This is a real plus if you can do it.
- After Effects for titles, lower thirds and clean motion graphics.
- Color grading in Lumetri.
- Thumbnail design.
- Experience editing travel, moto, outdoor or adventure content.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN YOU
- Detail focused. You catch the small things.
- Self-managed. We do not track your hours. You hold the milestones and the quality.
- A storyteller, not just a button pusher.
- In it for the long haul. We want one editor for the whole expedition.

DELIVERY AND APPROVAL

- Drop two files back into the journey's Google Drive folder. The Adobe Premiere master project file (once approved and finalized) and the finished video file.
- Do not upload anything to YouTube. We handle that ourselves for now. We bring you into that once we have worked together for a while.
- Use the title, description and tags from the Google Sheet. If Craig covered something on camera that was not in the outline, update the metadata to match what actually happened.
- Tell us the episode is ready for review. All of this inside the 48 hour turnaround window.

COMPENSATION AND WORK TERMS

- We are a Canadian company. All pay is in Canadian dollars (CAD).
- Structure. Paid per completed video. One finished longform episode, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Trial rate. $65 CAD per video for your first 3 videos. This is a paid trial so we both confirm the fit.
- Standard rate. $100 CAD per video from video 4 onward, once the trial passes review and we are working well together.
- Growth bonus. When the channel hits 20,000 subscribers you earn a bonus on every video on top of your per-video rate.
- Performance bonus. Once the channel revenue grows we add a bonus tied to views on the videos you personally edit. This is added to your base, never in place of it.
- Monthly retainer. When the channel is profitable we are willing to move you to a monthly retainer plus bonuses.
- Payment schedule. Paid after each video is completed. We move to a monthly salary when the channel hits 50,000 subscribers. Paid in CAD.
- Flexibility. We do not track your hours. You manage your own schedule as long as the milestones and quality hold for each delivery.
- Long-term potential. We want one go-to editor for the full 15,000km project across Canada and beyond.

HOW TO APPLY (read carefully)
- We only hire people who pay attention to detail. Automated or copy-pasted applications get ignored. In your application include the items below.
- The secret phrase. Start your message with this exact line: "I found the turn! - ITWMAT Video Editor".
- Your portfolio. Links to YouTube or adventure content you personally edited. Include examples with maps or heavy voiceover.
- Production ideas. After watching the channel, name two or three specific things you would do to raise the production quality.
- Your project rate. Confirm our per-video structure works, or give your target rate in CAD per 15 to 20 minute finished video.
- Your gear and connection. A short description of your computer specs and a screenshot of your internet download and upload speed.

NEXT STEP
- Watch both reference videos and the current channel, then reply with your questions on the open specs and your production ideas so we can lock everything before the first folder lands.