YouTube Video Editor & Thumbnail Designer - EMPBRIPG02

2 weeks, 4 days ago
Contract
Mid Level
Design and User Experience
Employmate

Employmate

Employmate is a company that offers full-time remote staffing solutions and continuous management support to help businesses scale and succeed. They provide tailored candidate connections, set up entire departments, and equip teams with the best tools ...

Professional Services

Description

  • Edit engaging long-form YouTube videos with strong pacing, storytelling, and structure.
  • Develop compelling hooks and dynamic openings to improve audience retention.
  • Design high-converting YouTube thumbnails with clear visual hierarchy and strong click appeal.
  • Optimise titles, descriptions, and tags for YouTube SEO and discovery.
  • Structure videos strategically to improve watch time and engagement metrics.
  • Monitor YouTube analytics such as CTR, retention, and watch time, and refine edits accordingly.
  • Repurpose long-form videos into YouTube Shorts and adapt selected clips for Instagram and TikTok.
  • Stay current with YouTube trends, formats, and evolving best practices.
  • Ensure brand consistency across all video and graphic assets.

Requirements

  • Proven experience editing specifically for YouTube, with a portfolio required.
  • Strong understanding of YouTube packaging, including hooks, retention, thumbnails, and pacing.
  • Proficiency in Premiere Pro, Final Cut, or DaVinci Resolve.
  • Strong graphic design skills for thumbnail creation using Photoshop or a similar tool.
  • Understanding of short-form vertical content formats.
  • Ability to work independently and manage deadlines.
  • Experience editing educational, finance, or business-related content.
  • Experience growing or managing a YouTube channel.
  • Fully remote South Africa-based availability.
  • Ability to work 40 hours per week during 10:00am–6:00pm Sydney time (1:00am–9:00am South African time, depending on daylight savings).

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