Senior Video Editor - Remote | Full-Time

5 months, 1 week ago
Full-time
Senior
Design and User Experience

Reef / Hire with Reef

Reef is a remote hiring and recruitment business that helps companies hire pre-vetted offshore B2B sales talent quickly, typically within 14 days. It focuses on roles such as BDRs, SDRs, appointment setters, account executives, sales admins, sales managers, and head of partnerships, and markets savings versus local SDRs with placement and replacement guarantees.

Design Services
11-50

Description

  • Edit long-form documentary and narrative video content from raw footage through final delivery.
  • Create short-form social clips from long-form material for YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
  • Collaborate directly with producers on scripted, voiceover-driven content and interpret creative briefs.
  • Own the full edit workflow, including pacing, structure, polish, and published asset preparation.
  • Maintain a cinematic and journalistic tone across both long-form and short-form outputs.
  • Integrate B-roll, sound design, audio mixing, colour correction, and subtitles into finished edits.
  • Optimize content for each platform’s format requirements, including aspect ratio, captions, and opening hooks.
  • Manage revision cycles, meet deadlines, and anticipate recurring feedback before submission.
  • Organize project files and handle technical workflow independently using cloud storage tools.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience editing narrative, documentary, or long-form content.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
  • A strong portfolio showing both long-form narrative work and short-form social clips.
  • Excellent spoken and written English with proactive communication skills.
  • Strong instincts for pacing, hook structure, and emotional storytelling.
  • Confident skills in audio mixing, colour correction, B-roll integration, sound design, and subtitle formatting.
  • Understanding of platform-specific requirements for Reels, Shorts, and TikTok, including aspect ratios and caption styles.
  • Ability to self-manage technical issues and file organization via Google Drive or Dropbox.
  • Availability for 60 hours per week, Monday to Saturday, with US daytime overlap.
  • Responsive on Slack within 15-30 minutes during working hours.
  • Own a fast, reliable internet connection, a suitable laptop or desktop, and a quiet workspace with a good quality microphone or headset.

Benefits

  • Compensation of $800-$1,200 USD per month, depending on experience and output quality.
  • Rate review after 90 days based on deadline adherence, revision rates, brand consistency, and producer feedback.
  • Top-of-band pay of $1,200 reserved for editors delivering 70%+ first-submission sign-off with zero missed deadlines.
  • Direct engagement with an established US media company with a clear editorial voice.
  • A craft-focused role with real ownership of the edit, not just a support seat.
  • Stable full-time income instead of project-based variability.
  • Access to additional job opportunities through the Reef network.

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