Video Editor / Content Strategist

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled YouTube Video Editor and Growth Strategist to take ownership of our long-form YouTube content.

You will primarily edit podcasts, alongside occasional vlogs and other long-form videos. This is not a basic editing position. We need someone who understands how to turn raw footage into fast-paced, engaging content that holds attention and performs well on YouTube.

You will also be responsible for designing high-converting thumbnails, improving video packaging, analysing performance and helping shape the overall YouTube content strategy.

The ideal candidate understands that a successful YouTube video depends on more than clean editing. The hook, pacing, storytelling, title, thumbnail and audience retention must all work together.

Key Responsibilities

Video Editing

• Edit long-form podcast episodes into polished, fast-paced and engaging YouTube videos.
• Edit vlogs and other long-form content when required.
• Remove unnecessary pauses, repetition and sections that reduce audience retention.
• Strengthen opening hooks and ensure videos capture attention immediately.
• Use cuts, zooms, graphics, captions, sound effects, music, B-roll and visual pattern interrupts where appropriate.
• Maintain strong pacing throughout each video without making the editing feel forced or distracting.
• Structure footage into a clear and compelling story, rather than simply editing clips in chronological order.
• Ensure audio is clean, balanced and professional.
• Colour-correct footage and maintain a consistent visual style across the channel.
• Export and deliver videos in the correct format and on schedule.

Thumbnail Design and Video Packaging

• Design high-quality YouTube thumbnails focused on increasing click-through rate.
• Develop multiple thumbnail concepts for important uploads when needed.
• Create thumbnails that communicate a clear idea, emotion or curiosity gap without becoming misleading.
• Work on title and thumbnail combinations rather than treating them as separate elements.
• Research competitor thumbnails, successful formats and emerging visual trends.
• Review thumbnail performance and suggest replacements when a video is underperforming.
• Maintain a recognisable visual identity while continuously testing new creative approaches.

YouTube Strategy

• Help develop content ideas based on audience interests, successful topics and channel performance.
• Identify the strongest hooks, stories and ---------- nts within podcast recordings.
• Recommend how each episode should be positioned before editing begins.
• Suggest titles, thumbnail directions, video structures and opening hooks.
• Analyse audience retention graphs, click-through rate, average view duration and other key metrics.
• Identify where viewers are leaving and use those insights to improve future edits.
• Study competing channels and identify formats, topics and packaging strategies that are working.
• Help create a repeatable content system that increases views, retention and channel growth.
• Provide clear recommendations after each upload rather than waiting to be given instructions.

Content Repurposing

• Identify standout ---------- nts from podcasts that could be repurposed into short-form content.
• Mark strong clips, hooks and controversial or insightful ---------- nts during the editing process.
• Collaborate with the short-form content team where applicable.

Results You Will Be Responsible For

Your performance will be measured primarily through:

• Improved thumbnail click-through rate.
• Increased audience retention.
• Stronger average view duration.
• More viewers reaching the middle and end of each video.
• Increased views across new uploads.
• Consistent delivery of high-quality content.
• Continuous improvement based on YouTube analytics.
• Fewer revisions as you develop a stronger understanding of the brand and audience.

Requirements

• Proven experience editing long-form YouTube videos, particularly podcasts.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating fast-paced, engaging editing.
• Experience designing YouTube thumbnails.
• A clear understanding of click-through rate, audience retention and average view duration.
• Strong understanding of hooks, storytelling, pacing and viewer psychology.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or another professional editing platform.
• Proficiency in Photoshop or another professional thumbnail design tool.
• Strong audio-editing and colour-correction skills.
• Ability to work independently and make creative decisions without constant direction.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication and time-management skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple videos at once.
• Willingness to review analytics and improve based on performance data.

Nice to Have

• Experience growing a YouTube channel.
• Experience editing interview-based, business, marketing or documentary-style content.
• Experience creating YouTube titles and developing content concepts.
• Experience producing short-form clips from long-form podcasts.
• Experience with motion graphics or After Effects.
• Knowledge of tools such as YouTube Studio, VidIQ, TubeBuddy or similar analytics platforms.
• Understanding of personal-brand or founder-led YouTube channels.

What We Are Looking For

We want someone who:

• Thinks like both an editor and a strategist.
• Understands why people click and why they continue watching.
• Can turn a slow or unstructured conversation into an engaging piece of content.
• Notices weak sections before they become retention problems.
• Can explain the reasoning behind creative decisions.
• Proactively suggests improvements instead of only following instructions.
• Cares about performance, not just making videos look visually impressive.
• Keeps up with changes in YouTube editing, packaging and audience behaviour.

Application Requirements

Please include:

• A short introduction about your experience.
• Two to five examples of long-form YouTube videos you have edited.
• Examples of thumbnails you have designed.
• Any channels you have helped grow.
• Performance results where available, including CTR, retention, views or watch time.
• The editing and design software you use.
• Your typical turnaround time for a podcast episode.
• Your availability and expected rate.

Shortlisted candidates may be asked to complete a paid test edit and thumbnail concept using a section of podcast footage.