FULL-TIME SHORT-FORM VIDEO EDITOR — 10 ADS PER DAY, DAYTIME HOURS, LONG-TERM SEAT

FULL-TIME SHORT-FORM VIDEO EDITOR — 10 ADS PER DAY, DAYTIME HOURS, LONG-TERM SEAT
Read this entire post before applying. If you skim it, you will fail the application in the first five seconds and we will both have wasted our time. That is not a threat — it's a favor. This job is not for most people, and I'd rather you find that out now.

WHAT THIS JOB ACTUALLY IS
We run paid video ads at real scale. We need volume, every single day, forever.

Your job: produce 10 short-form video ads per day. Different products, different angles, same relentless output.

Most of these are not creative masterpieces. Be clear-eyed about what you'd be doing:

Simple product ads built from footage, images and assets we hand you.
Recreating proven ad structures. We give you a reference ad that's working in the market — you rebuild that format with OUR product, OUR footage, OUR copy. You're reproducing a structure, not copying someone's file.
Working from our swipe file. We keep a reference library of formats that convert. You'll learn it, internalize it, and pull from it fast.
High-volume iteration on winners. When an ad performs, you spin out 10 variations designed to beat it. New hook, new opening 3 seconds, new caption style, new music, new order.

Hooks, captions, pacing, sound. Fast. Clean. Consistent. Every day.

This is not a job where you get to be an artist. This is a job where you get to be the most reliable person in the company. If the word "volume" makes you tired, stop reading. If the idea of one client, one seat, work handed to you every morning, no invoice-chasing, no pitching, no ten-clients juggling act — if that sounds like relief — keep reading.

WHAT WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT, IN THIS EXACT ORDER
You show up. Every scheduled day. Not "most days." Not "I had internet problems." Every day.
You clear the day's list. Around 10 ads a day on average. Consistently.
You stay. We are building a team, not renting a freelancer for two months.
Your editing is good enough — and gets better.

Notice that skill is fourth on this list. That is not a mistake. We can teach you our formats, our hooks, our caption style, our pacing — we have a whole system for it, and the person who reads this carefully and types “semla” as the first word in the title when applying for this job is already showing me the exact trait I'm hiring for. It is not mentioned in the title structure, but it is supposed to be the first word, then the title structure. What we cannot teach is a person who is at their desk at the same time every day for the next two years. If you have that, and your edits are decent, you will beat a more talented editor who disappears for three days without a message.

HOURS — AND YES, THEY'RE NORMAL ONES
Monday to Saturday, 8 hours per day, on Philippine time. Roughly 09:00–18:00 PHT with a break. We'll lock your exact hours together before you start.
No graveyard shift. No night work. No waiting up until 2am for a Western client. I start my own day very early, so I'm already online and reachable through most of your workday. You get to sleep at night like a normal human being.
Occasional Sunday pushes when a launch demands it. Paid extra, never assumed, never unpaid.
You keep your regular Philippine holidays. Tell us in advance, that's all.

If you cannot commit to six days a week, every week, do not apply. That is the entire job.

PAY — READ THIS PART SLOWLY
This is a real monthly salary, not piece work. I am not going to pay you per clip and have you racing to grab the easy ones. Some ads take five minutes. Some take an hour. You get paid for clearing the day, not for counting files.

Monthly salary: $520 USD. Paid twice a month, on time, every time. We have never missed a payment and we never will.

On top of that:

$60 USD consistency bonus, every month you clear your daily list on every scheduled day with zero missed days. This is the easiest money in the job and it is entirely within your control.
$50 USD push bonus in any month where you clear meaningfully more than your assigned lists — when we ask for a surge before a launch and you actually deliver it.
$15 USD per winner. Any ad of yours that becomes a top performer in our account. Uncapped, and this is the real upside. More ads out the door means more chances at a winner, which is exactly why we don't need to pay you by the clip to make you fast.
Your first raise comes after ONE month. Not six. Not "we'll see." One month.

The raise ladder, in writing:

When
Monthly salary
With bonuses, realistically
Start
$520
~$580–630
After 1 month
$550
~$610–660
After 3 months
$580
~$640–690
After 6 months
$620
~$680–730

Every step is automatic if you're still clearing your lists. It goes into your agreement on day one. You will never have to ask me for a raise, and I will never "forget."

I put the first raise at one month on purpose. Most clients dangle a raise at six months and half of them never pay it. I'd rather prove to you inside four weeks that when you deliver, the number actually moves — and then keep proving it. Winner bonuses sit on top of every row above.

How the daily target actually works. Every morning you get a list. On a light day that might be twelve quick iterations off a winner. On a heavy day it might be six builds from raw footage. I size the list, not you — so you are never punished for drawing the hard jobs, and never rewarded for cherry-picking the easy ones. Ten a day is the average we're aiming for across a week, not a rule applied to every single day.

What counts as done: delivered on time, follows the brief, correct format and aspect ratio, captions clean, no technical errors. Not a taste judgment. If I send something back I tell you exactly why in one sentence, and it counts once you fix it.

WHO SHOULD NOT APPLY
Please save us both the time. Do not apply if:

You are juggling other clients and this would be "one of them."
You need creative freedom and ownership to feel motivated.
Your internet is unreliable and you have no backup connection.
You have no plan for brownouts or power cuts.
You cannot work six days a week.
You want to negotiate the salary upward before you've proven a single month.
You are looking for a placeholder while you search for something better.
You want to "grow into a Creative Director role." That's not this seat.

I'm not being harsh for fun. I hired for this before and lost good people because they wanted a different job than the one I actually had. This time I'm describing it exactly.

HOW TO APPLY — THIS IS THE FIRST TEST
Ninety percent of applicants will get this wrong. That's the point.
1. Subject line, formatted EXACTLY like this:
| [most short-form ads you've ever finished in ONE day] | [main editing software] | [hours/day you can work] | [days/week you can work] | [your download speed from speedtest.net]

Example: XXXXXX | 8 | CapCut | 8 | 6 | 45mbps

The codeword is written somewhere in this post. I'm not telling you where. If you actually read the whole thing, you already have it.

Wrong format, missing codeword, missing a field — deleted unread. No exceptions, no second chances.
2. Your message must contain these six things, in this order, and nothing else:
Line 1 — The most finished edits you have ever delivered in a single day. Who was it for, and what were they. One or two real sentences. Generic answers are deleted.

Your setup — Computer and specs. Internet provider and speed. Backup internet. What you do when the power goes out. Be specific and boring. "I have good internet" is a failed answer.

Longevity — The longest you have ever stayed in one role or with one client. How long, and why it ended. Be honest. A short history with an honest reason beats an inflated one.

Your work — 2 to 3 links to short-form ads or edits you made. Not a reel. Pick the ones closest to simple product ads. Your judgment about what to show me is part of the test.

One honest answer — What would make you quit this job? Everyone has a breaking point. Tell me yours. I trust the person who names it far more than the person who says "nothing."

Last line — Your single most-used keyboard shortcut while editing, and what you use it for.

Do not attach a generic CV. It will not be read.

THE THREE STAGES
Stage 1 — The application above. Takes 20 minutes if you're serious. Most people won't do it.

Stage 2 — The volume test. Unpaid. If your application is sharp, I send you a folder of raw footage and one reference format. You deliver 3 finished ads within 24 hours. I am not grading beauty. I am grading: did you follow the brief exactly, did you deliver on time, and did you ask smart questions instead of guessing. This is a real preview of the daily job.

Stage 3 — Paid trial week. Full structure, real work, real feedback. This is where the seat is won.

WHAT YOU GET IF YOU WIN IT
One client. One team. Daytime hours. Same work, same people, every day. A real monthly salary paid on time, twice a month, without you ever having to ask. A raise on a schedule, not on a whim — the first one after four weeks. Direct feedback from someone who will tell you exactly what's wrong so you can fix it and get better fast.

If you're the kind of person who is tired of chasing clients and just wants a seat, a number to hit, and to be paid reliably for hitting it — this is that.

Show me you can follow instructions. That's the whole first test.