Full-Time Short-Form Video Editor

SLF Media Group is hiring a full-time remote video editor to join our team.

We're an organic social media marketing agency producing short-form video content for businesses across several industries. We're looking for an editor with strong creative judgment who can turn raw footage into polished, client-ready vertical videos.
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The Schedule:

Monday–Friday

9:00 AM–5:00 PM U.S. Mountain Time

40 paid hours per week

Long-term remote position (if you're not looking to stay in this role for 2 years+ please don't apply)

Paid lunch and rest breaks included

$7.50 USD/hour
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The Role:

Your work will center around three areas:

Independence:
Edit short-form videos from raw footage with increasing independence. This includes selecting strong clips, creating hooks, improving pacing, adding b-roll, captions, graphics, music, and matching the established style of different clients. During training this expectation will be much looser but after training it will be a firm expectation.

Delivery:
Prepare polished videos for internal and client review, upload work to ---------- , complete revisions based on team or client feedback, export final versions correctly, and prepare video captions or client delivery email s.

Organization:
Keep footage, editing projects, exports, Dropbox folders, ---------- projects, and ---------- tasks organized. Communicate clearly with the team and flag missing assets, questions, technical problems, or potential deadline issues early. We will teach you how we would like things organized, you won't have to come up with your own organizational structure.

Projects range from simple b-roll or skit based video to talking-head edits and more involved interview, podcast, property, and story-driven videos. Because the complexity varies, we care about both quality and efficient editing, rather than expecting every video to take the same amount of time.
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What We're Looking For:

• Professional short-form video editing experience
• Strong portfolio of vertical social content
• Experience with one or more of the following software's:
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• DaVinci Resolve
• CapCut
• Strong written and spoken English
• Good instincts for hooks, pacing, storytelling, b-roll, captions, and audio
• Excellent organization and attention to detail
• Ability to follow different client styles
• Reliable computer and internet connection with a backup internet option
• Ability to work consistently during U.S. Mountain Time business hours
• Comfortable receiving and completing revisions from end clients and the owner of the agency
• Able to work independently while asking questions when necessary

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How to Apply:

Send following materials and answer the following questions with your application:

• Your resume
• Your portfolio with examples of short-form videos you personally edited

1. Find one short-form video you think is exceptionally well edited. Include a direct link to the Instagram Reel, TikTok, or YouTube Short. In a few sentences, explain what the editor does well, including the hook, pacing, b-roll, captions, sound design, or other specific editing decisions. We want to understand your creative taste and what you notice as an editor.

2. Imagine you receive a 6-minute interview response and need to turn it into a 45–60 second Reel. How would you approach it? Briefly explain how you d ---------- what to keep, what to remove, where the video should start, and how you would make sure the final edit still tells a clear story.

3. A client says, “Can you make this video feel faster and more engaging?” but they do not want flashy effects or an overly edited style. What specific changes would you try first? Be specific about the editing decisions you would make.

4. What editing software do you primarily use, and what relevant professional experience do you have? Please include how long you have been editing professionally and the types of content you have worked with, such as talking-head videos, interviews, podcasts, b-roll, real estate, branded social content, or similar work.
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Hiring Process:

We will review your application, profile, resume, portfolio, and answers to the questions above.

Applicants selected to move forward will be invited to complete a paid video editing test.

Based on the application and paid test, selected candidates will then be invited to schedule an interview. After interviews are completed, we will select the candidate we would like to hire for the full-time position.

Please apply only if you are prepared to complete the paid editing test as part of the hiring process.

After we review your application, profile, resume, and portfolio, selected applicants will move to Stage 2 and receive:

A short set of written questions
A paid video editing test

Based on the written responses and results of the paid editing test, selected candidates will be invited to schedule an interview.

After interviews are completed, we will select the candidate we would like to hire for the full-time position.

We are looking for someone interested in becoming a long-term member of the SLF Media Group team.