Short-Form Video Editor – High Volume, Fixed Monthly Pay

You get stable monthly income, a clear repeatable process, and a long-term role on a fast-growing content studio working with multiple German creators (10K to 100K+ followers).

We're a content studio producing short-form video for German Instagram and TikTok creators in the business/coaching niche. We're scaling content volume across several accounts right now, with major product launches coming for multiple creators later this year.

What the job looks like
You edit short-form vertical videos (45-90 seconds) for Instagram Reels and TikTok. The format is consistent and repeatable: the creator speaks to camera, you remove the background in CapCut, drop in AI-generated images behind them, and sync them to the talking points.

Every video follows the same template. Once you learn it, editing is fast. A good editor will finish 5-10 clips per hour, with basic color grading applied to each one.

Expected output is around 180 clips per month across the accounts you're assigned to.

This is fully async work. You receive footage and assets in Google Drive, edit, and upload exports back. No daily calls, no time zone pressure — but you need to be reachable on WhatsApp, and either work ahead of deadlines or be genuinely available every day of the week.

What you earn
$200/month fixed to start, paid reliably every month. After 30 days of reliable delivery, your rate at least doubles.

At 5-10 clips per hour, this works out to roughly $5-11 per hour of actual editing time to start — and it only goes up from there. The faster and more consistent you are, the better your effective rate.

What this role can become
We have more work than we can currently handle, across multiple creators and formats. If you deliver quality work and grow with us, there's room for a lot more volume, more responsibility, and meaningfully better pay — well beyond the starting rate. This isn't a "try it for a few weeks" gig. We want someone in it for the long run.

What you need

• CapCut desktop — you already use it or can learn it fast
• Basic color grading skills (or willingness to learn — we'll show you)
• Reliable internet and a computer that handles CapCut without issues
• You can follow a written workflow in English and communicate clearly about editing details — a lot of what makes this work well is understanding specific notes and feedback, so solid written English matters
• Willingness to use AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) to understand the German source footage well enough to edit it precisely — we have a clear process for this, you just need to be willing to work with it. Already having your own ChatGPT account is a plus, but not required.

You do not need to speak German yourself.

Quick gut check before you apply: it's Saturday evening and a Reel urgently needs to go out. How do you handle it? We're looking for people who either work ahead or are genuinely available through the week — not just during "office hours."

To apply
Send a short message with:

• 2-3 examples of short-form Reels or TikTok videos you've edited
• Your typical turnaround time from raw footage to finished export
• Confirmation that you have CapCut desktop
• A one-sentence answer to the Saturday-night scenario above

Put "PILOT" at the start of your subject line so we know you read the whole post.

Shortlisted applicants complete a short paid test task before we finalize anything.