Junior Video Editor

Full-Time Junior Video Editor / Post-Production Assistant

Starting Salary: $400 USD/month
Schedule: Full-Time — 40 hours/week
Software: DaVinci Resolve
Position: Long-Term
Experience Level: Entry-Level / Junior

About the Position

I'm a sports filmmaker, documentary filmmaker and YouTube creator looking for a full-time Junior Video Editor / Post-Production Assistant to join my content team.

This is an entry-level position designed for someone who understands the basics of editing but wants an opportunity to work consistently, improve quickly and eventually take ownership of complete video edits.

You do NOT need to be an advanced editor when you start.

Initially, you'll learn my workflow by helping organize and prepare projects for editing.

However, because this is a full-time position, I expect the right person to progress quickly from project preparation into editing complete videos.

PHASE 1 — FOOTAGE ORGANIZATION & EDIT PREP

You'll initially learn the workflow by helping with:

• Organizing raw footage
• Creating and organizing DaVinci Resolve bins
• Sorting footage by player, game, activity or content type
• Creating timelines from raw footage
• Removing unusable footage
• Identifying usable clips
• Creating selects timelines
• Organizing B-roll
• Syncing audio when needed
• Organizing interview footage
• Creating and managing proxy media
• Preparing projects so they are ready to edit
• Following established folder and file-naming systems

Attention to detail is extremely important.

Good organization makes the editing process faster for the entire team.

PHASE 2 — SIMPLE EDITS

Once you understand the workflow, you'll quickly begin editing projects yourself.

These may include:

• Basketball game highlights
• Football game highlights
• Individual player highlights
• Basketball workouts
• Training videos
• Practice videos
• Behind-the-scenes sports content
• Instagram Reels
• TikToks
• YouTube Shorts
• Talking-head videos

You'll receive reference videos and feedback to help you learn the editing style.

PHASE 3 — COMPLETE CONTENT EDITS

As you improve, you'll begin taking ownership of complete projects from:

Raw Footage → Organization → Selects → Edit → Revisions → Final Video

These projects may include:

• Full sports highlight videos
• YouTube sports content
• Simple Day in the Life videos
• Personal-brand videos
• Camera equipment videos
• Filmmaking tutorials
• Behind-the-scenes videos
• Longer YouTube content

The goal is for you to become capable of receiving footage and instructions and completing the project with less supervision over time.

DOCUMENTARY WORK

You will NOT initially be responsible for editing my long-form documentaries.

I currently want to remain focused on developing and editing those projects myself.

Your role is to help take the large amount of sports, YouTube and personal-brand content off my plate.

However, editors who demonstrate strong organization, storytelling ability and reliability may eventually have opportunities to assist with documentary projects.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

I'm looking for someone who:

• Has basic video-editing experience
• Wants to edit full-time
• Is willing to learn
• Is highly organized
• Can follow detailed instructions
• Can follow reference videos
• Takes feedback well
• Communicates consistently
• Meets deadlines
• Has good attention to detail
• Can work independently after being trained
• Wants to improve quickly

You don't need to know everything already.

Being teachable, reliable and organized is extremely important for this position.

SOFTWARE

My primary editing software is DaVinci Resolve.

DaVinci Resolve experience is strongly preferred.

If you already understand:

• Media organization
• Timelines
• Proxy workflows
• Basic color correction
• Audio editing
• Speed changes
• Captions
• Vertical video

that is a plus.

CONTENT YOU'LL WORK WITH

I produce a high volume of content including:

Sports

Basketball, football, workouts, practices, games and athlete content.

YouTube

Day in the Life videos, behind-the-scenes videos and sports content.

Personal Brand

Talking-head videos about cameras, filmmaking, equipment and being a sports filmmaker.

Short Form

Instagram Reels, TikToks and YouTube Shorts.

There should consistently be projects available to work on.

GROWTH PATH

This position has a clear progression:

Footage Sorting & Organization

↓

Project Preparation & Selects

↓

Sports Highlights & Short-Form Edits

↓

Talking-Head & Personal-Brand Edits

↓

Complete Day in the Life / YouTube Edits

↓

More Advanced Storytelling Projects

The faster you demonstrate that you understand the workflow and can produce quality work consistently, the faster you'll receive complete projects.

HOW TO APPLY

Start your application with:

“GAME TIME”

Then answer the following:

1. Tell me briefly about yourself.
2. How long have you been editing?
3. Do you currently use DaVinci Resolve?
4. Send links to your 3 best edits.
5. Send any sports edits you've completed.
6. Send any talking-head, YouTube or social-media edits you've completed.
7. What computer do you edit on? Include RAM, processor and GPU if you know them.
8. What is your internet speed?
9. Are you currently working another job?
10. Are you available to work full-time?
11. Are you comfortable spending part of your first weeks organizing and sorting footage while learning my editing workflow?
12. What would you like to improve most as a video editor?

HIRING PROCESS

Strong applicants will move through a short interview and paid editing test.

I'm not necessarily looking for the person with the most impressive effects.

I'm looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Good judgment
• Organization
• Attention to detail
• Ability to follow instructions
• Editing fundamentals
• Communication
• Reliability
• Willingness to learn

This is intended to be a long-term full-time position for the right person.