Video Editor – Weekly 8-Min Travel Documentary (YouTube) + Shorts | Premiere Pro

TREKARIUS is an independent UK travel documentary brand. Six years on the road, 96 countries, one bag. We film REAL travel – borders, ferries, local transport, real people, real prices. No AI, no stock footage, no staged content. Our YouTube channel TREKARIUS RAW ACCESS releases one 8-minute journey chapter every Friday.

We need a long-term video editor who loves raw, documentary-style storytelling.

WHAT YOU WILL DO EACH WEEK

• Edit 1 x 8-minute YouTube chapter from raw POV travel footage (Premiere Pro)
• Cut 4 x Shorts/Reels (15–45 sec, 9:16) from the same chapter
• Follow our edit sheet exactly: second-by-second timeline, music cues, sound effects, on-screen text and subtitles
• Clean audio, add hand-checked subtitles, light colour grade, export to YouTube spec (-14 LUFS)
• Occasional paid-ad cuts (15–20 sec) for our travel backpack

WHAT WE NEED

• Strong Premiere Pro skills (DaVinci Resolve also OK)
• Documentary / vlog / travel editing experience – please show it
• You understand retention: strong first 20 seconds, pacing, open loops, cutting on the beat
• Good sound design: J-cuts, ambience, music ducking, clean dialogue
• Accurate English subtitles
• Reliable weekly deadline (draft by Wednesday, final by Thursday, UK time)
• Good internet to download large footage files (Google Drive)

OUR STYLE (please read)

• Raw and real, NOT flashy. Hard cuts only. No zoom transitions, spins, glitches or speed ramps.
• The place and the people carry the story. Music only in key moments, never under people talking.
• Faceless brand: the camera faces out. Our founder never appears on screen.

PAY + TRIAL

• Paid test task first: a 60–90 second edit from our footage, with our edit sheet. Paid even if we don’t continue.
• Long-term role for the right person, with more work as the channels grow.

HOW TO APPLY
1. Start your application with the word FERRY (so we know you read this).
2. Send 2–3 links to videos YOU edited (YouTube, Drive or Vimeo) – documentary or travel preferred.
3. Tell us in 2–3 sentences what makes a viewer keep watching after the first 30 seconds.
4. Your weekly availability and your rate.

Applications without the word FERRY or without portfolio links will not be reviewed.