Short-Form Video Editor

Short-Form Video Editor – Reels & Premium Brand Content | Remote

Position Type: Fractional, Remote

Function: Creative / Video Production

About the Role

At the company, one of our clients is hiring a Short-Form Video / Reels Editor to transform raw footage and existing brand assets into polished, premium short-form video content.

This is an execution-focused creative role , not a social media strategy or management position. You’ll receive footage, assets, and creative direction and be responsible for turning them into refined, brand-aligned Reels and short-form videos .

We’re specifically looking for someone whose work feels premium, intentional, and professionally produced—not the typical influencer or template-driven CapCut aesthetic .

What You’ll Own

Short-Form Video Editing

• Edit raw footage into polished Reels and short-form videos

• Create strong pacing and natural visual flow

• Select the strongest footage and structure edits effectively

• Trim and sequence clips with attention to rhythm and storytelling

• Incorporate existing brand assets into finished videos

• Prepare final videos for social platforms and short-form placements

Premium Visual Execution

• Maintain a sophisticated, premium visual aesthetic

• Apply professional color correction and color grading

• Ensure transitions and effects complement rather than overpower the content

• Maintain consistency with existing brand direction

• Produce clean, intentional edits rather than heavily templated social content

Sound & Music

• Select music that complements the brand and creative direction

• Edit audio for clean, professional output

• Balance dialogue, music, and other audio elements appropriately

• Use sound intentionally to improve pacing and overall production quality

Creative Production

• Work from provided footage, assets, and creative direction

• Turn existing materials into finished, publication-ready content

• Incorporate feedback efficiently

• Manage multiple edits and revisions as needed

• Maintain organized project files and final exports

• Help maintain a backlog of completed short-form creative

Requirements

• Professional experience editing short-form video, Reels, branded content, or commercial social content

• Strong portfolio or reel demonstrating high-quality video editing

• Excellent sense of pacing, rhythm, composition, and storytelling

• Strong color correction and color-grading skills

• Strong judgment around music and sound selection

• Ability to create premium brand content without relying heavily on templates or trendy effects

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to work independently from provided creative direction

• Comfortable working in a fractional, remote capacity

• Ability to consistently deliver polished creative on deadline

Preferred Skills

• Experience producing content for premium, luxury, lifestyle, or design-conscious brands

• Strong experience with professional video-editing software

• Experience editing Instagram Reels and other vertical short-form formats

• Understanding of typography and motion graphics for video

• Experience working with existing brand systems and creative direction

• Strong color-grading capabilities

• Experience selecting and integrating music and sound into branded content

Tools & Technology

Adobe Premiere Pro | DaVinci Resolve | Final Cut Pro | After Effects | Professional Color-Grading Tools | Audio Editing Tools

Equivalent professional editing tools are also welcome.

What Makes You a Strong Fit

You’ll likely thrive in this role if you

• Have a strong visual eye and can immediately recognize when an edit feels polished

• Understand the difference between premium branded content and typical influencer-style editing

• Know when to keep an edit clean rather than adding unnecessary effects

• Have excellent instincts for pacing, music, and sound

• Can elevate raw footage through editing and color

• Work well from an established creative direction

• Are highly execution-oriented and don’t need to own social strategy

• Can consistently deliver refined, brand-ready work

• Take feedback well and turn revisions around efficiently

What a Typical Project Looks Like

You’ll receive raw footage, existing creative assets, and direction for a piece of short-form content.

From there, you’ll select the strongest footage, build the edit, establish pacing, refine the color, select appropriate music and sound, incorporate brand elements, and deliver a polished final video ready to publish.

In short: we provide the footage, assets, and direction; you turn them into premium short-form content.

Key Metrics for Success

• Quality and polish of finished videos

• Consistency with the established brand aesthetic

• Strength of editing and pacing

• Quality of color grading

• Effectiveness of music and sound selection

• Turnaround time

• Accuracy to creative direction

• Efficiency incorporating revisions

• Consistency across multiple pieces of content

• Reliability of fractional creative support

Interview Process

• Initial Application & Portfolio/Reel Review

• Spark Hire One-Way Video Interview

• Recruiter Interview

• Client Interview

• Offer & Onboarding

Spark Hire Video Interview – Required

As part of the application process, all candidates are required to complete a one-way video interview through Spark Hire .

After completing the first step of your application, you’ll receive a Spark Hire invitation by email with instructions to record and submit your video responses.

Completion of the Spark Hire video is required to be considered for the next stage . Please check your inbox as well as your spam or junk folder for the invitation.

Apply Now

If you’re a Short-Form Video Editor or Reels Editor with a portfolio of polished, premium brand content and strong skills across editing, pacing, color grading, music, and sound , we’d love to see your work.

This is a fractional, remote, execution-focused role . We’re looking for someone who can take strong raw materials and turn them into exceptional finished creative.

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