[Hiring] Short-Form Video Editor / Livestream Clipper @Treantly

Role Description

We are looking for a creative, fast, and internet-savvy Short-Form Video Editor / Livestream Clipper who can turn long livestreams, recordings, and creator content into highly engaging short-form videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook.

This is not a traditional video editing role where you simply follow a script. We need a content hunter—someone who can watch long-form content, spot the funniest, most emotional, awkward, intense, dramatic, or highly entertaining moments, and edit them in a way that makes people stop scrolling.

Key Responsibilities

• Watch livestreams, recordings, and long-form videos to identify the strongest clip-worthy moments.
• Independently review 4–8 hours of raw footage daily to find high-retention hooks, emotional peaks, funny moments, reactions, or viral-style snippets.
• Turn long-form content into short-form clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook.
• Edit clips to highlight emotion, tension, humor, conflict, excitement, awkwardness, or strong reactions.
• Use zoom-ins, jump cuts, captions, sound effects, memes, music, pacing, and visual emphasis to make clips more engaging.
• Create strong openings that grab attention within the first few seconds.
• Add captions, subtitles, on-screen text, emojis, motion graphics, and visual callouts when needed.
• Format videos properly for vertical viewing, especially 9:16 short-form platforms.
• Identify trending audio, meme formats, and viral editing styles on TikTok/Reels and apply them to creator footage quickly.
• Maintain the natural flow and context of the original content while making the clip more entertaining.
• Follow the client’s brand style, tone, and preferred editing format.
• Deliver edited clips quickly and manage multiple clips or batches of content as needed.
• Stay updated on livestream clipping trends, creator content, meme culture, social media formats, and audience retention techniques.

Qualifications

• Proven experience editing livestream clips, creator content, podcast clips, gaming clips, reaction videos, or short-form social media videos.
• Strong ability to identify “viral gold” moments from long-form content without needing exact timestamps.
• High internet IQ and strong understanding of Twitch, Kick, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, creator culture, and chat humor.
• Good sense of emotion, timing, humor, drama, pacing, and audience retention.
• Experience editing for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, or similar platforms.
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or similar editing tools.
• Able to turn a live or recorded moment into a finished short-form video quickly, ideally within 30 minutes when needed.
• Skilled in adding captions, zooms, sound effects, music, memes, transitions, and visual emphasis.
• Strong understanding of hooks, pacing, storytelling, and short-form video structure.
• Able to make a clip feel more entertaining without making it misleading or fake.
• Detail-oriented, creative, fast, and able to work independently.
• Comfortable reviewing long livestreams or recordings to find the best moments.

Nice to Have

• Experience editing gaming, sports, gambling/card games, streamer, creator, or entertainment content.
• Familiarity with meme-style editing and viral short-form formats.
• Experience using AI clipping tools, auto-captioning tools, or content repurposing tools.
• Basic motion graphics or thumbnail design experience.
• Understanding of social media analytics, watch time, retention, and engagement metrics.
• Strong awareness of creators or streamers with successful clipping teams and what makes their clips work.

Application Requirements

• A link to a clipping portfolio, such as YouTube Shorts, TikToks, Instagram Reels, or similar short-form samples.
• A short explanation of one clip they made and why it performed well, or why they believe it had viral potential.
• A few examples of streamers, creators, or brands they think currently have strong clipping teams, with a brief reason why.

Benefits

• Opportunities for growth and advancement.
• Competitive compensation package, including MaxiCare HMO.

Work Hours

• Full-time, Eastern Standard Time business hours, Remote.