[Hiring] Video Editor @HireHawk

Role Description

You’ll own post-production, working directly with the founder, who handles client conversations, filming, and guidance on the core messaging. There is no creative team: you’ll turn approximately 20-minute conversational recordings into polished short-form videos, primarily for Instagram and Facebook, using your own judgment to create a clear, natural narrative.

Responsibilities

• Turn conversational footage into focused short-form stories with strong hooks, clear structure, and pacing that gives viewers a reason to keep watching.
• Use the founder’s messaging guidance to identify the strongest moments and build a complete narrative without needing detailed, step-by-step editing instructions.
• Preserve each client’s voice, personality, and intended meaning while removing repetition, tangents, and distractions.
• Add accurate captions, thoughtful framing, B-roll, punch-ins, and supporting visuals when they improve clarity or engagement, not simply to add effects.
• Deliver clean audio and polished, platform-ready videos, checking subtitles, visual details, and overall flow before handoff.
• Keep recurring content and revisions organized across 4-6 clients, maintaining approximately 3-4 completed videos per day in total within the expected turnaround.
• Adapt your editing style to each client rather than applying the same formula to every speaker or brand.
• Take initiative on next steps, flag unclear messaging or delivery risks early, and apply feedback so future edits require less direction.

Qualifications

• A portfolio that includes Instagram Reels and relevant talking-head, interview, podcast, founder, executive, thought-leadership, or personal-brand content.
• Relevant professional video editing experience. We’re targeting 3-5 years, ideally including 2+ years in social content, but candidates with 1-2 years and an exceptional portfolio are encouraged to apply. Editing ability and editorial judgment matter more than years alone or a degree.
• Proficiency in CapCut, with strong fundamentals in captions, pacing, framing, B-roll, punch-ins, basic audio cleanup, and finishing.
• Strong short-form storytelling instincts: you understand why people stop scrolling, what belongs in the edit, and how to strengthen a message without making the speaker sound manufactured.
• Strong English comprehension and communication, including the ability to understand conversational nuance and preserve the speaker’s meaning.
• Demonstrated initiative and independent judgment, with the organization to manage recurring edits, revisions, and delivery deadlines without waiting for detailed instructions.
• Comfort working directly with a founder without a creative team, responding constructively to feedback, and working Monday to Friday on Central Time.

Requirements

• Previous experience working directly with a founder or in a startup, strongly preferred.
• Experience using Descript, strongly preferred.
• A background editing for personal brands, consultants, coaches, marketing or content agencies, podcast creators, or professional-service and local business owners.
• Experience adapting videos for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, or other social channels.
• Familiarity with Premiere Pro or comparable professional editing software. There is no specific preference for Premiere Pro; CapCut remains required.

Benefits

• Access to a $200K+ perk marketplace with discounts on 150+ global services.
• Option to withdraw up to 50% of approved earnings before payday.