International Shorts Editor

Location: Remote, working from a home or personal office

Company

In-house video production operation creating scripted and unscripted positive content for global audiences across major social platforms.

What you will do

• Review large volumes of raw unscripted footage to identify compelling characters, moments, reactions, and storylines.
• Shape footage into clear 2–3 minute stories with strong openings, emotional development, curiosity, escalation, and satisfying payoffs.
• Make structural, pacing, and editorial decisions based on audience retention rather than editing chronologically.
• Use music, sound design, captions, graphics, and reaction shots to strengthen emotion while preserving authenticity.
• Create alternate hooks, openings, runtimes, and versions for creative and performance testing.
• Collaborate with producers and the Shorts creative team through first cuts, revisions, feedback, and final delivery.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional video editing experience, ideally with social-first, digital, unscripted, documentary, or short-form content.
• Portfolio demonstrating the ability to find and shape compelling stories from raw footage.
• Strong creative judgment around structure, pacing, character, emotion, hooks, reveals, escalation, and endings.
• Deep understanding of TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook Reels.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and experience with music, sound design, captions, graphics, and reaction shots.
• Ability to manage multiple edits, work quickly, respond to feedback, and collaborate in a fast-moving environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work from a home or personal office.
• Typical schedule of 40 hours per week, with specific working hours discussed during the interview process.
• Content focused on compassion, kindness, altruism, and authentic human emotion.
• Work designed for large global audiences across leading social platforms.
• Work hours must be logged and submitted through time-tracking software.

Hiring process

• Specific working hours and scheduling expectations are discussed during the interview process.
• Edits progress from raw footage through first cut, revisions, and final delivery with producer and creative-team feedback.