YouTube Video Editor & Videographer (Austin, TX — In Office)

What You’ll Be Doing

• Filming and editing both long-form and short-form content with a focus on storytelling, pacing, and retention
• Capturing high-quality footage during shoots, interviews, and events to support our content calendar
• Editing long-form YouTube videos with strong hooks and narrative flow
• Cutting short-form social clips (Reels, TikToks, LinkedIn) that stop the scroll
• Optimizing structure, pacing, and transitions to boost Watch Time and AVD
• Enhancing videos with music, sound effects, and audio mixing for emotion and flow
• Designing and animating motion graphics, text, and transitions for clarity and polish
• Collaborating with our Creative and Marketing teams to align edits with titles, thumbnails, and strategy
• Staying on top of YouTube and social trends — because you live and breathe what’s working across top creator channels

Qualifications

• 3+ years editing for a large or fast-growing YouTube channel
• Proven experience filming and lighting professional video
• A strong sense of story structure, timing, and emotional pacing
• Mastery of Adobe Premiere Pro (After Effects + Photoshop a plus)
• The ability to craft intros that hook and edits that retain
• The ability to create motion graphics that enhance storytelling
• The ability to balance cinematic polish with high-retention pacing

Bonus Points

• Editing experience with top creators, entrepreneurs, or educators
• Understanding of YouTube analytics and data-driven creative decisions
• Curiosity about AI tools, plug-ins, or workflow automation
• A reel that shows you can balance cinematic polish with high-retention pacing

Pay

$60,000–$80,000 / year (depending on experience)

Location

Austin, TX (In-Office)