Short Form Editor & Media Manager

Role Mission Be the driving force behind the short-form content engine of established, fast-growing founder-led brands. You’ll work closely with Founders and client teams to turn raw talking-head videos, b-roll, voice notes, event footage, and brand assets into high-performing short-form content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, and other social platforms. Your work will directly help founder-led brands grow visibility, attract leads, increase audience engagement, and position themselves as trusted leaders in their industries through sharp, brand-aligned, platform-native content. Role Responsibilities Short-Form Video Editing & Content Packaging Transform raw talking-head and b-roll footage into engaging short-form videos with strong hooks, tight pacing, clean cuts, captions, and visual emphasis. Edit platform-native videos for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, and other short-form content channels. Create multiple short-form formats, including talking-head reels, b-roll remixes, caption-overlay reels, educational videos, founder-brand reels, and promotional clips. Apply strong editing judgment around rhythm, music, transitions, pattern interrupts, zooms, framing, captions, and retention-focused pacing. QA all videos before submission or publication to ensure clean captions, strong audio, correct formatting, brand alignment, and high-quality exports. Graphic Design & Carousel Content Design branded graphics, carousel posts, quote cards, reel covers, and promotional visuals aligned with each client’s brand guidelines. Turn key ideas, frameworks, quotes, and educational concepts into simple, visually strong carousel content. Create clean caption-overlay graphics and visual assets that support short-form video and social media campaigns. Maintain consistency across typography, colors, layout, spacing, visual hierarchy, and overall brand style. Ensure every graphic or carousel feels polished, platform-native, and aligned with the founder-led brand’s voice and positioning. Content Creation & Management Use AI to research trends, winning content references, viral short-form formats, competitor content, and creative angles. Review raw content assets to identify strong hooks, clips, moments, b-roll sequences, and short-form content opportunities. Plan and maintain a content calendar to ensure consistent, on-time publishing across social platforms. Organize content assets, including raw footage, b-roll, edited videos, brand photos, graphics, captions, references, and creative briefs. Use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity to generate first-draft hooks, captions, content angles, and short-form video ideas. Social Media Engagement & Audience Management Monitor, respond to, and engage with comments, messages, and mentions across social platforms. Help maintain an active, consistent, and professional brand presence for founder-led brands. Support audience growth by identifying relevant online communities, ICP profiles, warm connections, and engagement opportunities. Set up and manage simple ManyChat automations for new followers, CTA opt-ins, and follow-up flows. Track engagement patterns and audience feedback to identify what content is resonating and where improvements can be made. Tracking & Reporting Generate regular reports on content performance, audience growth, engagement, and short-form video results. Track key metrics such as views, watch time, retention, saves, shares, comments, follows, profile visits, and leads generated. Identify which hooks, formats, topics, editing styles, and visuals are performing best. Provide clear insights and recommendations to improve future content performance. Use AI to make reporting, performance analysis, and repeatable content workflows faster and more efficient. Minimum 3 years of virtual work experience in social media management, content management, or short-form video editing. Strong short-form video editing portfolio, especially for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn videos, and founder-led personal brands. Proven ability to transform raw talking-head footage, b-roll, event clips, and long-form recordings into polished, engaging, high-performing short-form videos. Strong understanding of hooks, pacing, retention, captions, sound design, b-roll usage, visual hierarchy, storytelling, and platform-native editing styles. Ability to create multiple content formats, including talking-head reels, b-roll remixes, caption-overlay reels, carousel posts, educational videos, and promotional clips. Proficient in tools such as CapCut, Descript, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, Canva, Photoshop, Figma, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Opus, or similar. Excellent English, strong attention to detail, proactive problem-solving skills, creative judgment, visual taste, and the ability to work independently with founder-led brands. Role Results / KPIs 100% adherence to the content production calendar, including edited, approved, and scheduled short-form videos. Consistently strong QA pass rate on submitted content, with minimal captioning, formatting, audio, export, factual, or brand-alignment errors. Efficient production of high-quality short-form video edits from raw talking-head footage, b-roll, long-form videos, events, and other raw content assets. Consistent improvement in short-form video quality, including stronger hooks, sharper pacing, cleaner edits, better visual polish, and stronger brand alignment. Increased short-form content performance across views, watch time, retention, saves, shares, comments, follows, profile visits, and leads generated. <30-minute response time to social media comments, messages, and mentions during agreed working hours. Accurate reporting of content performance metrics with clear insights and recommendations to improve future content. Work Schedule You will either be hired on a part-time (20hour / week) or full-time (40hour / week) basis Shift times would be based on the founder’s timezone, which can be across North American, European, or Australia/Asia Pacific times. Availability may be required around key content publishing windows, campaign launches, or time-sensitive social media engagement periods. Hourly rate starting at 5 USD/hour. Quarterly bonus eligibility, up to 800 USD or more per year. Pay rise potential based on experience and performance. Opportunity for higher one-off project fees on top of standard salary. Work-from-home flexibility. Access to training and career development. Work alongside high-performing virtual teams and world-class Founders.