Short-Form Video Editor

We are seeking a skilled Short-Form Video Editor specializing in Reels and premium brand content to join a dynamic creative team on a fractional, remote basis. This role focuses on transforming raw footage and existing brand assets into polished, high-quality short-form videos that align with sophisticated brand aesthetics. The ideal candidate will be execution-driven, working from provided materials and creative direction to deliver refined, professional content without reliance on typical influencer-style or heavily templated editing.

Key Responsibilities

- Edit raw footage into polished Reels and short-form videos with strong pacing and natural visual flow.
- Select the best clips and structure edits to enhance rhythm and storytelling.
- Incorporate existing brand assets seamlessly into final videos.
- Prepare videos optimized for social platforms and short-form placements.
- Maintain a premium visual style through professional color correction and grading.
- Use transitions and effects thoughtfully to complement content without overpowering it.
- Ensure consistency with established brand guidelines and creative direction.
- Select and edit music and audio elements to produce clean, balanced soundtracks that enhance pacing and overall quality.
- Efficiently incorporate feedback and manage multiple revisions while maintaining organized project files.
- Support backlog management of completed short-form creative content.

Required Qualifications

- Proven professional experience editing short-form video, Reels, branded content, or commercial social media content.
- Strong portfolio or reel showcasing high-quality video editing skills.
- Excellent sense of pacing, rhythm, composition, and storytelling.
- Advanced color correction and color grading capabilities.
- Sound judgment in music and audio selection to enhance brand messaging.
- Ability to create premium brand content without overusing templates or trendy effects.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to work independently from provided creative direction.
- Comfortable working remotely in a fractional capacity and consistently meeting deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications and Tools

- Experience producing content for premium, luxury, lifestyle, or design-conscious brands.
- Proficiency with professional video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, and After Effects.
- Familiarity with Instagram Reels and other vertical short-form video formats.
- Understanding of typography and motion graphics for video.
- Experience working within established brand systems and creative guidelines.
- Strong skills in color grading and integrating music and sound into branded content.
- Use of professional color grading and audio editing tools is highly valued. Equivalent software proficiency is also acceptable.

This role suits candidates who have a keen visual eye for polished edits, understand the distinction between premium branded content and typical influencer-style videos, and know when to keep edits clean and intentional. You should be highly execution-oriented, able to elevate raw footage through editing and color, and comfortable working strictly from creative direction without needing to manage social strategy.

Typical projects involve receiving raw footage and creative assets, selecting the strongest material, building the edit with appropriate pacing, refining color, choosing music and sound, and delivering a final video ready for publication. Success will be measured by the quality and polish of finished videos, adherence to brand aesthetics, strength of editing and pacing, color grading quality, sound selection effectiveness, turnaround time, and reliability in providing fractional creative support.

The interview process includes an initial application and portfolio review, a required one-way video interview via Spark Hire, followed by recruiter and client interviews before an offer and onboarding.

If you are a Short-Form Video Editor with a portfolio demonstrating polished, premium brand content and strong skills in editing, pacing, color grading, music, and sound, this fractional, remote role offers the opportunity to create exceptional finished creative from strong raw materials.