Short-Form Video Editor
Scale Army Careers
📋 Descripción del Trabajo
Our client is a well-known entrepreneur, investor, and author who produces high-volume educational and lifestyle content for founders and business professionals. Their brand focuses on empowering entrepreneurs through insights, speaking engagements, and behind-the-scenes content from events, panels, and daily life. With a large existing content library, including keynote speeches, interviews, and recorded events, the team is seeking a Social Media Content Manager who can transform long-form material into engaging short-form content while supporting a consistent daily social media presence.
LOCATION
Fully remote | 9 AM – 5 PM EST
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Short-Form Video Editor will transform long-form content such as keynote speeches, interviews, and event recordings into engaging short-form videos for social media platforms. This role focuses on maintaining a consistent posting cadence, identifying relevant social media trends, and proactively generating content ideas that resonate with an entrepreneurial audience. The ideal candidate is highly familiar with short-form video formats, comfortable using AI-powered editing tools, and able to produce high-quality content with quick turnaround times.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
SHORT-FORM CONTENT CREATION
– Edit long-form content such as keynote speeches, interviews, and panel discussions into engaging short-form videos.
– Create Instagram Reels and short-form videos optimized for social media platforms.
– Add captions, subtitles, and visual elements that improve engagement.
TREND MONITORING & CONTENT IDEATION
– Stay up to date with social media trends across Instagram, TikTok, and other short-form video platforms.
– Identify trending formats and proactively suggest new content ideas.
– Quickly produce trend-based content aligned with the brand’s voice.
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT
– Working from an existing and continuously growing library of long-form content — keynote speeches, interviews, and event recordings — you will consistently produce two short-form videos per day for publishing. Source material is provided; your role is identifying the best moments, editing for platform-native formats, and maintaining the publishing cadence.
– Write short captions aligned with the brand’s tone and voice.
– Prepare content for publishing and coordinate approvals with the team.
– Create and maintain a social media content calendar.
– Share the content calendar every Monday for the upcoming week for review.
CONTENT REPURPOSING
– Repurpose long-form videos into multiple short-form clips.
– Adapt content for platforms such as Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
– Ensure content is optimized for each platform’s format and best practices.
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
– 2–4 years of hands-on experience producing short-form video content for Instagram Reels, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts — with a portfolio demonstrating consistent publishing cadence, trend responsiveness, and brand-aligned content.
– Experience editing video content using tools such as CapCut, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or similar platforms.
– Experience using AI-powered tools for video editing or content repurposing is highly preferred.
SKILLS
– Strong understanding of social media trends and short-form video formats.
– Ability to produce high-quality content with quick turnaround times.
– Strong attention to visual storytelling, pacing, and audience engagement.
– Proactive and creative mindset with the ability to bring new ideas to the team.
– Comfortable working in a fast-paced content environment.
– Highly organized and able to manage multiple content tasks simultaneously.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
– Consistently producing two engaging short-form videos per day.
– Maintaining a reliable daily posting cadence across social platforms.
– Successfully identifying and executing trend-based content.
– Creating content that resonates with the brand’s entrepreneurial audience.
OPPORTUNITY
This role offers the opportunity to work closely with a high-profile entrepreneur and contribute directly to scaling a growing personal brand through social media content. The Short-Form Video Editor will play a key role in transforming valuable long-form material into engaging short-form videos that reach and inspire a large audience of founders and business professionals while helping expand the brand’s digital presence.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE THESE STEPS NEED TO BE FOLLOWED:
– Fill in the application form
– Record a video showcasing your skill sets