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Short-Form Video Editor

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Short-Form Video Editor – Reels & Premium Brand Content | Remote

Position Type: Fractional, Remote Function: Creative / Video Production

About the Role

At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring a Short-Form Video / Reels Editor to transform raw footage and existing brand assets into polished, premium short-form video content.

This is an execution-focused creative role, not a social media strategy or management position. You’ll receive footage, assets, and creative direction and be responsible for turning them into refined, brand-aligned Reels and short-form videos.

We’re specifically looking for someone whose work feels premium, intentional, and professionally produced—not the typical influencer or template-driven CapCut aesthetic.

What You’ll Own

Short-Form Video Editing

  • Edit raw footage into polished Reels and short-form videos
  • Create strong pacing and natural visual flow
  • Select the strongest footage and structure edits effectively
  • Trim and sequence clips with attention to rhythm and storytelling
  • Incorporate existing brand assets into finished videos
  • Prepare final videos for social platforms and short-form placements

Premium Visual Execution

  • Maintain a sophisticated, premium visual aesthetic
  • Apply professional color correction and color grading
  • Ensure transitions and effects complement rather than overpower the content
  • Maintain consistency with existing brand direction
  • Produce clean, intentional edits rather than heavily templated social content

Sound & Music

  • Select music that complements the brand and creative direction
  • Edit audio for clean, professional output
  • Balance dialogue, music, and other audio elements appropriately
  • Use sound intentionally to improve pacing and overall production quality

Creative Production

  • Work from provided footage, assets, and creative direction
  • Turn existing materials into finished, publication-ready content
  • Incorporate feedback efficiently
  • Manage multiple edits and revisions as needed
  • Maintain organized project files and final exports
  • Help maintain a backlog of completed short-form creative

Requirements

  • Professional experience editing short-form video, Reels, branded content, or commercial social content
  • Strong portfolio or reel demonstrating high-quality video editing
  • Excellent sense of pacing, rhythm, composition, and storytelling
  • Strong color correction and color-grading skills
  • Strong judgment around music and sound selection
  • Ability to create premium brand content without relying heavily on templates or trendy effects
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently from provided creative direction
  • Comfortable working in a fractional, remote capacity
  • Ability to consistently deliver polished creative on deadline

Preferred Skills

  • Experience producing content for premium, luxury, lifestyle, or design-conscious brands
  • Strong experience with professional video-editing software
  • Experience editing Instagram Reels and other vertical short-form formats
  • Understanding of typography and motion graphics for video
  • Experience working with existing brand systems and creative direction
  • Strong color-grading capabilities
  • Experience selecting and integrating music and sound into branded content

Tools & Technology

Adobe Premiere Pro | DaVinci Resolve | Final Cut Pro | After Effects | Professional Color-Grading Tools | Audio Editing Tools

Equivalent professional editing tools are also welcome.

What Makes You a Strong Fit

You’ll likely thrive in this role if you:

  • Have a strong visual eye and can immediately recognize when an edit feels polished
  • Understand the difference between premium branded content and typical influencer-style editing
  • Know when to keep an edit clean rather than adding unnecessary effects
  • Have excellent instincts for pacing, music, and sound
  • Can elevate raw footage through editing and color
  • Work well from an established creative direction
  • Are highly execution-oriented and don’t need to own social strategy
  • Can consistently deliver refined, brand-ready work
  • Take feedback well and turn revisions around efficiently

What a Typical Project Looks Like

You’ll receive raw footage, existing creative assets, and direction for a piece of short-form content.

From there, you’ll select the strongest footage, build the edit, establish pacing, refine the color, select appropriate music and sound, incorporate brand elements, and deliver a polished final video ready to publish.

In short: we provide the footage, assets, and direction; you turn them into premium short-form content.

Key Metrics for Success

  • Quality and polish of finished videos
  • Consistency with the established brand aesthetic
  • Strength of editing and pacing
  • Quality of color grading
  • Effectiveness of music and sound selection
  • Turnaround time
  • Accuracy to creative direction
  • Efficiency incorporating revisions
  • Consistency across multiple pieces of content
  • Reliability of fractional creative support

Interview Process

  1. Initial Application & Portfolio/Reel Review
  2. Spark Hire One-Way Video Interview
  3. Recruiter Interview
  4. Client Interview
  5. Offer & Onboarding

Spark Hire Video Interview – Required

As part of the application process, all candidates are required to complete a one-way video interview through Spark Hire.

After completing the first step of your application, you’ll receive a Spark Hire invitation by email with instructions to record and submit your video responses.

Completion of the Spark Hire video is required to be considered for the next stage. Please check your inbox as well as your spam or junk folder for the invitation.

Apply Now

If you’re a Short-Form Video Editor or Reels Editor with a portfolio of polished, premium brand content and strong skills across editing, pacing, color grading, music, and sound, we’d love to see your work.

This is a fractional, remote, execution-focused role. We’re looking for someone who can take strong raw materials and turn them into exceptional finished creative.

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