Social Media Video Editor | Shorts, Reels, YouTube

We're looking for a Part-Time Social Media Video Editor to join our team and help our clients show up on social in ways that actually move people. You'll be cutting Reels, Shorts, and YouTube videos all day, every day — short-form first, social-native to the core. This is a part-time, hourly role, and for the right person there's a clear path to full-time as we keep growing.

If your editing reel is full of moody color grades, slow pushes, and cinematic B-roll set to orchestral music... we love that, but it's not what we do. We need someone whose first instinct is "how do I make this stop a thumb at 1.5x speed."

About reFOCUS Marketing

We're reFOCUS Marketing, and we help service businesses show up on social media in ways that actually move people. That means fast, punchy, personality-packed video... the kind that earns the rewatch and gets shared in group chats.

We're growing, our clients are growing, and we need a video editor who's ready to grow with us. This isn't a "clock in, cut some clips, clock out" kind of role. We want someone who takes ownership, pushes creative boundaries, and is always asking: how do we make this better?

Here's What You'll Own...

This isn't a job where someone tells you exactly what to do on every frame. You'll have real creative latitude and real accountability to match.

• Edit a high volume of Reels, Shorts, and YouTube videos for a diverse roster of clients
• Build hooks that earn the first three seconds — every time
• Drive the social storytelling: pacing, captions, sound design, b-roll, jump cuts, zooms, motion graphics — all the tools that make short-form land
• Cut for retention: know when to compress, when to linger, and when to bail on a moment that isn't working
• Develop editing styles that fit each client's brand without losing what works on the platform
• Stay glued to what's trending and bring those instincts into the work (without being a copycat)
• Spot what's not working and fix it before anyone asks you to
• Collaborate with our team, contribute ideas, and make the work better for everyone

You Might Be Our Person If...

• You can name three short-form trends that popped this month and three that already feel played out
• You have strong opinions on hook structures, caption styles, and what actually drives watch time
• You watch Reels and Shorts and reverse-engineer them in your head without meaning to
• Fast turnarounds don't stress you out — they energize you
• You can take a loose brief and a folder of raw footage and turn it into something better than what was asked for
• You're constantly tinkering: new plugins, new techniques, new workflows
• You want to be part of building something, not just fulfilling a task list

You Might NOT Be Our Person If...

• Your dream edit is a 4-minute brand film with a slow-burn opening
• You think captions are tacky or hooks are gimmicky
• You need a polished brief and locked specs before you can start
• You measure your work by how cinematic it feels rather than how it performs
• "Fast and good enough" feels like a compromise instead of the goal

We're not knocking that work — it's just not this job.

Your Experience

• 2–5 years of editing experience with a reel that's heavy on short-form social work (we want to see Reels, Shorts, TikToks, YouTube)
• A ridiculous level of efficiency in Premiere Pro and After Effects (or DaVinci Resolve in place of Premiere)
• Comfortable working in a Frame.io review pipeline (or able to get there fast)
• CapCut familiarity is a bonus, not a requirement
• Deep familiarity with how each platform actually works — aspect ratios, safe zones, caption placement, hook timing, retention curves
• A sharp eye for what works on social and why
• The ability to work fast without cutting corners on quality
• Strong communication skills (responsive, clear, and easy to work with)
• Self-direction: you don't need to be managed, you need to be unleashed

How We Work

Culture isn't a ping pong table or a Spotify playlist in Slack (though we have that too). For us, culture is how we treat each other, how we approach the work, and what we refuse to settle for.

• We move fast and we trust each other to keep up
• We give real feedback (kind, direct, and useful)
• We celebrate wins and learn from misses without throwing people under the bus
• We believe that the best idea wins, regardless of who had it
• We're building something and we want people who feel that energy

Long story, short... if you need rigid structure and hand-holding, this probably isn't the place. If you thrive with ownership and creative freedom, you'll love it here.

Where This Can Go

We're being straight with you: this starts part-time and project/task-oriented. But we're not hiring someone to stay part-time... we're hiring someone we want in our corner long-term. As our client base grows (and it is growing), the right person will grow with us into a full-time role.

How To Apply

Skip the cover letter that starts with "To Whom It May Concern." Instead, send us:

• Your portfolio or reel — heavy on social work (this is non-negotiable, we need to see your short-form chops)
• 2–3 sentences on what most video editors get wrong on social media
• A short-form video you've seen recently that you wish you had edited, and why
• Estimate the time you'd need to take a raw 90-second clip and edit it into a Reel with captions, background music, and basic motion graphics
• Your resume or a quick summary of your background