Short Form Editor and Media Manager

***At Polaris, we’re on the lookout for a driven, detail-oriented, and marketing-savvy Marketing and Acquisitions Assistant to join our world-class team. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love the idea of being the operational backbone of a company’s marketing engine, and have strong hands-on experience with GoHighLevel, content creation, CRM systems, and social media, this role is for you.

***About us:
Polaris is a consulting agency with a bold mission: To help 1 million Founders to leverage time, reclaim freedom, and scale without sacrifice. We’re the only firm blending coaching and done-for-you services through a hybrid model — empowering our clients with strategic delegation, streamlined operations, and scalable systems.

***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, ---------- nts, 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.

Role Requirements
- 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.

Compensation & Perks
- Hourly rate starting at 4 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.

***HOW TO APPLY:
If you meet all the above requirements and are confident that you are a great fit for this position, submit your application by clicking on the following link:
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