Short-Form Video Editor

Purpose
The Offshore Short-Form Video Editor turns raw footage from Paul Peterson and Alarmed Media LLC into high-retention, platform-ready short-form videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, LinkedIn, and other assigned channels. This role requires technical editing skill, strong pacing, clean captions, emotional judgment, and the ability to make educational mental health content feel engaging, credible, and shareable without becoming gimmicky or misleading.

Key Performance Indicators and Reporting
- Complete 12–18 finished short-form videos per week during the initial phase, scaling toward 15–25 videos per week as assigned based on complexity and support.
- Deliver first drafts within 24–48 hours after receiving usable raw footage and clear instructions.
- Complete final revisions within 24 hours when feedback is clear and all source assets are available.
- Maintain 90%+ approval within two revision rounds by following brand standards and instructions accurately.
- Maintain at least 98?curacy for captions, spelling, grammar, platform formatting, export settings, and file names.
- Produce correct platform versions, including 9:16 vertical exports and any assigned 1:1, 4:5, 16:9, thumbnail, or caption file formats.
- Identify editing patterns, hooks, first-frame choices, caption styles, or pacing choices that may improve retention and report them weekly.
- Use only approved, licensed, royalty-free, owned, or properly authorized music, images, video clips, graphics, fonts, templates, and AI-generated assets.
- Maintain zero unauthorized use of client footage, PHI, testimonial material, OAC-restricted assets, copyrighted content, or unapproved third-party materials.
- Organize raw files, project files, final exports, caption files, and archive folders according to approved naming and storage standards.
- Upon achieving these key performance indicators, the supervisor will meet with the contractor to review progress and collaborate on establishing new performance goals that reflect continued growth, quality, and accountability.

Core Competencies
- Demonstrate strong short-form video editing skill, including pacing, captions, cuts, pattern interrupts, sound, first-frame quality, and retention editing.
- Demonstrate the ability to preserve Paul’s message while improving clarity, energy, and watchability.
- Demonstrate good taste and restraint with mental health content so edits feel credible, emotional, and professional rather than flashy or disrespectful.
- Demonstrate strong file organization, version control, attention to detail, and ability to meet recurring deadlines.
- Demonstrate appropriate escalation when footage, content, claims, privacy, or source materials create risk.

Core Responsibilities
– These duties may vary depending on project assignments and Company needs.
- Edit raw footage into short-form videos, typically between 10 and 75 seconds unless otherwise assigned.
- Create platform-ready versions for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, LinkedIn, and other assigned channels.
- Add accurate burned-in captions, clean text overlays, strong first frames, and visual emphasis that supports the message.
- Remove dead space, unnecessary pauses, filler, repeated words, weak openings, and confusing sections while preserving accuracy.
- Use zooms, cuts, b-roll, graphics, music, and pattern interrupts only when they strengthen the message and match the brand.
- Repurpose long-form videos, interviews, podcasts, or presentations into short clips when assigned.
- Recommend stronger openings, clip selections, titles, or visual structures when raw footage contains a better hook later in the recording.
- Export and label all final files clearly by date, topic, platform, version, and approval status.
- Maintain editing templates, caption presets, brand elements, file structures, and project files for reuse.
- Communicate quickly when raw footage, audio, lighting, file access, instructions, or source materials are incomplete or unusable.
- Perform other duties as assigned commensurate with the position duties.
- Adhere to all Alarmed Media LLC policies, confidentiality rules, contractor agreements, and platform-access standards.

Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of short-form video editing experience preferred, especially with TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, or personal-brand content.
- Experience editing educational, podcast, founder-led, coaching, health, mental health, or mission-driven content preferred.
- Proficiency with CapCut, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or comparable editing software required.
- Strong English captioning, spelling, grammar, and on-screen text judgment required.
- Ability to export clean vertical 9:16 video and adapt videos for multiple platform requirements.
- Reliable computer, internet access, and secure file-management practices required.

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