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Magnet Media, Inc.

Social Video Editor

New York, NY · On-site

$3.0K - $5.0K/wk

ASAP, launch is early May THE ROLE We are hiring a social video editor who specializes in YouTube Shorts and TikTok to cut social clips for a prestige music documentary podcast hosted by cultural ...

HighKey Agency

YouTube Video Editor

$25/hr

Experience with documentary or reality-style editing * Experience creating short-form cutdowns from long-form content * Basic motion graphics or After Effects knowledge Compensation $25/hr Why Join ...

Comp AI

Lead Video Editor / In house production

Aventura, FL · On-site

$70K - $100K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • PTO

About the Role We're hiring a Video Editor to own how Comp AI shows up on screen. Footage comes to ... Our content should feel cinematic, fast-paced, and social native: sharp cuts, documentary realism ...

LB Capital

Short-form Video Editor

Blue Bell, PA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This is not an entry-level editing role. We're looking for someone who can own the outcome , not ... You know why a video works, and can repeat that success * You can adjust based on performance data ...

LB Capital

Short-form Video Editor

Blue Bell, PA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This is not an entry-level editing role. We're looking for someone who can own the outcome , not ... You know why a video works, and can repeat that success * You can adjust based on performance data ...

Omnicom

Editor

Greenville, SC · On-site

We're not looking for someone who only edits video. We're looking for someone who understands ... Maybe you're shooting documentaries, creating YouTube videos, animating title sequences ...

Hearst Newspapers

Part-Time Editor

Needham, MA · On-site

$27.55 - $36.73/hr

Responsibilities include polishing and enhancing older video for current broadcast standards ... Experience editing long-form television, news, documentary, or magazine-style programming

Hearst Newspapers

Part-Time Editor

Needham, MA

$27.55 - $36.73/hr

Responsibilities include polishing and enhancing older video for current broadcast standards ... Experience editing long-form television, news, documentary, or magazine-style programming

Hearst

Part-Time Editor

Needham, MA · On-site

$27.55 - $36.73/hr

Responsibilities include polishing and enhancing older video for current broadcast standards ... Experience editing long-form television, news, documentary, or magazine-style programming

Hearst Television

Part-Time Editor

Needham, MA

$27.55 - $36.73/hr

Responsibilities include polishing and enhancing older video for current broadcast standards ... Experience editing long-form television, news, documentary, or magazine-style programming

Hearst Newspapers

Part-Time Editor

Needham, MA

$27.55 - $36.73/hr

Responsibilities include polishing and enhancing older video for current broadcast standards ... Experience editing long-form television, news, documentary, or magazine-style programming

Hearst

Part-Time Editor

Needham, MA

$27.55 - $36.73/hr

Responsibilities include polishing and enhancing older video for current broadcast standards ... Experience editing long-form television, news, documentary, or magazine-style programming

Warnerbros

Editor, CNN Visual Investigations

New York, NY · On-site

  • Medical

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

CNN is looking for an Video Editor for Visual Investigations who will focus on craft editing. The ... Edit both long form documentary pieces as well as quick-turn, breaking-news packages * Collaborate ...

Youth Beat

Junior Producer Apprenticeship

Oakland, CA · On-site

$20/hr

Junior Producer Apprenticeship An entry-level position in video, photography, video editing, and ... documentary filmmaking, photography, design and animation. We teach media to middle school and high ...

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Social Video Editor

Magnet Media, Inc.

New York, NY • On-site

$3.0K - $5.0K/wk

Full-time

Re-posted 28 days ago

Job description

Living for the City, Magnet Originals (CONTRACT)
Contract: 3 to 4 weeks
Rate: $3K to $5K depending on scope and experience Start: ASAP, launch is early May
THE ROLE
We are hiring a social video editor who specializes in YouTube Shorts and TikTok to cut social clips for a prestige music documentary podcast hosted by cultural critic, and best selling author Hanif Abdurraqib and launching May 13. The series is independently produced by Magnet Originals (no sponsor or brand attached), but with a global entertainment partner who is supporting the launch. You will be cutting both hero YT Shorts and a volume layer of clips across the pre-launch runway and the first several episode drops, pulling from premium interview footage, Detroit archival, and already-greenlit B-roll.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
You will build Shorts against a creative brief that has clip targets and content pillars already mapped per episode. Hero Shorts are the premium pieces that carry launch moments and editorial weight. The volume layer covers cut-down interview segments, artist origin stories, and location-based pieces that keep the feed alive between drops. You will work across four content pillars: Detroit Made artist origin stories, Hanif Said What text-on-screen soundbites, Zip Code location pieces, and Every Revolution editorial cuts for LinkedIn. Each Short opens with a two-second hook, lands a payoff inside thirty seconds, and drives viewers to the long-form episode on YouTube.
WHO YOU ARE
You live on YouTube Shorts and TikTok and you can prove it with a reel. You understand hook structure, pattern interrupts, curiosity gaps, save-rate psychology, and the difference between a clip that travels and a clip that earns trust. You are fluent in text-on-screen pacing, caption styling, and platform-native motion design. You move fast, take creative direction well, and deliver on tight timelines. You are equally comfortable building premium hero pieces and turning around a higher volume of lighter clips without losing craft. Bonus points if you have worked on music, documentary, or creator-economy content before.
HOW TO APPLY
Send a reel or portfolio, a TikTok handle if you have one, and a short note on your rate and availability and apply via jobs@magnetoriginals.com or over at our sister company at https://www.magnetmediafilms.com/careers. Referrals welcome.

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