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Wedding Weekender

Editor Operations Manager

Denver, CO · On-site

You'll own the pipeline of freelance editors that power our post-production team--recruiting and onboarding new talent, managing performance, and building the systems that let our editor bench scale ...

TurboTenant

SEO Content Producer

Denver, CO

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

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SEO Content Producer

Broomfield, CO

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

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SEO Content Producer

Denver, CO · On-site

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

TurboTenant

SEO Content Producer

Denver, CO

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

TurboTenant

SEO Content Producer

Aurora, CO

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

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SEO Content Producer

Boulder, CO · On-site

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

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SEO Content Producer

Lakewood, CO

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

Nashville Public Radio

SEO Content Producer

Broomfield, CO · On-site

$80 - $100/hr

... editing, QA, and operational workflows across our growing brand portfolio. This isn't just about copyediting; it's about taking true ownership of our content production cycles, managing freelance ...

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Video Producer for Popular YouTube Channel

Idaho Springs, CO · On-site

$500 - $1.0K/day

Hire and manage freelance staff (camera operators, fixers, translators, etc.). * Coordinate ... Post-production: * * Manage footage backups and delivery of footage to editors. * Oversee the ...

Colorado Press Association

News Director KUNC

Greeley, CO · On-site

$100 - $125/hr

Maintain and enforce high standards for reporting, writing, editing, audio production, digital ... Make thoughtful budget-informed decisions about freelance support, travel, training, equipment ...

Focus Mission Foundation

Producer

Golden, CO · On-site

$85K - $105K/yr

... and production standards. This role partners with studio staff, freelancers, and cross-functional ... editing, revisions, and final delivery. Project & Stakeholder Management • Serve as the point of ...

FOCUS Mission Foundation

Producer

Golden, CO · On-site

$85K - $105K/yr

This role partners with studio staff, freelancers, and cross-functional FOCUS stakeholders to ... Supervise post-production workflows, including editing, revisions, and final delivery. Project ...

FOCUS Mission Foundation

Producer

Golden, CO · On-site

$85K - $105K/yr

This role partners with studio staff, freelancers, and cross-functional FOCUS stakeholders to ... Supervise post-production workflows, including editing, revisions, and final delivery. Project ...

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A Freelance Production Editor oversees the editing, formatting, and production process of written or digital content on a contract basis. They ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to style guidelines while coordinating with writers, designers, and publishers. Their role may include proofreading, copy editing, layout adjustments, and managing deadlines. Freelance Production Editors work independently, often juggling multiple projects for different clients.

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Editor Operations Manager

Wedding Weekender

Denver, CO • On-site

Other

Posted 19 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Recruit, evaluate, and onboard freelance wedding video editors to build and maintain a qualified editor team.

  • Train editors on Wedding Weekender's editing style, workflows, and expectations, and create training materials and SOPs.

  • Monitor editor performance metrics, identify coaching opportunities, and support continuous improvement to ensure high-quality, on-brand wedding films.

Job description

Company Description

Wedding Weekender is redefining wedding videography by helping couples capture their wedding weekends in an authentic, affordable way. We rent camcorders for family and friends to film the weekend—then our team organizes the footage and edits it into a wedding video that feels true and unique to each couple's celebrations.


We're a fast-growing, creative start-up building a scalable post-production team to deliver high-quality, on-brand wedding films at volume. Since our launch this year, we've been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Weddings, Martha Stewart Weddings, and more. We're looking for a highly organized, people-focused Editor Operations Manager to build the freelance editor team that brings every Wedding Weekender film to life—recruiting top editing talent, training them to our creative standards, and driving the performance and quality that keep every film feeling personal and polished.


Role Description

This is a full-time role (remote-friendly) for an Editor Operations Manager at Wedding Weekender. You'll own the pipeline of freelance editors that power our post-production team—recruiting and onboarding new talent, managing performance, and building the systems that let our editor bench scale alongside the business.


You'll work closely with the Director of Post-Production and Post-Production Project Manager, translating creative quality standards into repeatable hiring, training, and coaching processes.


Key Responsibilities

Editor Recruitment

  • Source and recruit talented freelance wedding video editors
  • Review portfolios and conduct technical and creative evaluations
  • Coordinate paid test projects and provide hiring recommendations
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified editors

Editor Training & Onboarding

  • Lead onboarding for newly hired editors
  • Train editors on Wedding Weekender's editing style, workflows, and expectations
  • Create and maintain training materials, SOPs, and reference examples
  • Answer editor questions and provide ongoing support throughout onboarding

Performance Management

  • Monitor editor KPIs of new editors, including:
  • On-time delivery
  • Revision rates
  • Quality review scores
  • Communication responsiveness
  • Identify coaching opportunities and create improvement plans
  • Recommend promotions, probation, or offboarding when appropriate

Creative Quality

  • Partner with the Post-Production Director and Post-Production Specialists to identify recurring quality issues
  • Turn common feedback into scalable training resources
  • Ensure creative standards remain consistent across the editor team
  • Help evolve editing guidelines as Wedding Weekender grows

Team Development

  • Foster strong relationships with freelance editors
  • Recognize high-performing editors and help them grow
  • Improve editor retention through coaching and support
  • Continuously refine hiring, onboarding, and training processes


Qualifications

  • Proven experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring creative talent, preferably freelance video editors or other creative professionals
  • Experience onboarding, training, and coaching team members to meet quality and performance expectations
  • Strong ability to provide clear, actionable feedback that helps editors improve while maintaining positive working relationships
  • Experience tracking performance metrics and using data to identify coaching opportunities and measure success
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple editors and priorities simultaneously
  • Outstanding written communication skills and comfort working with a fully remote team
  • Strong understanding of storytelling, pacing, music selection, and emotional editing
  • Professional experience editing wedding films in Adobe Premiere Pro and working within Frame.io workflows
  • High attention to detail and a passion for creating scalable systems, documentation, and training resources
  • Self-motivated with a continuous improvement mindset and a desire to build exceptional creative teams


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