Story-Driven Video Editor (YouTube & Shorts)
Role Overview
This is a long-term, full-time remote video editing role focused on creating story-driven content for a YouTube channel about leadership and personal development. The editor will produce approximately one 10-20 minute long-form video weekly and 12-16 short-form videos monthly, helping shape the channel's consistent visual identity through deliberate, minimal editing. This role offers creative ownership with a focus on thoughtful pacing, retention, and developing a recognizable style over time.
Perks & Benefits
This is a fully remote position with worldwide flexibility and no specific time zone requirements mentioned. The role offers long-term stability with creative ownership, consistent work with room to grow, and compensation expected to increase as the channel grows. The culture emphasizes thoughtful work over viral content, with no rigid SOPs or micromanagement, focusing instead on sustainable cadence and improvement over time.
Full Job Description
Headquarters: London URL: https://youtube.com/keshavbx
Story-Driven Video Editor (YouTube & Shorts) Location: RemoteType: Long-term, full-timeTime commitment: ~25 30 hours per weekCompensation: $900/month to start, with scope to grow as the channel grows Hi, I m Keshav. I run a YouTube channel focused on leadership, wellbeing, and practical personal development. The content is thoughtful, grounded, and designed to help people think and live better, not surface-level motivation. I m looking for a story-driven video editor who understands pacing, restraint, and audience retention, and who wants to grow with a channel over time. This is a long-term role, not a short freelance gig.
What you ll be working on
Long-form YouTube videosTypically 10 20 minutes, around 1 per week
Short-form contentYouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTokApproximately 12 16 shorts per month to start
Helping shape a consistent, recognisable editing style over time
We ll start at a sustainable cadence and scale based on what s realistic and working.
Style philosophy (important) This channel is intentionally not hyper-edited or dopamine-maximised. The editing style sits in a deliberate tension between:
The slow, cinematic, restrained aesthetic of Life of RZA and Malama Life
The retention-aware, narrative-driven structure of James Jani
Minimal is the default.Cuts, zooms, sound design, and motion are used only when they matter. Silence and breathing room are tools.Cinematic means intention and texture, not constant slowness. Think: calm emphasis calm.
Skills required Required
Proven experience editing YouTube long-form and short-form
Strong instinct for storytelling, pacing, and retention
Ability to take a loose or ambiguous brief and make confident creative decisions
Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro
Good ear for sound design and music selection
Clear written and spoken English
Reliable communication and ability to integrate feedback
Nice to have
After Effects or motion graphics experience
Experience cutting talking-head content into Shorts/Reels/TikToks
Familiarity with YouTube analytics and retention graphs
What this role is (and isn t) This is:
A long-term role with stability and creative ownership
A chance to help shape a channel s visual identity
Consistent work with room to grow
This is not:
A high-pressure viral content factory
A role with rigid SOPs or constant micromanagement
A short-term freelance gig
Compensation & growth
Starting pay: $900/month
Designed as a long-term relationship
Compensation and scope are expected to grow as the channel grows and revenue becomes consistent
I m looking for someone who is genuinely happy with this role at this stage of their career and takes pride in doing thoughtful work consistently.
How to apply Please submit your application via the form linked below. Include:
Examples of long-form and short-form edits you ve done
A short explanation of how you think about hooks and retention
The word samosa somewhere in your application (so I know you read this)
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a paid trial edit (a short YouTube Short). This is not about perfection, but about taste, judgment, and creative decision-making.
I m rebuilding consistency after not posting regularly for several years. The most important thing right now is showing up, publishing, and improving over time. If this sounds like something you d enjoy being part of, I d love to hear from you.
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/keshav-bhatt-story-driven-video-editor-youtube-shorts
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