Short Form Editor

Raritan, NJ (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end production of high-volume social content by quickly turning footage into platform-ready edits, optimizing hooks and storytelling across multiple formats.

  • Own the daily content engine workflow and publish with accurate metadata.
  • Collaborate with team to review performance and iterate.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Turn raw footage into high-volume, platform-ready short-form content.
  • Find the strongest hook, story, and emotional angle inside each piece of footage.
  • Make original decisions about pacing, structure, captions, typography, B-roll, music, sound, color, and visual treatment.
  • Use Adobe Photoshop to create thumbnails, covers, supporting graphics, and other visual assets.
  • Repurpose strong ideas into alternate edits and platform-specific variations.
  • Edit occasional podcasts and long-form YouTube content.
  • Use approved AI tools to accelerate transcription, clip discovery, captioning, cleanup, versioning, repurposing, and other repeatable production tasks.
  • Apply human creative judgment and quality control to everything produced with AI.
  • Manage revisions, quality checks, file naming, project versions, exports, and Dropbox organization.
  • Publish approved content to assigned client accounts with the correct caption, cover, format, and timing.

Requirements

  • Have at least two years of professional experience editing social-first content, or a portfolio that demonstrates equivalent ability.
  • Are highly proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Photoshop.
  • Understand hooks, retention, pacing, story structure, captions, and the creative patterns native to major social platforms.
  • Know how to use AI meaningfully inside a content-production workflow, beyond basic prompting or generic ChatGPT use.
  • Can explain exactly how AI has helped you increase output or shorten production time without lowering quality.
  • Can work quickly across multiple client brands while maintaining distinct styles.
  • Have strong judgment in sound, typography, framing, color, B-roll, and visual hierarchy.
  • Are organized, accountable, receptive to direct feedback, and dependable with deadlines.
  • Care about audience response and business outcomes, not just making an impressive showreel.
  • Can clearly identify your personal contribution to every portfolio example you submit.

Preferred

  • After Effects and motion-graphics capability.
  • Broader content-design experience for social media.
  • Podcast or long-form YouTube editing experience.
  • Experience publishing to client social accounts and handling account access responsibly.
  • Experience using performance data to guide creative decisions.
  • Agency, creator, or personal-brand experience.

Benefits

  • Company-provided editing computer and required software.
  • Paid time off: 40 hours annually.
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Hasmedia

Starting off as just two brothers, an iphone, and a burning passion to create content we started working with influencers. We managed to grow the Tiktok account of our first client to over +100k in a few months, learning a lot along the way. The skills we learned about how to build an audience has allowed us to grow a team of talented videographers, editors, and marketing professionals to help build up and monetize on these personal brands.

Founded in 2023
Raritan, New Jersey, USA
5 employees (2 in marketing)

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~5

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