Short Form Video Editor

The role

You will edit 3–5+ short form clips per week from long form footage for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. You will craft hooks, add captions, and manage audio and color for vertical video content.

What you will do

• Edit 3–5+ short form clips per week from long form footage
• Craft strong cold opens, trims, and pacing tailored to TikTok/Reels/Shorts
• Add accurate, on-brand captions and motion graphics, callouts, emojis, and SFX
• Mix and sweeten audio and do basic color correction/matching
• Version content for 9:16 / 1:1 / 16:9 and export platform-ready files
• Package assets including clean project files, labeled exports, and thumbnail pulls
• Keep projects organized in Dropbox/Drive
• Collaborate with producers and social strategists
• Join regular Zoom/Slack check-ins

Required qualifications

• 2+ years editing short-form content for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, or equivalent experience demonstrated in portfolio
• Proven hook-first storytelling for vertical video
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Solid audio fundamentals: Denoise, EQ, compression, loudness targets
• Comfort designing and styling subtitles for vertical formats
• Familiarity with current platform norms and trends
• Strong communication, time management, and reliability in a remote environment
• Portfolio/reel of vertical edits

Nice to have

• Experience cutting comedy, creator-led, or podcast-driven content
• Basic thumbnail design skills (Photoshop/Illustrator/Canva)
• Familiarity with YouTube metadata and SEO for Shorts
• Prior collaboration with a social strategist or growth lead
• Proficiency in CapCut, Instagram Edits, or similar mobile tools
• Adobe After Effects for motion graphics

About the company

Dream Three is a story studio built to deliver best-in-class, genre-spanning narratives across mediums, including film, series, theater, publishing, music, and digital.