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Hire a Short-Form Video Editor.

Reels, Shorts and TikToks, cut and captioned.

Also called: Video Editor, Reels Editor, TikTok Editor

From US$6 an hourUS$6-27.50/hr

  • Media & creators
  • Coaches & info products
  • E-commerce
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  • Works your hours
  • Colombia hub, on New York time or an hour behind
  • Month to month
What your Short-Form Video Editor gets doneSample day
  • Cuts talking-head, vlog and UGC footage into 15-90 second 9:16 editsEditing & assembly
  • Creates accurate, on-brand animated captions and on-screen textCaptions, graphics & sound
  • Mines long-form podcasts, webinars and YouTube videosRepurposing & clipping
  • Produces ad variants for Meta and TikTok creative testingPaid social creativeDoing
In your tools
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe After Effects
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe Podcast Enhance
  • Envato Elements
  • Canva

Pick the level. See the price.

US$10.50an hourFull time, 38 hours a week, all-in

Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Recommended
Even a local mid-level admin costsUS$22.86/hr
A tested Intermediate Short-Form Video EditorUS$10.50/hr
At least 54% lessBasis: a Seat's hourly price against the hourly wage of a comparable local hire at the same level. Benefits and payroll taxes would add to the local cost.

Runs a client's weekly short-form pipeline end to end.

  • Weekly batch of 10-20 shorts
  • Podcast clip packs
  • Ad variants with hook and CTA swaps

1-3 years of paid short-form editing with 300+ published shorts.

How the Intermediate level works

Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management.

What you hand to your Short-Form Video Editor

Tasks

  • Editing & assembly

    • Cuts talking-head, vlog and UGC footage into 15-90 second 9:16 edits
    • Builds the first 1-3 seconds as a hook
    • Layers b-roll, stock, screen recordings, zooms and reaction inserts

  • Captions, graphics & sound

    • Creates accurate, on-brand animated captions and on-screen text
    • Sounds design with SFX, risers, music beds and licensed
    • Applies the client brand kit

  • Repurposing & clipping

    • Mines long-form podcasts, webinars and YouTube videos
    • Reframes horizontal footage to vertical with subject tracking

  • Paid social creative

    • Produces ad variants for Meta and TikTok creative testing
    • Edits UGC creator footage

  • Workflow & delivery

    • Keeps project files, proxies, naming conventions
    • Exports to platform specs
    • Actions revision notes from Frame.io or Slack
    • Reviews retention graphs and posts analytics each week

Tested before you meet them

  1. Written English and brief comprehensionAll levels20 min
  2. Editing tool testAll levels45 min
  3. Timed podcast clip-mining work sampleAll levels1.5 hrs
  4. Revision speed and accuracy testAll levels30 min
  5. Portfolio review and walkthroughIntermediate and up30 min
  6. Ad fatigue client scenarioExpert and Specialist45 min

One score on every profileSample shown

89%

Three checks before your shortlist

  • Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
  • English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
  • ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees

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From booked call to day one

  1. Step 1: Book a demo

    Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.

  2. Step 2: Meet your shortlist

    Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.

  3. Step 3: Pick your person

    Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.

  4. Step 4: They start work

    In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.

Questions answered

An Intern Short-Form Video Editor is US$6 an hour, Intermediate US$10.50, Expert US$16.50 and Specialist US$27.50, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month.

Editing & assembly, captions, graphics & sound, repurposing & clipping and paid social creative, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.

Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including written English and brief comprehension, editing tool test and timed podcast clip-mining work sample. You see the score before you meet.

Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.

More questions

Within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview. First you meet your shortlist, interview the people you like and pick your person.

Yes. Your Short-Form Video Editor works your business hours in your time zone and joins your Teams or Slack like anyone else. The hub matched to United States clients is in Colombia, on New York time or an hour behind.

Yes, where it helps. Your Short-Form Video Editor works in the AI tools you already use. They use AI for first drafts and routine work, check every output, and follow your AI policy. You can ask for no AI on any task.

An Intermediate Short-Form Video Editor runs a client's weekly short-form pipeline end to end. An Expert Short-Form Video Editor owns retention and ad-creative outcomes and runs hook-testing frameworks. We usually recommend Intermediate.

It stays under your rules: your admin settings and AI policy apply. Our talent rules ban client data in personal or free AI accounts, and passwords, card numbers, health details and ID numbers never go into any AI tool.

You direct the work day to day. We handle recruiting, equipment and quality checks.

Yes. Every Short-Form Video Editor is tested live in the tools on your job description, such as Adobe Premiere Pro and CapCut Desktop / CapCut Pro, before you meet them.

In week one: music and stock license access confirmed with written rules; SOP walkthrough: turnaround times, file naming; and viewer access to Meta Business Suite, TikTok Analytics and YouTube Studio. You agree the first priorities with them on day one.

Yes. It's also called Video Editor, Reels Editor and TikTok Editor. Same tasks, tests and prices, whatever the name.

Their written English, with a scored test, and their spoken English, on a call with us. We also check their ID, work history and references.

Yes. You meet your shortlist on a short call and pick the person you want. Nobody joins without your yes.

In our talent hubs in the Philippines, Vietnam, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Colombia, and we hire from 60+ countries. Wherever they are, they work your hours.

Pay only for the hours they work. All your Seats are on one bill, and Studio plans are billed monthly.

It can, at most once a year. Your person's hourly rate may rise by up to 5% a year, from the first anniversary of the Seat's start, with 60 days' notice and the right to end the Seat before it applies.

Only when you and your person both agree to it in advance. Otherwise they work the hours you set, and you pay for the hours they log.

You aren't charged for hours your person doesn't work, apart from paid leave. After their third month, your person earns 8 hours of paid leave a month. Paid leave hours are charged at their usual rate.

Your person logs their hours each day in the Get Hands client app, where you can see them. Your next invoice is adjusted to those hours.

Yes, with no minimum hours. From 20 to 37 hours a week, the hourly rate is 10% higher than full-time. Under 20 hours, it's 20% higher.

Yes. Tell us the roles on a call and we shortlist tested people for each.

Yes. You give them access in your own systems, and you can change or remove it at any time.

They get their own login in each of your systems, never a shared one. Any password that has to be shared goes through your own password manager, never email, chat, code or prompts.

A tested shortlist within 72 hours of your call, or your first week is free. That's part of The Right Hands Guarantee.

Yes. Book a 15-minute demo any time, or choose Talk now on the booking form for a Microsoft Teams link straight away. You can also message us on WhatsApp on +61 485 061 086, or email hello@gethands.com.au.

Book a 15-minute demo on Microsoft Teams, any time, day or night. We show you the people, levels and prices that fit. No obligation.

Meet the people who fit your work.

A 15‑minute call on Teams. You leave knowing the level you need and its hourly price.

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