Podcast Video Editor

About the Role

We’re looking for a reliable, no-frills video editor to support a remote podcast focused on hiring, careers, and leadership decision-making.

This is not a creative or cinematic role. The priority is clarity, consistency, and speed — not effects or storytelling flair.

Core Responsibilities

• Editing & Delivery
• Clean up podcast recordings (audio + video)
• Remove long pauses, obvious mistakes, technical glitches
• Apply simple jump cuts only where necessary
• Add pre-set intro/outro (template provided)

Export

• 1 long-form episode
• 2–3 short clips (30–90 seconds)

Technical Standards

• Ensure clean audio levels
• Ensure stable framing and resolution
• Maintain consistent look and feel across episodes

What This Role Is NOT

Not creative direction

Not storytelling or pacing for drama

Not motion graphics or heavy effects

Not thumbnail design

Not content ideation

If you enjoy “making things cinematic,” this is not the role.

Requirements

Ideal Profile

You’re a fit if you

• Prefer clear instructions over creative freedom
• Reliable, fast, consistent, and detail-oriented
• Can follow templates without improvising
• Are comfortable editing talking-head content
• Respect deadlines and delivery standards

Backgrounds that work well

• Podcast editors
• YouTube editors (talking-head / interview formats)
• Media editors supporting coaches, consultants, educator

Tools

• Any professional editing software (Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci, capcut etc.)
• Comfortable working from shared Google Drive folders
• Owns a good device as it is essential

Output Expectations

• Turnaround: 48–72 hours per episode
• Minimal back-and-forth
• Clean, ready-to-publish files

Engagement Model

• Per-episode or per-clip basis
• Fractional / freelance
• Long-term if consistent

What Success Looks Like

• Episodes require little to no revision
• Editing feels invisible
• Content is usable across platforms immediately

Benefits

At Substance, we’re all about action, not just talk. If your profile aligns with what we need, you’ll hear from us within 1-2 weeks. If not, no fluff—just know we value your interest and will keep you in mind for future roles where your skills can make an impact. We focus on real connections and meaningful matches, so when the right opportunity comes, we’ll be ready to make it happen.

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