Video Editor - 4 Short Student Social Media Reels, Online School

Video Editor Needed – 4 Short Student Social Media Reels for Online School

We are a British-curriculum online secondary school looking for a freelance video editor to create four short, professional social media videos from two existing student interview recordings.

The original interviews were recorded on Microsoft Teams and total approximately 26 minutes of source footage. We have already reviewed the recordings and prepared a detailed editing brief with timestamps, so we are not expecting the editor to work through the footage and develop the stories from scratch.

The project

We would like four finished videos:

What is our online school really like? – approximately 45–60 seconds
A day at online school – approximately 35–45 seconds
From online school to university – approximately 35–45 seconds
Do online students make friends? – approximately 25–35 seconds

The videos will be used primarily on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram as part of our student recruitment and brand-awareness activity.

What we will provide

We will supply the successful editor with:

two original MP4 interview recordings
a detailed editing brief
source timestamps and suggested in/out points
proposed structure for each video
opening hooks and calls-to-action
school logo and brand colours
relevant photographs/B-roll where available

The editorial thinking has therefore largely been completed. We need someone who can turn the material into polished, engaging and credible short-form content.

What we need from you

Each video should include:

clean, natural editing of the student interview
removal of unnecessary pauses, filler and false starts
accurate English subtitles/captions
simple, professional on-screen text
school branding, logo and end card
basic audio enhancement
basic colour/exposure correction where required
subtle transitions/punch-ins where they improve the edit
licensed/royalty-free background music only if appropriate

We would like each film supplied in:

9:16 vertical format for Reels/Stories
4:5 or 1:1 format for social feeds

Please include one round of reasonable revisions in your quotation.

Style

This is important.

We are not looking for heavily animated, fast-cut or gimmicky TikTok-style editing.

These are real students talking about their experiences and we want them to remain the focus.

The finished videos should feel:

warm | authentic | credible | professional | modern

Think high-quality school marketing rather than influencer content.

When applying

Please provide:

Your fixed price for the complete four-video project
Your expected turnaround time
Confirmation that your price includes both aspect ratios and one round of revisions
2–3 examples of similar interview, testimonial, education or talking-head social videos you have edited
Confirmation that you are comfortable producing and manually checking accurate English captions

Please do not send a generic portfolio containing only music videos, gaming videos or highly animated social content. We would particularly like to see examples showing how you have turned an interview or testimonial into an engaging short-form story.

There may be ongoing work for the right editor, as we regularly create student, parent and teacher content.

We are looking for someone who combines good editorial judgement with attention to detail and would be interested in developing an ongoing relationship with our school.