Short-form video editor for a YouTube education channel

Short-form video editor for a founder-led B2B education channel

I'm launching a founder-led education channel in a specialist B2B niche (data, AI, analytics, risk, business decision-making). Month one is a short-form sprint to build consistency before I invest in long-form.

I need an editor who turns talking-head footage, voice notes and scripts into sharp vertical videos for YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, TikTok and Reels. Educational, but never slow, dry or corporate. The job is to make complex professional topics feel clear and genuinely interesting for a serious audience.

SCOPE
Paid test edit first. If it lands, an ongoing sprint of 20-30 Shorts over 30 days. I supply the raw material and brief. You work independently.

DELIVERABLES (per Short)
- 30-60s, vertical 9:16, ready to post
- Hook in the first 1-3 seconds
- Clean captions, tight pacing, sharp cuts
- Simple motion graphics or light b-roll where it earns its place
- Basic colour and audio clean-up

YOU'RE A FIT IF YOU CAN
Cut waffle, structure for retention, add visual emphasis without clutter, and pitch stronger hooks. I'm not after caption-only editing. I want someone who improves the clip.

Bonus: business, tech, finance or professional-services content, LinkedIn video, founder-led channels. You don't need to know the niche, but you need the curiosity to understand each clip.

THE FEEL
Premium, intelligent, clear, fast enough to hold attention, credible. Not cheesy, not over-edited, not generic corporate, not noisy TikTok effects.

NOT A FIT: wedding or cinematic montage, gaming edits, meme-heavy, caption-only, childish.

TO APPLY: start with the word PATTERN so I know you read this. Then:
1. 3 examples of educational, technical, business or creator-led Shorts you've edited
2. 1 example where your edit made a boring or complex topic interesting
3. How you'd make a complex professional topic gripping in 30-60s
4. Turnaround per Short
5. Your software
6. Price per Short, plus price for a 20-30 Short monthly package
7. One thing you'd do to nail the first 3 seconds

No generic proposals. I'm hiring for editing taste, curiosity and real retention instinct.