About The Job
We are hiring a senior editor to strengthen our storytelling. You will own the edit on 30 to 180 second story-driven pieces: brand films, explainers, and short social storytelling cuts. Our work is story first. We embed with businesses and personal brands to build considered, narrative-driven pieces.
This is not a role for someone learning the craft. Our editing team is strong. What we need is a peer who can sit in a conversation about narrative and pacing and contribute at that level, someone we can teach our process and standards to.
You will take a project from ingest to final delivery, make confident creative decisions without waiting for direction, and raise the bar for the whole editing team.
Job Details
- Employment Type: Full-Time Independent Contractor
- Department: Sales and Marketing
- Job Level: Senior
- Experience: 5 Years
- Business Model: Event-Based Revenue, SaaP (Service-as-a-Product), Subscription
- Education: Bachelors
- Qualification: Film Production, Media Studies, Multimedia, Digital Media, Communication, or a related discipline is preferred.
Required Skills
- General Skills: Editing and Proofreading
- Soft Skills: Attention to Detail, Presentation Skills, Strategic Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Technical Skills
Responsibilities
- Edit 30 to 180 second storytelling videos end to end: brand films, explainers, and short social story cuts.
- Shape narrative from raw footage and interview material, selecting the grabs that carry the story and building a structure that holds attention.
- Make confident creative calls on pacing, sound, music, and rhythm that serve the story, not just the timeline.
- Hold visual and tonal consistency to each client's brand.
- Own colour, sound balance, and finish to a premium standard.
- Take a brief, interpret it, and deliver a first cut that is ready for collaboration & shaping, not rescuing.
- Action revisions accurately and fast.
- Manage your own media, project files, and exports to our file structure and naming conventions.
- Hand off premiere project files in an organised way so that the project can be worked on or finalised by another team member
- Communicate clearly and proactively on progress, blockers, and timelines through Google Chat and Monday.com.
- Contribute in review calls as a creative voice.
Who You Are
- Experienced. Minimum 4 to 5 years editing professional commercial, branded, or documentary work. You have cut story-driven pieces before.
- A storyteller. You love film & documentaries - You understand narrative structure. You can hear a story in raw footage and build it. You know why a cut lands or falls flat.
- Fluent in English at a high level. Not just the words, but tonality, pitch, and subtext. You can listen to an interview and know which line carries emotional weight and belongs in the edit. This is essential to the role.
- Technically excellent. Advanced in Adobe Premiere Pro. Strong colour grading and sound balancing. After Effects is a real advantage, but not required.
- Self-sufficient. You take ownership and deliver without hand-holding. We collaborate closely, but you drive your own work and deadlines.
- Disciplined. Excellent file and workflow management. Nothing gets lost, nothing is careless.
- Remote-proven. You have worked with international clients and a distributed team, and you communicate well across time zones.
The Kind Of Work You Will Make
- Short social storytelling cuts - highlights, promos, and story-led social pieces, 30 to 180 seconds, built to stop the scroll and say something.
- Brand Films - company and founder showcases that carry a narrative and a feeling.
- Explainers - case studies and talking-head pieces that make a point clearly and hold attention.
How You Will Work With Us
- You will join a team of strong editors and a Creative Lead who care about craft.
- We run on Google Chat and Monday.com. We give clear briefs and direct feedback, and we expect the same clarity back.
- We work to defined delivery timelines and a set revision process. Reliability and turnaround matter as much as craft.
- We want a long-term partner. The right person grows with us as the work does.
What Success Looks Like
- First cuts that need creative shaping, not fundamental fixing.
- Story-driven edits that clients respond to emotionally.
- Consistent delivery on time, to brand, with revisions kept tight.
- A calm, reliable presence the team can build storytelling conversations around.
- Our Values:
- Story First. Everything we make serves the story. We don't cut for the sake of motion, we cut to make people feel something.
- Growth Oriented. We get better every week. We give and take direct feedback, and we treat every edit as a chance to lift our craft.
- High Standards, Calm Delivery. We hold a premium bar and we hit it without drama. Steady, reliable, unflustered under deadline.
- Extreme Ownership. We own our work end to end. No excuses, no passing the problem, if it's ours, we carry it.
- Setup:
- Reliable high-speed internet.
- A capable editing machine able to handle Premiere Pro on Proxies of high-resolution footage.
Salary & Benefits
- Pay: Hourly, $ 9.00 – 10.00
- Benefits:
Working Hours
- Monday: 08:00 - 17:00
- Tuesday: 08:00 - 17:00
- Wednesday: 08:00 - 17:00
- Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00
- Friday: 08:00 - 17:00
Additional Requirements
- Tech Requirements: Windows or Mac
- Language: English
About The Company
1840 & Company is a global organization focused on delivering innovative business solutions that help companies grow, scale, and succeed. Operating in over 150 countries, we support organizations through a range of workforce, operational, and business services designed to drive efficiency and long-term success.
