Freelance Short-Form Social & Digital Editor

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🕒 6 days ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 R33k / month

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✏️ Editor

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No Sweat → Work

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1 - 10 employees

Founded 2015

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

Marketing • Logistics • Consulting

No Sweat → Work is a platform based in South Africa that connects employers with freelance and full-time talent in fields such as advertising, design, marketing, media, and public relations. Unlike traditional recruitment agencies, No Sweat simplifies the hiring process by enabling direct connections between clients and job seekers, managing various administrative tasks like invoicing and payments. With over 10,000 available candidates and a robust track record of successful placements, No Sweat → Work aims to efficiently match talent with project requirements.

📋 Description

• Cut short-form edits from episodes, promos and raw footage to tight daily and weekly deadlines • Resize and reversion content across 9x16, 1x1, 4x5 and 16x9 • Add branding, endboards, subtitles and on-screen text in line with channel guidelines • Turn around client feedback quickly and accurately • Manage several briefs at once and keep producers updated • Edit social-first video for TikTok, Instagram, X and YouTube, including video moments, promo resizes, rebrands, montages, shout-outs and watchlist content

🎯 Requirements

• 3 to 5 years’ experience editing short-form or social content, ideally for broadcast or entertainment brands • Strong Premiere Pro skills; After Effects is a plus • A good eye for pace, hooks and what works on each platform • Speed without losing attention to detail • Reliable internet and your own editing setup • Comfortable working remotely, sometimes under tight deadlines • Portfolio link(s) must be on your CV

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work • Freelance contract • Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:00 SAST