Short-Form Video Editor

🕒 September 29

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🎬 Video Editor

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

👻 Ghost score 25%

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• Open for 47 days.
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• 108 open roles for a team of 17.
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VirtuHire

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

Recruitment • HR Tech • SaaS

VirtuHire is a remote recruiting and employer-of-record service focused on connecting businesses with vetted South African talent. The company rigorously vets candidates and provides a curated shortlist, interview scheduling, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and full employee management. It offers a no-fee recruitment process, advertises cost savings versus local hires, and emphasizes English proficiency, university-educated candidates, and industry experience. Metrics provided include clients served, hires made, and a high retention rate. VirtuHire positions itself as a partner handling hiring, EOR services, and HR administration to let clients focus on growth.

📋 Description

• Review long-form footage and pull out the strongest moments, reactions and hooks for short-form content • Edit high volumes of vertical video for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts to agreed daily or weekly output targets • Write and time on-screen captions, text overlays, hooks and calls to action matching the tone and UK audience • Apply sound, music, trending audio, pacing and transitions suited to each platform and format • Produce multiple variations of concepts for testing • Self-check videos against the brief and brand guidelines before submission • Turn feedback around quickly, within the same working day where possible • Keep footage, project files and exports organised in storage and project management tools • Track TikTok and Instagram trends, formats and UK culture and bring ideas to the team • Deliver against volume targets, first-time approval rates, QC reduction, turnaround time and content performance goals

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years editing short-form social content, ideally for a consumer, entertainment or e-commerce brand, or an agency • A portfolio or showreel of TikTok / Reels content with measurable performance • Strong command of Premiere Pro, CapCut, After Effects or DaVinci Resolve • Excellent written and spoken English, with a natural feel for British humour, slang and cultural references • Proven ability to work at pace and volume without losing quality • Reliable home setup and connectivity and availability on UK hours • Experience with UGC and creator-led content (nice to have) • Motion graphics or basic animation (nice to have) • Familiarity with games, board games or party culture (nice to have) • Basic understanding of paid social creative testing (nice to have)

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