Short-Form Video Editor Intern, Fall 2026

The Opportunity

Low Battery is building culture’s most influential social-first platform for the next generation of fans across music, sports, fashion, gaming, and the internet. What started with RapTV is now a network of nine brands reaching more than 53 million fans and generating over 200 million monthly views. Our brands include RapTV, Bars, Drip, Controller, Pop Hive, and more.

We create platform-native content, original formats, artist collaborations, and live-event coverage around the people and moments shaping culture.

The Role

Low Battery is looking for an early-career short-form video editor to join our Los Angeles team for a paid Fall 2026 internship. This is a hands-on editing role for someone who understands how strong hooks, pacing, captions, sound design, and platform-native formatting turn raw footage into content people want to watch and share.

You will work directly with Low Battery’s short-form producers, editors, and page managers to support recurring network-wide output, original formats, timely cultural moments, artist opportunities, and live-event coverage.

The role is fully in office every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with select additional shoots, festivals, and tentpole dates scheduled in advance.

What You’ll Do

• Edit vertical short-form videos for Instagram Reels, TikTok, X, and YouTube Shorts
• Support recurring output across RapTV, Bars, and other Low Battery brands
• Edit artist interviews, fan content, host-led formats, original series, live footage, and timely cultural moments
• Add captions, sound design, music, graphics, and brand-specific packaging
• Complete same-day and next-day edits when required
• Execute repeatable and template-driven formats while maintaining quality and consistency
• Create alternate hooks, cutdowns, and platform-specific versions when requested
• Apply creative feedback quickly and accurately across revision rounds
• Support producers by dumping, organizing, and uploading footage following shoots as needed
• Maintain organized Google Drive folders, project files, exports, and source assets for clean handoffs
• Clearly communicate edit status, deadlines, availability, and blockers
• Support rapid-turn post-production during planned festivals, shoots, and tentpoles
• Collaborate in person with producers, editors, and page managers throughout the editing process

What We’re Looking For

• A portfolio demonstrating strong vertical short-form editing
• Proficiency in CapCut and/or Adobe Premiere Pro
• Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects, including motion graphics, text animation, and basic compositing
• A strong understanding of hooks, pacing, captions, sound design, and social-first packaging
• Ability to follow references and creative direction without losing personal judgment
• Ability to apply feedback quickly and reduce repeated notes across revisions
• Strong attention to detail across audio, captions, graphics, framing, and exports
• Reliable communication around deadlines, progress, and blockers
• Consistent availability to work in the Downtown Los Angeles office Tuesday through Thursday
• Availability for select planned shoots, festival weekends, and tentpoles
• Genuine interest in music, entertainment, sports, fashion, gaming, internet culture, or youth media
• We welcome current students, community-college students, recent graduates, recent high-school graduates, gap-year candidates, and other early-career editors with the skills and availability to contribute consistently.

What Success Looks Like

• Consistently delivering clean, platform-native edits on schedule
• Turning raw footage into engaging short-form content with strong hooks and clear creative judgment
• Requiring fewer preventable revision rounds as the internship progresses
• Applying references and feedback accurately without needing repeated direction
• Communicating proactively when a deadline or deliverable is at risk
• Maintaining organized project files and reliable handoffs
• Becoming a dependable editing resource across everyday output, production days, and planned tentpoles
• Demonstrating meaningful growth in quality, speed, judgment, and coachability throughout the term

Culture at Low Battery

Making our vision a reality requires uncommon commitment, high standards, direct communication, and a willingness to learn quickly.

You should not apply if:

• Receiving direct feedback makes you uncomfortable
• Occasional irregular hours, including planned evenings or weekends, are off the table
• Early-stage pace, urgency, or ambiguity makes it difficult for you to operate
• You are comfortable submitting work that is only “good enough”

Location: Los Angeles, CA - in office

Schedule: Tuesday through Thursday, approximately 24 hours per week, with occasional additional shoots, weekdays, evenings, or weekends scheduled in advance

Compensation: $20 per hour

Term: Fall 2026, including select planned festivals and tentpoles