Talented Short-form Video Editor

Short-form Video Editor

Four openings | Remote — Philippines | Full-time contractor

Salary: PHP 40,000 per month

Payment: Monthly

Availability: Across most of the UK workday, including a daily team stand-up call

About the Role

We’re looking for FIVE creative, internet-native video editors who know how to turn a script into a story people cannot stop watching.

You’ll create polished 3–5-minute, 9:16 videos for Snapchat each day, taking ownership of the edit from beginning to end. That means finding the strongest visual assets online, building the story, creating an immediate hook and using pacing, captions, graphics, music and sound design to maintain attention.

This is the role for a talented visual storyteller looking for their next big challenge.

With the support of our Managing Director, script writer, and thumbnail designer, you’ll choose a content niche—such as celebrities, sports, hip-hop, crime, or influencers—and become our in-house expert on what performs within that space.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Create daily Snapchat stories

  • Edit and deliver one high-quality 3–5-minute vertical video each working day.
  • Turn a finished script and AI voiceover into a clear, fast-moving visual story.
  • Source strong online assets and combine them with engaging captions, graphics, music, motion and sound design.

• Own a specialist content niche

  • Choose and align on a niche with the Managing Director.
  • Learn the important personalities, stories, audiences and formats within that niche.
  • Develop a strong instinct for the hooks, visuals and editing styles that perform best.

• Keep improving the content

  • Test new formats, pacing styles, visual treatments and storytelling techniques.
  • Use feedback and performance insights to improve each new video.
  • Help make our editing workflow faster, smarter and more consistent.

• Work closely with the team

  • Attend the daily team stand-up call.
  • Remain available and responsive across most of the UK workday.
  • Complete revisions quickly and consistently meet daily deadlines.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous short-form video editing experience is required.
• Strong hands-on experience with both Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects.
• A portfolio demonstrating vertical editing, strong pacing, and clear visual storytelling.
• A strong understanding of hooks, viewer retention, captions and sound design.
• Good judgement when researching and selecting online visual assets.
• Strong English comprehension, attention to detail and remote communication skills.
• The ability to learn quickly, respond positively to feedback and take ownership of your work.

What Matters to Us

We don’t care where you went to school, how many years of experience appear on your CV or what you look like.

We care about:

• What you can create.
• How quickly you can learn.
• How well you respond to feedback.
• Whether you can consistently deliver.
• What unique experience, taste, and perspective you bring to the team.

You need genuine short-form editing experience, but we care far more about the quality of your work than whether you have been editing for one year or ten.

How to Apply

Email [email protected] with the subject:

Video Editor Application — [Your Name]

Include only these four things:

1. Your CV and Portfolio.
2. Links to your strongest videos.
3. A short explanation of why you are the right fit.
4. Your earliest possible start date.

We will ONLY consider applicants who email us. We review and respond to applications daily, so keep an eye on your inbox to find out whether you have been selected for the next stage.

Hiring Process

1. Application and portfolio review.
2. A $20 paid editing task for selected candidates.
3. Interview.
4. Final job offer.

For the paid task, you’ll receive a shared script and AI voiceover. You’ll need to source the visual assets online and turn them into an engaging 30-second, 9:16 video that demonstrates your pacing, storytelling and creative style.

Only candidates specifically invited to the paid-task stage should complete the task.

About Us

Don’t Buy Media is a Gen Z media start-up. We build Gen Z community by Gen Z across Gen Z’s platforms for brands and ourselves.