Role Overview:
- We are looking for an experienced Content Creator and Video Editor to own video content for a growing Fractional CFO consulting business serving early-stage eCommerce founders.
- This is more than an editing role.
- You will turn podcasts, educational content, and raw footage into high-quality short- and long-form content while contributing ideas on hooks, formats, and creative direction.
- You will also use performance data to understand what works, test new approaches, and continuously improve content across LinkedIn, YouTube, and paid social.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create high-impact short-form clips from podcast episodes, identifying compelling 30–90 second moments and adding dynamic cuts, captions, framing, and visual elements.
- Edit long-form podcast episodes from raw footage into polished audio and video content, including animated intros/outros and relevant B-roll.
- Produce paid social creatives for Meta, including captions, subtitles, multiple creative variations, and properly organized exports.
- Research content opportunities based on the target audience, competitors, industry conversations, and current content trends.
- Develop educational video content from topic research and scripting through editing, publishing, and optimization.
- Manage publishing workflows and maintain organized video assets, naming conventions, versions, and final files.
- Track content performance across metrics such as CTR, audience retention, and viewership to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Recommend and test new creative directions, including hooks, formats, editing approaches, and content angles backed by performance insights.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional video editing and content production experience.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating both short-form social video and long-form podcast or educational content.
- Strong understanding of hooks, pacing, storytelling, audience retention, and current short-form content trends.
- Experience creating content for platforms such as LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.
- Experience using AI-powered creative and content tools for workflows such as research, scripting, B-roll, or production.
- Ability to interpret basic content performance metrics and translate insights into actionable creative improvements.
- Excellent attention to detail across captions, audio, formatting, visuals, and final production quality.
- Strong English communication skills.
Nice to Have:
- Experience creating content for finance, accounting, consulting, eCommerce, SaaS, or other B2B industries.
- Experience with LinkedIn thought-leadership content.