Podcast Editor Virtual Assistant

Part-time • 10–15 hours/week • $5–8/hour • Remote

About the role: Confessions of a CEO is our flagship podcast — real conversations with women building six and seven-figure businesses. We are looking for a podcast editor who can take raw episodes and turn them into polished long-form content for podcast platforms plus short-form clips optimized for Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok. You will be responsible for the full production pipeline from raw recording to fully published, distributed episode.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN:

Full episode production:
- Audio editing: remove ums, dead air, mistakes; level audio; add intro/outro
- Video editing: multi-cam, color correction, captions, light b-roll
- Export master files in the correct formats for each platform

Short-form clipping:
- Identify 8–12 clippable ---------- nts per episode (hooks, hot takes, tactical advice, story beats)
- Edit each clip into vertical 9:16 short-form with captions, hooks, and brand styling
- Optimize for Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok (platform-specific best practices)

Distribution & publishing:
- Upload finished episodes to Spotify for Podcasters and other hosting platforms
- Write episode descriptions with timestamps, guest info, and relevant links
- Upload long-form video to YouTube with optimized title, description, and tags
- Schedule short-form clips (or coordinate with our Marketing VA for scheduling)

Asset management:
- Maintain organized folder structure for raw files, edited files, clips, and graphics
- Archive episodes properly so nothing gets lost

YOU'RE A FIT IF:
- Have 2+ years editing podcasts (audio and video)
- Have a portfolio showing short-form clips you have edited — ideally for founder, business, or creator-economy podcasts
- Know what makes a clip stop the scroll (hook taste, not just technical skill)
- Are fluent in Descript, Premiere, CapCut, or equivalent (Descript preferred)
- Can write a podcast description that makes someone want to listen
- Have a quiet workspace and reliable internet
- Can overlap 2–4 hours with Mountain Time (Boise, Idaho) business hours

KPIs (how we'll measure success)
- Turnaround time: raw recording to fully published episode in 5 days (eventually 3–5)
- 8–12 short-form clips produced per episode
- Zero publishing errors per month (wrong titles, broken links, missing show notes)
- Engagement on clips: meet or beat baseline engagement of other Sherose social content

DECISION RIGHTS: You choose clip ---------- nts, edit pacing, music selection, and caption styling within our brand guidelines. You write episode descriptions and YouTube metadata (Kelci reviews for the first 30 days, then spot-checks). You do not change brand visuals, change the show format, or make decisions about guest booking, sponsorships, or show direction.

PAID TEST TASK: Top candidates will complete a paid test task ($75): we will send you one full raw episode of Confessions of a CEO and ask for (1) a fully edited episode, (2) 3 short-form clips with reasoning on why you chose each ---------- nt, (3) a draft episode description and YouTube metadata, and (4) one paragraph on what you would improve about our current podcast workflow.

HOW TO APPLY: Send the following in a direct message:
- Your resume and portfolio
- A 90-second Loom introducing yourself and walking us through your podcast editing process
- Links to 3 podcast clips you have edited that you are most proud of
- Include the word "CLIP" in your subject line so we know you read the full posting