Short-Form Video Editor - Reels at Volume (Fast-Paced Content Agency)

SHORT-FORM VIDEO EDITOR — HIGH VOLUME REELS

Read this entire post before applying. We've built it to be hard on purpose. If you skim, you'll miss something and you won't make the cut. That's the point.

WHO WE ARE
We're By Uncut — a founder-led content agency in Sydney, Australia. We build personal brands for business owners through short-form video. Fast pace, high standards, real clients who care what goes out under their name.

THE ROLE
You edit short-form Reels at volume for Instagram and TikTok. On a normal day you'll deliver around 6–7 reels (up to 90 seconds each) — high quality, sharp hooks, built to retain. This is not a one-edit-a-day role. We need speed AND quality. Not one or the other.

You will be:
- Editing 6–7 reels a day, up to 90 seconds, ready to post
- Building hooks and first frames that stop the scroll
- Cutting for retention — pace, captions, sound design, the lot
- Staying ahead of what's trending and bringing ideas, not just executing them

WHO YOU ARE
- You live and breathe short-form. You know what's working on IG and TikTok THIS WEEK, not last year
- You know trending audio and current edit styles cold
- You're fast and you're clean — your timelines are organised and your output is consistent
- You understand a hook is everything. The first 2 seconds are where you do your best work
- You've worked somewhere fast-paced and can prove you deliver volume without dropping quality
- You have a machine that can actually handle editing, reliable internet, and a backup plan for power/internet
- You can work overlapping Sydney hours (AEST)

HOW TO APPLY — FOLLOW EVERY STEP
Applications that skip a step get deleted. No exceptions.

1. Start your message with the words ---------- . If those two words aren't the first thing I read, I won't read the rest.

2. THE MAIN TASK. Download the raw footage here: ----------

Edit it into one short-form reel, up to 90 seconds. This is the job. Make it retain. Make it good. Send me the link to the finished reel. You can also go on my social profiles and get additional content if you ---------- on instagram.

3. Send a screen-recording of your editing timeline for that reel — even 30 seconds scrolling through your project. I want to see it's yours and how you work.

4. Break down your hook. Tell me why you chose the first 2 seconds you did and what you were trying to do with them.

5. Tell me honestly how long that edit took you, and how many reels a day you currently deliver in your role.

6. Send me 3 editing trends, transitions or formats working RIGHT NOW this week (with links) and one line on why each works. Then name 3 trending audios this week and what content they suit.

7. Watch this reel: ---------- — tell me 3 things you'd change and why.

8. Tell me your software (and which you're fastest in), how you do captions, and how you handle sound design.

9. Send your computer specs (RAM, processor, storage) and a screenshot of your internet speed test (speedtest.net).

10. Confirm you can work AEST hours and that you have backup power/internet, and state your monthly salary expectation.

If you've made it this far and done all ten, you're the kind of person we want. We move fast — strong applicants will hear from us quickly.