Video Editor (Remote) | El Salvador

# Video Editor (Remote) | El Salvador > HireHawk · San Salvador, El Salvador (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-09 **Workplace:** remote **Department:** JL01 ## Description - Job Type: Full-time, long-term contractor - Workplace: Remote - Schedule: Full-time, Monday to Friday - CT hours aligned - Compensation: $1,500 - $1,800/month **About Us** HireHawk connects skilled professionals with remote opportunities at U.S. and Canadian companies. This opportunity is with a founder-led personal-brand content business focused on helping clients share their expertise through natural, credible social content. The goal is to make each client more engaging while keeping them recognizably themselves. **About the Role** You’ll own post-production, working directly with the founder, who handles client conversations, filming, and guidance on the core messaging. There is no creative team: you’ll turn approximately 20-minute conversational recordings into polished short-form videos, primarily for Instagram and Facebook, using your own judgment to create a clear, natural narrative. This is a full-time contractor role, Monday to Friday on Central Time (CT), for an editor who proactively moves work forward and becomes increasingly independent as they learn the founder’s preferences. Responsibilities - Turn conversational footage into focused short-form stories with strong hooks, clear structure, and pacing that gives viewers a reason to keep watching. - Use the founder’s messaging guidance to identify the strongest moments and build a complete narrative without needing detailed, step-by-step editing instructions. - Preserve each client’s voice, personality, and intended meaning while removing repetition, tangents, and distractions. - Add accurate captions, thoughtful framing, B-roll, punch-ins, and supporting visuals when they improve clarity or engagement, not simply to add effects. - Deliver clean audio and polished, platform-ready videos, checking subtitles, visual details, and overall flow before handoff. - Keep recurring content and revisions organized across 4-6 clients, maintaining approximately 3-4 completed videos per day in total within the expected turnaround. - Adapt your editing style to each client rather than applying the same formula to every speaker or brand. - Take initiative on next steps, flag unclear messaging or delivery risks early, and apply feedback so future edits require less direction. ## Requirements **Must-Have:** - A portfolio that includes Instagram Reels and relevant talking-head, interview, podcast, founder, executive, thought-leadership, or personal-brand content. - Relevant professional video editing experience. We’re targeting 3-5 years, ideally including 2+ years in social content, but candidates with 1-2 years and an exceptional portfolio are encouraged to apply. Editing ability and editorial judgment matter more than years alone or a degree. - Proficiency in CapCut, with strong fundamentals in captions, pacing, framing, B-roll, punch-ins, basic audio cleanup, and finishing. - Strong short-form storytelling instincts: you understand why people stop scrolling, what belongs in the edit, and how to strengthen a message without making the speaker sound manufactured. - Strong English comprehension and communication, including the ability to understand conversational nuance and preserve the speaker’s meaning. - Demonstrated initiative and independent judgment, with the organization to manage recurring edits, revisions, and delivery deadlines without waiting for detailed instructions. - Comfort working directly with a founder without a creative team, responding constructively to feedback, and working Monday to Friday on Central Time. **Nice to Have:** - Previous experience working directly with a founder or in a startup, strongly preferred. - Experience using Descript, strongly preferred. - A background editing for personal brands, consultants, coaches, marketing or content agencies, podcast creators, or professional-service and local business owners. - Experience adapting videos for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, or other social channels. - Familiarity with Premiere Pro or comparable professional editing software. There is no specific preference for Premiere Pro; CapCut remains required. ## Benefits - Access to a $200K+ perk marketplace with discounts on 150+ global services. - Option to withdraw up to 50% of approved earnings before payday. ## Apply [Apply at HireHawk](https://apply.workable.com/hirehawk/j/4CC052D21E/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)