YouTube and Video Specialist (Professional Education) - 67358157390

Somewhere; Bogotá; Remote; COP 72,428,000 - 90,534,000; Full time

Job summary

Somewhere is seeking a YouTube and Video Specialist to transform recorded lectures, expert interviews, and training footage into a high-growth education channel. You will edit long-form content and create Shorts to boost registrations for certifications and live events, while managing the YouTube presence and metadata strategy.

The role requires mastery of pacing, thumbnail design, and SEO, with comfort navigating clinical health and education topics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of dedicated video editing and YouTube channel management experience.
• Advanced proficiency in video editing platforms (Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve).
• Proven track record understanding YouTube retention hooks, pacing, and thumbnail design.
• Basic graphic design skills (Canva / Adobe Photoshop) tailored to high-CTR YouTube thumbnails.
• Experience working with podcast/remote recording software (Riverside.fm, Zoom).
• Fluent English comprehension and strong narrative pacing instincts.
• Inclusive, professional mindset comfortable reviewing clinical and educational health/wellness subject matter.

Responsibilities

• Video Editing & Production: Edit long-form educational lectures, interviews, and discussions into engaging, polished YouTube videos. Cut high-impact micro-content (Shorts/Reels) to drive registrations for upcoming certifications and live events.
• YouTube Channel Growth & Management: Oversee the weekly upload schedule, channel layout, playlists, and community posts.
• Packaging & YouTube SEO: Craft click-worthy titles, compelling custom thumbnails (Canva/Photoshop), and SEO-rich descriptions/tags to maximize click-through rate (CTR) and search discoverability.
• Raw Asset Ingestion: Ingest raw footage from remote recording platforms (Riverside, Zoom), clean audio, apply brand templates, and repurpose key lecture segments.
• Channel Analytics & Reporting: Track watch time, average view duration, CTR, subscriber acquisition, and traffic sources to iterate on packaging.
• AI Video Workflow Integration: Utilize AI transcription, clip identification, and scripting tools to accelerate asset turnaround.

Skills

Video editing

YouTube channel management

Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

DaVinci Resolve

YouTube SEO

Canva

Photoshop

Riverside.fm

Zoom

English fluency

Storytelling pacing

Tools

Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Canva

Photoshop

Riverside.fm

Descript

YouTube Studio

TubeBuddy

VidIQ

Google Workspace

Zoom

Job description

YouTube and Video Specialist (Professional Education)

YouTube and Video Specialist

Location: Remote, Philippines or Latin America

Employment Type: Full-Time, ICA

Schedule: U.S. Mountain Standard Time (MST) business hours alignment (approx. 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM MST)

Compensation

• Philippines: $1,600 - $2,000 USD / month (DOE)
• Latin America: $2,000 - $2,500 USD / month (DOE)

Reports To: Executive Leadership / Marketing

About The Company

Our client is an international professional education, training, and certification provider for healthcare professionals, licensed clinicians, therapists, and educators. The organization delivers accredited certifications, academic conferences, and continuing education programs to thousands of clinicians globally, operating at the forefront of progressive, interdisciplinary health education.

They are hiring a YouTube and Video Specialist to turn recorded clinical lectures, expert interviews, and training footage into a high-growth audience acquisition engine on YouTube and supporting social channels.

Role Overview

This role combines long-form and short-form video editing, YouTube channel management, metadata optimization, and audience retention strategy. You will take recorded expert interviews, webinars, and podcast sessions and package them into educational YouTube videos, YouTube Shorts, and social clips.

The ideal candidate understands YouTube pacing, thumbnail CTR, and SEO retention mechanics, and is comfortable producing educational content centered on human health, intimacy, and clinical relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Video Editing & Production: Edit long-form educational lectures, interviews, and discussions into engaging, polished YouTube videos. Cut high-impact micro-content (Shorts/Reels) to drive registrations for upcoming certifications and live events.
• YouTube Channel Growth & Management: Oversee the weekly upload schedule, channel layout, playlists, and community posts.
• Packaging & YouTube SEO: Craft click-worthy titles, compelling custom thumbnails (Canva/Photoshop), and SEO-rich descriptions/tags to maximize click-through rate (CTR) and search discoverability.
• Raw Asset Ingestion: Ingest raw footage from remote recording platforms (Riverside, Zoom), clean audio, apply brand templates, and repurpose key lecture segments.
• Channel Analytics & Reporting: Track watch time, average view duration, CTR, subscriber acquisition, and traffic sources to iterate on packaging.
• AI Video Workflow Integration: Utilize AI transcription, clip identification, and scripting tools to accelerate asset turnaround.

Hard Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of dedicated video editing and YouTube channel management experience with a verifiable portfolio of edited long-form and short-form content.
• Advanced proficiency in video editing platforms (Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve).
• Proven track record understanding YouTube retention hooks, pacing, and thumbnail design.
• Basic graphic design skills (Canva / Adobe Photoshop) tailored to high-CTR YouTube thumbnails.
• Experience working with podcast/remote recording software (Riverside.fm, Zoom).
• Fluent English comprehension and strong narrative pacing instincts.
• Inclusive, professional mindset comfortable reviewing clinical and educational health/wellness subject matter.

Preferred Tools

• Adobe Premiere Pro / Final Cut Pro
• Adobe Photoshop / Canva
• Riverside.fm / Descript
• YouTube Studio & TubeBuddy / VidIQ
• Google Workspace

Soft Skills

• Analytical curiosity; obsessively studies platform metrics (watch time, CTR, retention curves).
• Creative storyteller with a keen eye for visual pacing, B-roll selection, and hooks.
• Highly organized file manager with rigorous naming and archiving habits.
• Open and receptive to creative feedback and iterative testing.
• Comfortable with mature, specialized clinical and relational topics.

About The Ideal Candidate

You live and breathe YouTube mechanics. You don't just cut clips together; you understand how an intriguing thumbnail, a well-timed cut, and a punchy title turn passive scrollers into long-term subscribers. You can listen to an hour-long clinical masterclass, pinpoint the exact 60 seconds that will go viral on Shorts, and edit it with seamless captions and graphics.

You take complete pride in channel health and growth, moving fast without sacrificing visual polish.

Why This Role Matters

Video is the primary discovery vehicle for modern professional training. In this seat, you directly unlock hundreds of hours of proprietary clinical expertise sitting in raw archives and transform it into a top-of-funnel engine that educates clinicians worldwide, drives brand authority, and fills certification cohorts.