Video editor

Seed Light; Malaysia; Remote; MYR 45,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Seed Light is seeking a remote video editor to turn client footage into short social‑media videos with hooks, captions and quick pacing. You will work on ads for Meta and TikTok, generating multiple versions from each shoot and keeping a well‑organized library.

The role emphasizes speed and testing different hooks over polishing every transition. Candidates should provide a reel of short work, demonstrate the ability to cut to briefs, caption accurately, and adapt to varied client footage.

Qualifications

• A reel of short work we can watch, ideally including ads that ran
• You understand that the first second decides whether the rest is seen
• You are fast, because volume matters more here than polish
• You can cut to a brief and take an edit note without defending the original
• You caption properly, because these placements are often watched with the sound off

Responsibilities

• Cut short video for Meta and TikTok, in sets so the hooks can be tested
• Add captions, cuts and pacing that hold attention on a muted phone screen
• Work with whatever the client sends, including footage shot badly
• Turn one shoot into several different edits rather than one
• Keep a tidy library so a clip can be found again six months later

Tools

CapCut

Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

After Effects

Meta Ads Manager

Google Drive

Job description

Also advertised as: Short-form video editor, Social media video editor, Reels & TikTok editor, Motion graphics editor, Ad video editor

In this remote Seed Light video editor role, you turn client footage into short videos for ads and social media, including hooks and versions for testing.

Full-time, contract or internship Remote, wherever you are 2+ years editing short form video

Clients supply phone footage for social platforms. The video editor turns it into short videos with clear hooks, captions, cuts and pacing.

Most of it is short: ad creative, reels, before and after, a founder talking to camera. The measure is whether it holds attention and produces a result, rather than how polished the transitions are.

This role is open on a rolling basis, so applications are read as they arrive rather than after a closing date.

• Cut short video for Meta and TikTok, in sets so the hooks can be tested
• Add captions, cuts and pacing that hold attention on a muted phone screen
• Work with whatever the client sends, including footage shot badly
• Turn one shoot into several different edits rather than one
• Keep a tidy library so a clip can be found again six months later

Requirements

• A reel of short work we can watch, ideally including ads that ran
• You understand that the first second decides whether the rest is seen
• You are fast, because volume matters more here than polish
• You can cut to a brief and take an edit note without defending the original
• You caption properly, because these placements are often watched with the sound off

Nice to have

• You have edited video that ran as paid advertising and seen the numbers
• You can do simple motion graphics and text animation
• You have shot as well as edited, so you know what to ask a client for

Tools

CapCut, Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, Meta Ads Manager, Google Drive. The licences and subscriptions the job needs are paid for, and knowing every one of these already is not expected.

Your first three months

• Month 1. Edits against existing briefs for live campaigns, with close feedback on pacing and hooks.
• Month 2. You own the video output for a set of accounts, including the variations for testing.
• Month 3. You tell clients what to shoot, so the raw material stops being the limit.

Questions about this role

Questions candidates usually ask before applying. If yours is not here, add it to the message box on the form.

Expect to make several versions of one idea so different hooks can be tested. The job values a useful testing batch over one highly polished edit.

Say so early when the footage cannot support a useful edit. Explain the exact problem, such as missing coverage, poor sound or an unreadable product shot, then give the client a short list of footage needed to fix it.

Mainly advertising and social. Some client work is longer: a testimonial, a walkthrough of a premises, an explainer for a service that is hard to describe in text.

Usually the advertising specialist writes the hook, and the editor may contribute. Daily contact with the footage often reveals which opening line fits it best.

Send three short edits and one line each on what you were given to work with. Work made from difficult raw footage is far more useful to see than a well resourced brand shoot.