Content Associate, Founder Brand (Contract)

Skipit; New York (NY); On-site; USD 5,000 - 6,700; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid trial edit

Job summary

Skipit, a US-based content team, seeks a contract video editor to turn founder's raw footage into seven finished short-form videos weekly for Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, with platform-specific hooks and captions. You own the posting calendar and ensure nothing sits unposted.

You’ll propose formats, flag what works, and shape next month’s content from results. The 1099 role starts with a three-month term and a $450/month retainer, plus a paid trial edit.

Qualifications

• Experience running a real posting cadence with verifiable handles and dates.
• Ability to propose formats and hooks; assess performance and adjust.
• Capacity to ship content without prompting and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Turn founder's raw footage into seven finished short-form videos per week across Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts with hooks and captions per platform.
• Own the posting calendar; ensure posts go live and nothing sits unposted.
• Suggest formats and hooks; flag what’s working early and push back when a post won’t land.
• Provide a concise Friday note on performance and changes; help shape next month’s content.

Skills

Video editing

Content strategy

Platform knowledge

Job description

US-based contractors only. Applications from outside the US will not be reviewed.

Right now the footage exists and the posting doesn't. That's the job.

What you'll own

You run the channel. That means turning our founder's raw footage into seven finished short-form videos a week, getting them live across Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts with hooks and captions adapted per platform, and owning the calendar so nothing sits unposted.

It also means telling us what to make. You bring formats and hooks worth trying, you flag when something's working before we'd catch it ourselves, and you push back when a post isn't going to land. You'll send a short Friday note on what performed and what you'd change, and you'll help shape the next month's content from it.

What we hand you

All raw footage, filmed and directed. A written style spec with reference accounts. Tools and account access. Direct line to the founder, no layers in between.

The style

Bright and editorial. Word-by-word animated captions with the keyword in an accent color, mixed serif and sans type, hand-drawn accents, punch-in zooms, clean warm grade.

Who this fits

Someone who's already run a real posting cadence and can point to handles, dates, and numbers to prove it. Someone with opinions about what should be posted, not just how it should be cut. Someone watching US short-form trends closely enough to know what a format is doing before it peaks. Someone who ships without being chased.

Terms

$450/month retainer, roughly 7 hours a week, 1099 contract. Three-month initial term with scope and rate reviewed at 90 days. We ask for one paid trial edit ($20) before the contract starts. We're raising in the next few months and marketing here is being built from nothing, so there's real room in this for the person who does it well.