Story-Driven YouTube Video Editor & Videographer (Austin)

selfpublishingcom-careers; West Lake Hills (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO + holidays

401(k)

Monthly self-care stipend

Mission-driven team

Job summary

selfpublishing.com is hiring an in-office YouTube Video Editor & Videographer in Austin, TX to tell stories that convert and drive action. You’ll shoot, edit, and craft long-form and short-form content with strong hooks, pacing, and retention, collaborating with Creative and Marketing to align with strategy.

The role requires a track record in cinematic editing, lighting talent, and mastery of Premiere Pro, with a focus on high-quality storytelling that resonates with audiences.

Qualifications

• 3+ years editing for YouTube or content creators.
• Proven experience filming and lighting professional video.
• Mastery of Adobe Premiere Pro (After Effects + Photoshop a plus).
• Ability to craft intros that hook and edits that retain.

Responsibilities

• Filming and editing both long-form and short-form content with a focus on storytelling, pacing, and retention.
• Capturing high-quality footage during shoots, interviews, and events to support our content calendar.
• Editing long-form YouTube videos with strong hooks and narrative flow.
• Cutting short-form social clips (Reels, TikToks, LinkedIn) that stop the scroll.
• Optimizing structure, pacing, and transitions to boost Watch Time and AVD.
• Enhancing videos with music, sound effects, and audio mixing for emotion and flow.
• Designing and animating motion graphics, text, and transitions for clarity and polish.
• Collaborating with our Creative and Marketing teams to align edits with titles, thumbnails, and strategy.
• Staying on top of YouTube and social trends — because you live and breathe what’s working across top creator channels

Skills

Video editing

Filming & lighting

Adobe Premiere Pro

Storytelling

Tools

After Effects

Photoshop

Job description

selfpublishing.com is hiring an in-office YouTube Video Editor & Videographer in Austin, TX to tell stories that convert and drive action. You’ll shoot, edit, and craft long-form and short-form content with strong hooks, pacing, and retention, collaborating with Creative and Marketing to align with strategy.

The role requires a track record in cinematic editing, lighting talent, and mastery of Premiere Pro, with a focus on high-quality storytelling that resonates with audiences.