Freelance Video Editor — Social, Ads & LongForm Content

Company: Savoir Agency
Location: Remote (India Preferred)
Engagement: Freelance / Part-Time

About Savoir Agency

Savoir Agency is a creative production partner for brands, founders, creators, and agencies. We transform raw footage, product assets, scripts, creative briefs, customer reviews, and existing content into platform-ready creative for social media, advertising, YouTube, marketplaces, and digital campaigns.

Our work spans high-volume short-form content as well as selected long-form productions.

About the Role

We're looking for a creative, reliable, and detail-oriented Freelance Video Editor to support our growing client workload.

You'll work with raw footage, scripts, creative briefs, references, and brand assets to produce polished, engaging content across multiple platforms. While most projects involve short-form social and advertising content, you'll also have opportunities to edit long-form YouTube videos, podcasts, interviews, educational content, and more.

This is a remote, project-based opportunity with the potential for long-term collaboration.

What You'll Work On

Projects may include:

• Instagram Reels, TikTok videos, and YouTube Shorts
• UGC (User-Generated Content) videos
• Performance marketing ads
• Product demonstrations and feature videos
• Founder and personal brand content
• Talking-head videos
• Educational and explainer videos
• Customer testimonials and case studies
• Podcast clips and interviews
• Long-form YouTube videos
• Video podcasts
• Product explainers
• Repurposing long-form content into multiple short-form videos
• Creative variations with different hooks, intros, captions, and calls-to-action

The exact mix of projects will depend on your experience, strengths, and availability.

Responsibilities

• Edit engaging short-form and long-form videos from raw footage
• Create strong hooks, pacing, storytelling, and viewer retention
• Add captions, motion graphics, B-roll, music, sound effects, and transitions
• Improve video and audio quality
• Perform basic colour correction and grading
• Source stock footage, graphics, and supporting assets when required
• Repurpose long-form recordings into multiple social media clips
• Create platform-specific edits for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Meta, etc.
• Follow client briefs, brand guidelines, and creative references
• Organize project files and exports professionally
• Communicate proactively throughout projects
• Deliver projects on time and implement revisions accurately

What We're Looking For

• Strong portfolio showcasing social media edits, ads, or long-form content
• Excellent understanding of storytelling, pacing, hooks, captions, and audience retention
• Experience creating content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Meta, and LinkedIn
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, CapCut, or similar tools
• Ability to interpret creative briefs with minimal supervision
• Strong visual judgement for footage selection, music, B-roll, graphics, and pacing
• High attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines independently
• Reliable communication and openness to feedback

Nice to Have

Experience in any of the following is a plus:

• Direct-response advertising
• Performance marketing creatives
• D2C and e-commerce content
• Founder and creator content
• Long-form YouTube editing
• Podcast editing
• Motion graphics
• Animated typography
• Thumbnail design
• Sound design
• Advanced colour grading
• Motion tracking and VFX
• AI video tools (Runway, Descript, OpusClip, Kling, Veo, CapCut AI, etc.)
• White-label production experience
• Previous agency experience

You don't need every bonus skill to apply.

Work Arrangement

• Fully remote
• India-based applicants preferred
• Freelance / Part-time
• Flexible working hours
• Project-based or recurring monthly assignments
• Opportunity to work across multiple brands, founders, and industries
• Long-term collaboration for the right candidate

How to Apply

Please include:

• Portfolio or showreel
• 3–5 of your strongest editing samples
• At least one short-form editing example
• At least one long-form example (if available)
• The editing software and tools you use
• Your current city and time zone
• Your pricing for short-form, long-form, and monthly work
• Your typical turnaround time
• Your weekly availability
• A short introduction about yourself and the types of content you edit best

Please submit only work that you personally edited. If a project involved multiple team members, clearly mention which parts you were responsible for.