Motion Graphics Video Editor for Founder Short-Form Content

MOTION GRAPHICS VIDEO EDITOR FOR FOUNDER PODCAST & PERSONAL BRAND CONTENT (ONGOING) I'm the founder of a paid media and creative agency built by ex-Google and ex-Meta specialists, working across the UK, UAE and US. I'm scaling up my podcast and personal brand output and I'm looking for one editor to own all of it long term. https://www.instagram.com/zackisaacs/reels/ This is not a straight cut-down job. The content is talking-head and podcast. footage layered with heavy motion graphics: kinetic captions, animated diagrams, UI and app mock-ups, screen recordings composited into frame, all colour graded to a consistent look. If you've seen the high-production founder content that dominates Reels and TikTok right now, that's the standard. I already have an established format. Your job is to match it, then help push it further. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Every video follows the same process: 1. SNIPPET SELECTION I send raw podcast and talking-head footage. You pull the strongest moments and structure them into a clip that flows properly, with a realhook, build and payoff. Not just a trimmed section. 2. STORYBOARD THE GRAPHICS Before any heavy animation, you map out where the motion graphics land, what they show and how they move. Frames, references, rough timings. 3. SHARE A MOCK-UP You send the storyboard plus a rough animatic or key frames for sign-off. We lock direction here so you're not building the wrong thing. 4. FULL EDIT AND BUILD Animate the graphics, cut the edit, colour grade, sound balance, caption, deliver. 5. ONE ROUND OF REVISIONS Then final masters in the required aspect ratios. Expect the graphics to do real work: explaining a concept, dramatising a stat, showing a product or interface. Some clips are caption-led and graphic-light. Others are close to fully designed sequences. BRAND AND STYLE REQUIREMENTS - Everything produced to our brand guidelines (Montserrat typography, a defined orange accent, near-black and light grey base palette). Full guidelines and asset pack shared on hire. - Bold, clean, high-contrast captions. Legible on mobile, no template presets. - Motion should feel intentional and smooth. No stock transitions or whoosh SFX. - Consistent colour grade across every video so the feed reads as one body of work. WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR - Strong After Effects skills. Motion graphics are the core of this role, not an add-on. - Confident in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve for the edit and grade. - A portfolio with short-form vertical work that has genuine motion design in it. Please don't apply with wedding films, corporate talking heads or basic subtitle work. - Good editorial instinct. You can watch 45 minutes of raw footage and find the 40 seconds that actually work. - Reliable communication and turnaround. Footage comes in batches and I need a predictable rhythm. - Comfortable working to a documented brand system rather than your own style. NICE TO HAVE - Experience editing for founders, business or creator channels - Sound design and audio cleanup - Static asset design (thumbnails, carousel frames) THE DETAILS Volume: 1/2 videos per week to start, with scope to grow Format: primarily 9:16 vertical for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, some 16:9 Engagement: ongoing. I want to find one editor and keep them Price: TBC based on skill Start: immediately HOW TO APPLY Include all of the following. Applications without these will be skipped: 1. Two or three links to short-form vertical videos you personally edited that show your motion graphics work. Tell me exactly what you did on each. 2. A short breakdown of how you'd approach one of the reference clips attached: what you'd storyboard, and what you'd do differently. 3. Your software stack and typical turnaround from footage to first cut. 4. Your rate, per video and as a monthly retainer. Shortlisted applicants will get a paid test edit on real footage before we proceed.