Senior Short-Form Video Editor & Content Strategist for a Premium Portugal Travel Brand

Senior Short-Form Video Editor & Content Strategist for a Premium Portugal Travel Brand We are looking for an exceptional short-form video editor and content strategist to build an ongoing content system for Yes, You Deserve, a premium private tour company based in Portugal. This is not a role for someone who simply adds captions, music, transitions, or trending effects. We need someone who can review raw footage, identify strong stories, develop compelling hooks, and turn beautiful travel footage into strategic content with clear objectives. The content will be created primarily for an English-speaking audience, especially American travelers interested in visiting Portugal. ABOUT THE MATERIAL We already have professionally filmed and pre-selected footage from our promotional video production. The material available for the initial phase includes: • Four organized video files containing selected footage • Professionally filmed scenes from Sintra and our tour experiences • Footage featuring our founder, guides, vehicles, locations, landscapes, and guest moments • A completed one-minute promotional video that helps establish the visual direction The selected footage is already organized and provides enough material to begin producing and testing short-form content immediately. In addition, we have more than 100 GB of original raw footage from the same production, including over five hours of additional scenes and takes. The full raw footage will not need to be reviewed during the paid trial. It will become available to the selected long-term collaborator in a later phase, creating significant potential for an ongoing content pipeline. We now need the right person to identify strong stories, develop strategic angles, and transform this material into high-quality short-form videos with clear objectives. THE ROLE You will be responsible for more than editing. You should be able to: • Review raw footage and identify the strongest moments • Develop content angles based on our target audience • Write or improve hooks in natural English • Create strong openings that stop the scroll • Structure videos for retention • Edit polished vertical videos for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts • Add natural captions, music, sound design, and visual pacing • Create content for different objectives, including reach, desire, trust, education, and conversion • Suggest calls to action that feel natural and appropriate • Adapt ideas for different platforms when needed • Organize project files and maintain a clear content library • Recommend new content opportunities based on the available footage • Learn from performance data and improve future videos OUR AUDIENCE Our main audience includes: • American travelers • Women aged 50 and over • Couples, families, seniors, and private groups • Travelers planning a visit to Lisbon, Sintra, or Cascais • People who value personal attention, local knowledge, comfort, planning, and memorable experiences The content should feel: • Premium but not corporate • Human and warm • Fun and alive • Trustworthy • Emotionally engaging • Clear and natural in English • Visually polished without feeling like a generic template WHAT WE DO NOT WANT Please do not apply if your work mainly consists of: • Generic CapCut templates • Excessive transitions with no storytelling purpose • Random trending content with no business objective • AI-generated scripts that sound unnatural • Videos that look polished but have no hook, structure, or CTA • Editing without understanding the audience or brand REQUIRED EXPERIENCE You should have proven experience with at least some of the following: • Short-form video strategy • Instagram Reels • TikTok • YouTube Shorts • Travel, hospitality, luxury, lifestyle, or experience-based brands • English-language content • Storytelling and retention editing • Direct-response or conversion-focused content Excellent English is essential. You must be able to understand spoken English, identify strong phrases in raw footage, and write hooks and captions that sound natural to an American audience. FIRST PHASE We will begin with a paid trial. Selected finalists will receive the same small set of raw footage and a clear brief. The trial may include: 1. One short video focused on reach and retention 2. One short video focused on trust, emotion, or conversion 3. A short explanation of the strategy behind each video We will evaluate: • Strength of the hook • Storytelling • Retention structure • English quality • Understanding of the audience • Editing quality • Sound and caption quality • Strategic thinking • Communication and organization The successful candidate will then move into an initial 30-day paid sprint. LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITY This is intended to become an ongoing collaboration. A successful monthly relationship may include approximately: • 8 to 12 strategic short-form videos • Platform adaptations when appropriate • Hook and content-angle development • Captions and sound design • Regular content planning • Performance review and recommendations • One or two revision rounds per video The exact scope will be agreed after the paid trial. HOW TO APPLY Please include: 1. A short introduction explaining your approach to short-form content 2. Three to five examples of your strongest relevant videos 3. At least one example created for an English-speaking audience 4. Any travel, hospitality, luxury, lifestyle, or experience-brand work 5. A brief explanation of the objective and strategy behind one portfolio video 6. Your role in each example, including strategy, scripting, editing, captions, and publishing 7. Any available performance results, such as retention, views, engagement, leads, or conversions 8. Your estimated monthly availability 9. The editing software you use 10. Confirmation that you are comfortable beginning with a paid test Please start your application with the words: SINTRA STORY This helps us identify candidates who have read the full description. IMPORTANT Do not send a generic proposal. We are looking for someone who thinks strategically, communicates clearly, and wants to understand the brand before editing. The goal is not to publish content for the sake of being active. The goal is to create videos that earn attention, build trust, make people want to experience Portugal with us, and support real business growth.