Short-Form Video Editor — 25 Reels/Week, Cinematic Style like @rpn, $20-25/video, Long-Term

We're hiring a short-form video editor for 25 videos/week, paid per video ($20-25), long-term. WHO WE ARE Fintology is a fintech SaaS company (AI lending platform). We run two Instagram channels: our founder's personal brand (instagram.com/exitwithtori) and our company page (instagram.com/fintology.ai). We're scaling to daily short-form content and need one dedicated editor who owns the visual style. THE STYLE (IMPORTANT - THIS IS THE JOB) Go watch instagram.com/rpn before applying. That is the editing style we want: - One idea per video. No visual clutter. - Minimal, elegant SERIF typography - single words/phrases timed precisely to speech - Cinematic color grade, restrained cuts, intentional pacing - Clean sound design and music selection - NOT the loud full-caption "MrBeast style" reels look. If your portfolio is all bouncing emoji captions, this isn't the fit. THE WORK - 25 videos/week: ~20 standard edits (talking-head + b-roll, 30-60 sec) + ~5 "hero" edits (heavier b-roll, more design attention) - We supply raw footage, scripts/captions, and a style reference doc. You supply the craft. - Turnaround: 24-48 hours per batch - Consistent weekly volume, every week. This is a long-term seat, not a one-off project. PAY (PER VIDEO, NOT HOURLY) - Start: $20/video standard, $25/video hero = $500-625/week at full volume - After 4 consistent weeks: standard rate moves to $25 - Hero edits move to $40+ as you prove retention numbers - BONUS: $50 per video that crosses 100K views. Make us go viral, get paid for it. - The hourly range on this post is just Upwork's format - we pay per deliverable. HOW TO APPLY (READ - WE AUTO-REJECT) 1. Copy-paste or AI-generated cover letters are ignored. We can tell. 2. No portfolio links = automatic decline. 3. Start your application with the word PALETTE so we know you read this. 4. Answer these 3 questions: - Link 3 short-form videos you personally edited (state your exact role) - What's your weekly capacity, and what's your realistic turnaround for a 10-video batch? - In 2-3 sentences: what makes @rpn's editing different from typical reels editors? 5. OPTIONAL (jumps you to the front of the line): record a 60-second Loom reacting to any video on @exitwithtori - what you'd keep, what you'd change. HIRING PROCESS 1. Shortlist from applications 2. Paid test edit ($25) - we send raw footage + script, you send back one finished video 3. Paid 10-video trial week 4. Ongoing weekly role with the raise ladder above We respond fast, brief clearly, and pay on time. If you're the editor who's been waiting for a client that actually cares about craft AND volume, this is it.