Scalemath
Video Editor & Motion Designer
5mo ago
18000 –30000 USD / yearWorldwideRemotevideo editingmotion graphicsaudio editing
Responsible for editing and creating engaging, publish-ready video content with motion graphics.
Nice to have
- Experience editing SaaS, B2B, or product-led content
- Ability to create a reusable motion system for a channel (titles, lower thirds, callouts, transitions)
- Thumbnail design experience
- Familiarity with retention editing principles for YouTube
- Experience working with founders and subject matter experts
How to apply
- Please send:
- 2–4 examples you’re proud of (YouTube links preferred). We are looking for ones that match (or are similar to) the styles of the 7 examples provided here .
- A short note about your role in each project (editing only vs editing + motion)
- Your typical turnaround time for a 10–20 minute video
Other
- We’re hiring a Video Editor & Motion Designer to join our team and turn recorded footage (tutorials, case studies, webinars, and talking-head content) into clean, engaging, publish-ready videos. You’ll work across two types of projects:
- #1 – ScaleMath Studios Our in-house video content and YouTube channel. This includes our podcast .
- #2 – Advisory & Services Video and content assets we produce for companies we work with.
- Here are examples of our current styles: https://scalemath.com/video-examples
- While we will welcome improvements to this style over time, please do not apply if you are not comfortable producing videos in the same style as any of the 7 videos on this page.
- Attention to detail
- Pacing
- Clarity
- Polish
- Viewer comprehension
- Using motion graphics to support the story/message (not distract from it)
- Edit long-form recorded footage into tight, high-retention videos
- Improve pacing, structure, and clarity while preserving the speaker’s natural delivery
- Create and integrate motion graphics (lower thirds, callouts, simple explainer sequences, UI highlights, transitions)
- Add B-roll, overlays, and on-screen text where it improves understanding
- Handle audio cleanup, leveling, and general sound polish
- Produce rough cuts and iterate quickly based on feedback
- Deliver final exports optimized for YouTube and other channels
- Maintain a consistent style and quality bar across multiple brands and projects
- Improve our workflow over time (templates, presets, reusable motion systems)
- Proven experience editing YouTube videos or long-form educational content
- Strong editorial judgment: pacing, structure, clarity, and storytelling
- Motion design ability (After Effects or equivalent) for clean, modern, functional animation
- High attention to detail across cuts, timing, audio, and on-screen text
- Strong taste: you know what looks modern vs outdated
- Comfortable taking feedback and iterating quickly
- Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistently
- You can use your preferred tools, but most of our workflow is compatible with:
- Descript
- Premiere Pro
- After Effects
- Frame.io