Video Editor (Long-Form YouTube, Project-Based)

About the role

A local SEO company is looking for a detail-focused editor to turn its founder's long-form YouTube videos into finished videos on a project basis. The work starts from raw 4K recordings and a script, and uses an AI agent connected to DaVinci Resolve through MCP. Pay is project-based, currently $150 to $200 for a 35-minute video.

Key responsibilities

• Edit long-form YouTube videos from the founder's script and raw 4K recordings.
• Direct an AI agent (Claude Code or Codex) connected to DaVinci Resolve through MCP, using scripts, overnight renders and automated checks.
• Cut retakes, restarts and pauses in the audio while keeping the speaker's natural flow.
• Sync camera, screen and iPad recordings.
• Build the color grade in Resolve, including Magic Mask work.
• Create intros, animations, subtitles and call-to-action graphics to written standards, starting with real screenshots.
• Watch and listen to every final video before sending it to the founder, then turn each review note into a written rule or automated check.
• Upload finished videos to Tella and prepare descriptions, chapters and tracking links.

Required profile

• Strong DaVinci Resolve Studio experience, including the Color page, Fusion and Magic Mask.
• Hands-on experience with Claude Code, Codex or a similar AI agent.
• A portfolio of long-form talking-head or educational YouTube videos you edited yourself, including one over 20 minutes.
• Comfort in a terminal, with enough Git, Python and ffmpeg knowledge to debug a failed script or check.
• Comfort working on a Mac with very large video files.
• Someone who follows detailed SOPs, takes direct timestamped notes and takes ownership of their work.

Required skills

• DaVinci Resolve Studio (Color, Fusion, Magic Mask)
• Claude Code or Codex
• Git, Python and ffmpeg
• MCP with Resolve, motion design in Fusion, sound design
• Local SEO or home services knowledge is an advantage

To apply, send links to three long-form videos you edited, what you did on each, and a short audio or video introduction covering your Resolve experience, AI tools used, a time an AI tool failed and how you fixed it, your availability and typical turnaround. An audio or video introduction is required for the application to be considered.