Junior Social Video Editor

Junior Social Video Editor — Comedy

Full-Time | Remote | U.S.-Based

$20–$22/hour, depending on experience

Love stand-up comedy, social media, and video editing?

Up High is looking for a Junior Social Video Editor to join our growing creative team working with comedians, entertainers, venues, and live events across the country.

This is an entry-level editing role for someone who is fast, detail-oriented, coachable, genuinely understands what makes comedy work, and is looking to build a real career — not just pick up a short-term editing job. You do not need to be an advanced motion graphics artist or cinematic editor. We are looking for motivated people who want to learn quickly, take on more responsibility over time, and grow with Up High for the long haul.

A lot of this job is intentionally straightforward: watching content, finding strong moments, cutting clips, adding accurate subtitles, reframing footage, making basic revisions, and getting content ready for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, and other social platforms.

But simple does not mean unimportant. A misplaced cut can ruin a punchline. A bad subtitle can kill a joke. Choosing the right 45 seconds from a 60-minute podcast can be the difference between a clip getting ignored and one getting shared thousands of times.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Watch stand-up comedy, podcasts, interviews, crowd work, and other long-form content to identify strong moments for social media

• Edit short-form clips for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, and other platforms

• Understand basic comedy structure, including setups, punchlines, tags, callbacks, crowd work, and comedic timing

• Add and proofread subtitles with extremely high accuracy

• Break captions naturally so jokes are easy to follow

• Reframe horizontal footage for vertical social formats

• Make clean cuts and basic pacing adjustments

• Follow established templates, fonts, caption styles, and client guidelines

• Create multiple clips from longer pieces of content

• Handle routine revisions quickly and accurately

• Export, name, organize, and deliver finished assets correctly

• Occasionally help with podcast edits, promotional videos, longer-form content, or simple social graphics

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Basic-to-intermediate experience with Adobe Premiere Pro

• A strong understanding of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts

• A good natural sense of humor and comedic timing

• The ability to recognize when a joke starts — and, just as importantly, when it actually ends

• Strong spelling, grammar, and attention to detail

• The patience to accurately subtitle dialogue, including names, slang, profanity, and fast-paced conversations

• The ability to follow detailed instructions and established workflows

• Strong organizational skills

• Reliability and consistent communication

• The ability to work quickly without becoming careless

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment where priorities can move quickly

• The ability to manage multiple assignments in a day and keep work moving without sacrificing quality

• A willingness to receive feedback and make revisions without taking it personally

Photoshop experience is helpful. After Effects, Illustrator, motion graphics, and advanced editing experience are great bonuses, but they are not required for this position.

WHAT THIS JOB IS — AND ISN'T

We want to be transparent about the role.

This isn't a job where you'll spend every day creating elaborate cinematic edits or complicated animations.

A significant portion of the work is high-volume social editing: finding moments, cutting clips, subtitling, reframing, formatting, exporting, and making revisions. You'll sometimes be working through repetitive production tasks.

This is also a fast-paced production environment. Junior Editors should be comfortable moving with urgency, staying organized, and completing work efficiently. Depending on the size and complexity of the assignments, a typical expectation is to complete approximately 3–5 projects per day while still maintaining our quality standards. We are looking for people who can hustle, manage a busy queue, and keep things moving without cutting corners.

The challenge is learning to do those things very well and very efficiently while developing a deeper understanding of comedy, entertainment marketing, and social media.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to get an enormous amount of real-world editing experience while working with professional comedians and entertainment brands every day. We view this role as an entry point into the company, not a dead-end production position. People who consistently perform, learn, and take ownership can grow into more advanced creative and leadership roles over time.

WHY IT'S FUN

You'll spend your workday watching comedy.

You'll see stand-up sets, podcasts, crowd work, backstage content, interviews, and performances before much of the audience does. You'll learn why certain moments explode on social media while others don't.

You'll work alongside editors, marketers, and account teams who spend every day figuring out how to grow entertainers' audiences, sell tickets, and build fan communities.

As your skills grow, there is room to take on significantly more responsibility. A strong Junior Editor may grow into an Editor II or Senior Editor role, take on more creative ownership, or potentially move into other areas of the company. For someone who develops strong client instincts, communication skills, and social strategy experience, that could eventually mean transitioning into an Account Manager or Social Media Manager role working directly with some of the best comedians in the industry.

THE PERSON WHO WILL CRUSH THIS ROLE

You're probably someone who:

• Watches way too many Reels and TikToks already

• Can immediately tell when subtitles are mistimed

• Notices awkward cuts that other people miss

• Understands that two extra seconds can completely ruin a joke

• Doesn't mind repetitive work when there's a clear system and goal

• Takes pride in getting small details right

• Likes working fast and gets satisfaction from knocking out a busy production queue

• Wants a real opportunity to build a long-term career in entertainment, social media, or video production

• Is excited by the idea of starting at the ground level, mastering the fundamentals, and earning bigger opportunities over time

• Wants to grow inside a company rather than bounce from short-term gig to short-term gig

Most importantly, you're dependable, humble, hungry to improve, and easy to work with. We are especially interested in career-driven people who want to prove themselves, grow with the company, and build something here over the long term.

COMPENSATION

$20–$22/hour, depending on experience

Full-time, remote position

Applicants must currently live and be authorized to work in the United States.

HOW TO APPLY

Send us:

• Your résumé

• A link to your editing portfolio or examples of your work

• A short note telling us why you're interested in editing comedy/social content

Think you’re a great fit and detail-oriented? Show us. Include the name of your favorite comedian in the opening line of your email or submission and send to View email address on click.appcast.io. 

Qualified applicants may be asked to complete a short paid editing test using real comedy footage so we can evaluate editing judgment, subtitle accuracy, comedic timing, attention to detail, and ability to follow instructions.