Social Media Video Editor & Publisher | OpusClip Workflow | TV Talent Show | Daily Work

We are looking for a fast, creative Social Media Video Editor to work on content from a television talent show and help us publish engaging contestant videos across our social media channels on a daily basis.

IMPORTANT: You will NOT be editing hours of raw footage from scratch.

We already use OpusClip, which automatically identifies, edits and prepares the majority of our social media clips.

OpusClip already handles much of the:

• Clip selection
• Automatic editing
• On screen captions
• Text positioning
• Social media sizing
• Reframing
• Basic cuts
• Social formatting

Your role is to take these already prepared OpusClip edits and professionally finish them for publication.

What you will actually do

Each clip normally focuses on an individual contestant.

We need you to:

• Review the clips generated by OpusClip

• Where necessary, extend the beginning of the clip so we see the contestant entering, introducing themselves and beginning their audition

• Make sure the clip continues through the complete performance, judges' comments, judges' decision and the contestant leaving

• Ensure OpusClip has not accidentally started halfway through an audition or combined two different contestants

• Add our supplied TV intro and outro idents

• Add supplied programme and Channel ONE TV branding where required

• Make small creative edits where necessary to make the finished video more entertaining and engaging

• Check captions and correct any obvious transcription errors

• Check audio levels, transitions and overall presentation

• Export the finished clip in the required format

• Publish approved content across our social media channels daily

OpusClip is also integrated into our social publishing workflow, so much of the distribution process is already simplified.

The key point

We are NOT looking for someone to completely re-edit every audition.

The technology already does approximately most of the repetitive editing work.

We need a human editor who can look at what the AI has produced and think:

“Does this tell the contestant's complete story properly?”

If the answer is no, you fix it.

For example, if OpusClip starts halfway through someone's performance, you extend the beginning.

If it cuts before the judges give their final decision, you extend the ending.

If it accidentally includes the beginning of the next contestant, you remove it.

Then you add the supplied idents and branding, give the video a professional final polish and publish it.

Content style

These should feel like finished television audition segments adapted for social media, rather than random AI generated clips.

The ideal sequence is:

Contestant enters → Introduction → Performance → Judges' reactions → Feedback → Decision → Contestant exits → Branded outro

Some videos may be short. Others may be several minutes long.

We do NOT want editors cutting good material simply to force every video into an arbitrary 60 second or 3 minute duration.

The story of the audition determines the length.

Social Media

You will also be responsible for publishing approved clips across platforms including:

Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
YouTube

Content will be published daily, so reliability and turnaround time are extremely important.

Who we're looking for

You should:

• Have experience editing social media video
• Understand TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook and YouTube
• Be comfortable using OpusClip or learning it quickly
• Have good editorial judgement
• Understand hooks, retention and viral social content
• Be able to work quickly
• Have excellent attention to detail
• Be reliable enough to publish content every day
• Understand that speed matters without sacrificing quality

Experience editing TV, entertainment, reality television, talent shows, music, comedy or creator content would be a major advantage.

Software

You can use Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut or another professional editing platform for the finishing work.

However, you must be comfortable working with OpusClip, because this is central to our workflow.

When applying

Please send:

Examples of social media videos you have edited
Links to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts or Facebook content you have worked on
Confirmation that you understand you are finishing existing OpusClip edits rather than editing every video from scratch
Your availability for daily editing and posting
How quickly you can normally turn around an already generated OpusClip edit
Your proposed daily or weekly rate

Please begin your proposal with the words “OPUS READY” so we know you have read the brief properly.

We are looking for someone who can start immediately.

There is potential for this to become an ongoing role across multiple television and entertainment productions for the right editor.