🎞️ Musician – Video Editor

Location: Remote
Type: Freelance as required
Salary: $30 – $60 hourly

We’re looking for a musician who edits video, not the other way around.

This role is all about understanding music, synthesis, and production well enough to watch our longer videos and carve them into short, engaging, accurate clips. You’ll be turning long-form material (like live streams, tutorials, and demos) into tight, well-structured short-form content that makes sense on its own and highlights the most interesting musical moments.

This is not a flashy motion-graphics job. It’s about listening, understanding, and storytelling.

What you’ll do

• Watch and listen to long-form content – such as live streams and raw uncut video content from other creators that don’t know how to edit well.
• Identify the most interesting, educational or entertaining moments.
• Edit those into short-form videos that:
  • Tell a clear mini-story
  • Are musically and technically accurate
• Do straightforward editing:
  • Cutting, trimming arranging clips
  • Basic transitions, text or simple graphics where needed (we have many assets)
  • Make it sound good. usually this just means slight audio adjustments.
• Help maintain a consistent style and tone across our content.
• Occasionally repurpose older content by digging for “hidden gems” that can become great clips.

What matters most:

• You are a musician first:
  • You understand synthesis, sound design, and music production concepts.
  • You can follow technical discussions about plugins, synths, FX, mixing, etc.
  • You can tell when something is musically correct or when an edit would create confusion

• You have a good sense of story and pacing:
  • You know how to cut a moment so it feels satisfying and clear.
  • You can trim the boring parts without losing the meaning.

If you’re comfortable editing audio already, you’ll likely be technically fine with the video side of this role.

Requirements

• Strong background in music production (synthesis, DAWs, sound design, etc.).
• Ability to understand and follow technical music content.
• Basic to intermediate video editing skills.
• Comfortable in any mainstream editing software (Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, etc.).
• Confident with cutting, trimming, arranging clips, and basic titles/overlays.
• Some audio editing/cleanup experience (gain staging, basic EQ/comp is a plus).
• Reliable, organized, and able to work independently with minimal hand-holding.

Nice To Have

• Experience editing content for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or similar platforms.
• Prior work with music/gear channels, tutorial content, or educational material.
• Basic sense of what makes a clip “shareable” or “hooky” for musicians and producers.

How to Apply

Please read carefully. These are the document your application must contain to be valid:

• Cover letter
  A short, clear cover letter explaining why you think you’re a good fit for this role.
  Try to briefly touch on our main requirements (Video editing, musical skills, creating content videos).
• CV / work history
  A CV or brief work history showing your relevant experience with video editing.
• Portfolio
  Links to:
  • Video projects and examples of video editing skills.

Send your applications to: jobs [at] polyversemusic.com

Please note: applications that fail to adhere to these instructions or do not meet the specified requirements will not receive a response. We value attention to detail and adherence to guidelines as a reflection of your professionalism and suitability for the role.