About the role
As Taskly’s Video Editor (you may know the role as Reels Editor or Short-Form Video Editor), you cut the videos that show people what Taskly does: a task posted by voice, a Tasker finishing a job, an offer arriving. The work goes to Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and LinkedIn, plus longer explainers on YouTube. Tasks range from mounting a TV to teaching a parent to use their phone, so there is never a shortage of real stories to cut.
You’ll work with the social media manager, the content marketing manager and the founder, turning raw footage, screen recordings and scripts into finished cuts on a regular schedule. In six months you should have a repeatable format, a template library, and a clear view of which hooks hold viewers past the first three seconds in India and in Canada.
What you’ll do
- Edit short vertical videos of 15 to 60 seconds for Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and LinkedIn from raw footage, screen recordings and scripts. Keep the story clear with the sound off.
- Write and test hooks for the first three seconds, and report retention at 3 and 15 seconds for every video. Keep what holds viewers and drop what does not.
- Add accurate, readable burned-in captions and check them for errors before anything is posted. Captions carry most of the message for viewers watching on mute.
- Build reusable templates in Premiere Pro, After Effects and CapCut, such as price cards, intros and end screens that match Taskly’s look. Anyone on the team should be able to reuse them.
- Cut longer YouTube explainers, including walkthroughs of posting a task and comparing offers. Cut them to the length the story needs.
- Clean the audio, balance voice and music, and add sound effects where they help.
- Prepare versions for Canada and India audiences, with different on-screen text, examples and music, and export to 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9.
What you’ll need
- 1–4 years editing short-form video, shown in a reel of at least five finished pieces with the platform and length of each.
- Proficiency in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, and working knowledge of After Effects and CapCut.
- A sharp sense of pacing, cuts, captions and sound, backed by examples where your edit raised watch time.
- The ability to turn a brief into a first cut within a working day.
- Careful English: you read a script closely and catch typos in on-screen text.
- Comfort receiving feedback in writing and turning a revision round around within a day.
Education: No degree is required; your reel is the application.
Nice to have
- Motion graphics and kinetic typography in After Effects.
- Experience editing product demos and screen recordings for an app or marketplace (Airbnb, Uber, Urban Company, Swiggy, Airtasker, TaskRabbit, Upwork).
- Basic color grading and shooting your own footage on a phone.
- Experience with caption tools such as CapCut auto-captions, Descript or Submagic, and the habit of proofreading their output.
Skills and tools
- Video Editing
- Premiere Pro
- After Effects
- DaVinci Resolve
- CapCut
- Short-Form Video
- Instagram Reels
- YouTube Shorts
- Motion Graphics
- Captions
- Color Grading
- Audio Editing
Where you’ll work
- Remote. Fully remote. Open to people who live and can legally work in India, the United States, Canada or the United Arab Emirates. You work from your own country, so there is no relocation and no visa to arrange.
- Shared hours. The team overlaps for two hours each weekday: 8:30–10:30 am Eastern · afternoon in Dubai, evening in India. The rest of your day is yours to arrange.
How we hire
- 1Apply in about five minutes: your resume and a few questions
- 2A 45-minute conversation with the person you’d work beside
- 3One paid day on a real problem
- 4A decision in writing, with the reason
A person replies to every application within ten working days, even if it’s a no.
About Taskly
Taskly is a marketplace for getting anything done. Someone posts a task in their own words — typed, spoken or as a photo — and people who have been reviewed and approved send offers at a firm price. They pick one, and it gets done: a TV mounted, a website built, a parent taught to use their phone. We’re live in Canada and India and opening to more countries, built by a small team that works remotely across India, the US, Canada and the UAE.
Questions about this role
Straight answers to what people ask most.
Is the Video Editor role remote?
Yes, fully remote. You can work from India, the United States, Canada or the United Arab Emirates, and the team overlaps for two hours each weekday: 8:30–10:30 am Eastern · afternoon in Dubai, evening in India.
How much experience do I need?
About 1–4 years. It’s a guide, not a cut-off: if you can do the work described here, apply.
What does the Video Editor role pay?
Pay isn’t listed here yet. It depends on the country you work from and your experience, and it’s discussed openly in your first conversation.
How do I apply?
Upload your resume on the application page and answer a few short questions. It takes about five minutes, with no cover letter and no account. A person replies within ten working days, yes or no.
What does the hiring process look like?
A 45-minute conversation with the person you’d work beside, then one paid day on a real problem, then a decision in writing, with the reason.
Do I need a degree in film or media?
No. We look at your reel, the pacing of your cuts and how you handle a brief, not at a degree.
Something else? Ask it in your application. A person reads it and answers within ten working days.
We don’t use AI to screen, score or rank applications: a person reads every one. If you upload a resume, AI reads it only to pre-fill your form, and you check every field before you send.
Taskly is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of every background, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and nationality, and we don’t ask about any of them. If anything about the process doesn’t work for you, tell us in your application and we’ll change it.
Apply for Video Editor
Your resume and a few questions. About five minutes, no cover letter, no account.
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