Video Editor & Motion Designer

Job Description

We’re hiring a Video Editor & Motion Designer to join our team and turn recorded footage (tutorials, case studies, webinars, and talking-head content) into clean, engaging, publish-ready videos. You’ll work across two types of projects:

#1 – ScaleMath StudiosOur in-house video content and YouTube channel. This includes our podcast.

#2 – Advisory & ServicesVideo and content assets we produce for companies we work with.

Here are examples of our current styles: https://scalemath.com/video-examples

While we will welcome improvements to this style over time, please do not apply if you are not comfortable producing videos in the same style as any of the 7 videos on this page.

This role is for someone who cares deeply, to the point of obsession, about:

• Attention to detail
• Pacing
• Clarity
• Polish
• Viewer comprehension
• Using motion graphics to support the story/message (not distract from it)

What You’ll Do

• Edit long-form recorded footage into tight, high-retention videos
• Improve pacing, structure, and clarity while preserving the speaker’s natural delivery
• Create and integrate motion graphics (lower thirds, callouts, simple explainer sequences, UI highlights, transitions)
• Add B-roll, overlays, and on-screen text where it improves understanding
• Handle audio cleanup, leveling, and general sound polish
• Produce rough cuts and iterate quickly based on feedback
• Deliver final exports optimized for YouTube and other channels
• Maintain a consistent style and quality bar across multiple brands and projects
• Improve our workflow over time (templates, presets, reusable motion systems)

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience editing YouTube videos or long-form educational content
• Strong editorial judgment: pacing, structure, clarity, and storytelling
• Motion design ability (After Effects or equivalent) for clean, modern, functional animation
• High attention to detail across cuts, timing, audio, and on-screen text
• Strong taste: you know what looks modern vs outdated
• Comfortable taking feedback and iterating quickly
• Reliable, self-directed, and able to deliver consistently

Tools

You can use your preferred tools, but most of our workflow is compatible with:

• Descript
• Premiere Pro
• After Effects
• Frame.io

Bonus points (not required)

• Experience editing SaaS, B2B, or product-led content
• Ability to create a reusable motion system for a channel (titles, lower thirds, callouts, transitions)
• Thumbnail design experience
• Familiarity with retention editing principles for YouTube
• Experience working with founders and subject matter experts

How to Apply

Please send:

• 2–4 examples you’re proud of (YouTube links preferred). We are looking for ones that match (or are similar to) the styles of the 7 examples provided here.
• A short note about your role in each project (editing only vs editing + motion)
• Your typical turnaround time for a 10–20 minute video