Expert YouTube Video Editor

About the Company

Dragonfruit is an industry-leading creative agency helping creators and brands scale organic audiences on YouTube. Operating at the forefront of education, storytelling, and social video strategy, we offer high-touch, execution-driven services that inspire transformational growth for our clients. Dragonfruit is committed to building a client roster of notable, impact-driven creators and businesses who we believe are revolutionizing their fields. So far, our team has worked with folks like MrBeast, Ali Abdaal, Chris Williamson, Codie Sanchez, Mike Posner, Matt Steffanina, and organizations such as e.l.f Beauty, Y Combinator, United Talent Agency, Linktree, Flow Research Collective, Center for Humane Technology, and more. Long-term, Dragonfruit plans to develop pioneering YouTube educational-professional programs, as well as launch the first-ever Independent YouTube Film Studio, producing diverse, impactful narrative works for distribution only by theatrical release and organic YouTube publication.

Dragonfruit's Mission

Dragonfruit exists to help the world’s most important ideas travel farther. We partner with experts, educators, scientists, founders, and creators to turn deep knowledge into media people actually want to watch, share, and act on. In a world where attention is often optimized for noise, we’re building a company that rewards clarity, substance, and human impact — combining creative judgment, production craft, and AI-powered systems to help better information reach more people. Our mission is to build the creative infrastructure for a healthier, more thoughtful internet.

About the Role

We are looking for an expert-level YouTube Video Editor who can create premium, retention-focused long-form content for top creators and brands. This role is best suited for editors who understand high-quality YouTube storytelling in the style of channels such as Vox, Johnny Harris, Cleo Abram, and other documentary/explainer-style creators. We are not looking for basic editors, short-form-only editors, or editors who simply add cuts and captions. We are looking for someone with strong creative judgment, technical skill, and the ability to turn raw footage and direction into a polished, engaging, and thoughtful YouTube video. The ideal editor understands pacing, story structure, audience retention, visual clarity, motion graphics, sound design, and how every editing choice affects the viewer’s experience.

Responsibilities

• Edit high-quality long-form YouTube videos for creators, brands, and educational content.
• Build strong hooks that make viewers want to keep watching.
• Shape raw footage into a clear and engaging story.
• Use B-roll, archival footage, graphics, music, sound design, and visual references intentionally.
• Create clean motion graphics, maps, text animations, callouts, and visual explanations when needed.
• Improve pacing, flow, clarity, and retention throughout the video.
• Follow creative direction while also bringing your own strong editorial judgment.
• Apply feedback quickly and professionally.
• Work with creative leads, producers, and post-production teams to meet high creative standards.
• Deliver polished edits on time in a fast-moving YouTube-first environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience editing long-form YouTube videos.
• Expert-level skill in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Expert-level skill in Adobe After Effects and motion graphics.
• Good understanding of Photoshop or other Adobe Creative Suite tools.
• Strong storytelling and pacing instincts.
• Ability to create documentary, explainer, talking-head, educational, or creator-style edits.
• Strong use of B-roll, archival footage, visual references, graphics, sound design, and music.
• Understanding of audience retention, viewer engagement, and YouTube performance.
• Experience editing high-performing or high-quality content for creators, agencies, brands, or media companies.
• Ability to work with feedback, revisions, and tight deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and clean technical execution.
• Reliable computer/workstation setup and strong internet connection.

This Role Is Not For

• Entry-level editors.
• Editors with only short-form reel experience.
• Editors with only wedding, corporate, event, or basic social media editing experience.
• Editors who are not comfortable with long-form YouTube content.
• Editors who only follow instructions but do not bring creative judgment.
• Editors who cannot work with feedback or tight deadlines.
• Editors who do not have strong Premiere Pro and After Effects skills.

What Can You Expect?

• An exciting startup culture — we are a young, intentionally lean, and rapidly evolving team and company. You will work cross-functionally, wear several hats, and occasionally work long hours, during evenings, and/or weekends. We are a hungry and ambitious group of people trying to accomplish something large and challenging, and we’re looking for folks who are enthusiastic and willing to do what is required to reach their goals.
• Receive support around your professional development, including opportunities for promotions, pay increases, and detailed conversations about how Dragonfruit can support your long-term personal and professional goals.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere! We’re a 100% remote team.
• A quarterly wellness reimbursement
• 20 days of paid time off annually.
• 12 additional holidays per year.
• Unlimited sick and bereavement leave.
• Working for a company that is values-oriented and committed to positive social impact.
• Unlimited reimbursement on book purchases for self-education.
• Gifts/cash bonuses on birthdays, work anniversaries, and other work-related achievements.
• Working directly with some of the largest brands on the planet.

Additionally, Dragonfruit is highly committed to offering all our team members opportunities for growth and mobility within the company. This could include moving up to Lead Short-Form or Long-Form Editor, Director of the Editing Department, Post-Production Supervisor, or even Creative Director or beyond! (Of course, all of these positions come with pay increases.)

If you're ready to join Dragonfruit and play a role in the future of YouTube, submit your application now!

Equal Opportunity Statement

Dragonfruit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that Dragonfruit provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and job applicants without regard to gender, pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief, part-time or fixed-term employment, age, or any other legally protected class.