Daily Show Editor — Long-Form + Clips (Philippines, Part-Time, Long-Term)
We're a US-based business-media company. We record a show every weekday afternoon US time and we need one editor to turn it around overnight, on your normal working hours, so it's finished and queued before our morning.
That timing is the whole job. Our recording ends at 5:00am your time. Your day starts a few hours later, the footage is waiting, and by the time you log off it's done. No night shifts, no on-call, no weekend work. If you're in the Philippines, this schedule is just your ordinary day.
This is a long-term part-time contract, not a one-off gig. We'd like to keep the same editor for years.
WHAT YOU'LL DO, EVERY WEEKDAY:
- Cut one recorded session (usually 30-60 minutes raw) down to a tight edit under 15 minutes.
- Add captions.
- Build a simple thumbnail from our template.
- Cut 2-4 short vertical clips from the same recording.
- Queue everything for publishing and log what you did in a shared tracker.
THE EDITING STANDARD - please read this, it's the actual job:
We have four hard rules on every edit, and following them exactly matters more to us than fancy effects:
1. Under 15 minutes. Always. If the conversation was good for 40, your job is to find the 14 that carry it.
2. Cut anything speculative. If someone on the recording is guessing or thinking out loud without landing anywhere, it comes out. We only publish what we actually did or actually know.
3. No sales pitch in the body. If the recording drifts into pitching, cut it. The only offer that survives is the link in the description, which we write.
4. Flag, don't publish, anything that sounds like a promise about money. If a clip contains someone claiming an amount earned, a guaranteed result, or a prediction stated as fact, you stop and flag it to us. You will never be blamed for flagging something.
We'll give you the template, the checklist, and the tracker. We're not looking for someone to invent a style - we're looking for someone who applies ours consistently, every single day, without being chased.
YOU'RE A GREAT FIT IF YOU:
- Are based in the Philippines and can work ordinary local daytime hours, Monday to Friday.
- Have edited long-form talking content before - podcasts, interviews, webinars, YouTube. Show us at least one.
- Can also cut vertical short clips that make sense on their own.
- Are comfortable with captions and basic thumbnail work.
- Follow a written standard exactly and ask when something's unclear instead of guessing.
- Turn things around on schedule, every day. Reliability is the single thing we care most about here.
NICE TO HAVE (not required): experience repurposing one recording into many formats; Descript, CapCut, Premiere or Resolve; scheduling tools; any interest in business or marketing content.
IMPORTANT:
- You do NOT need any knowledge of finance or markets, and you will NOT be writing commentary or opinions. You're editing what was said, not adding to it.
- Pay is hourly at $5.00/hr, around 20 hours a week to start. We review the rate after 60 days of consistent delivery, and there are more hours available as you take on additional formats.
- We communicate directly and we give quick, specific feedback. If you like clear standards and a predictable daily rhythm, this will suit you.
A few quick questions when you apply:
1. What city are you in, and what are your normal working hours in local time?
2. Send one link to a long-form edit you did - 10 minutes or more of people talking. Tell us in one sentence what you cut out and why.
3. You're handed a 45-minute recording and the standard says the finished edit must be under 15 minutes. Walk us through how you decide what stays.
4. While editing, you hear someone say a specific dollar amount they made. What do you do?
5. What's your hourly rate for ongoing part-time work, and how many hours a week can you commit to reliably?