YouTube Video Editor Needed for Small Production Team

I run a small media production company and we’re looking to add a video editor to our team. Right up top I want to be clear: I'm looking for someone long-term, someone who meshes well with myself and the team. I need someone I can rely on, someone I don't have to micro-manage, someone I know I can trust.

For now, this role will primarily focus on car-related content for YouTube (builds, diagnostics, talking heads/explainers). We have other projects including some pretty high-profile ones that will be starting back up at the end of summer.

What we’re looking for:

-True YouTube Pacing & Storytelling: You understand retention, sound design, and how to hold attention in automotive and lifestyle content without relying on tacky, over-the-top template transitions.

-Context-Driven Editing: You intuitively match the tone and edit style to the specific project (automotive build vs. commercial ad vs. podcast).

-Reliable Communication: Consistent updates in ClickUp, proactive flagging of bottlenecks, and advance notice for out-of-office time.

-Uses Premiere (unfortunately we're too deep in it to switch to Resolve).

Bonus Points:

-Above average color grading skills

-Above average audio engineering skills

-Ability to design clean, on-brand motion graphics

-Experience as a producer

-Can provide feedback on other projects for improvement

-Experience using ClickUp for project management

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-Include your all-time favorite car at the top of the proposal

Please include examples of your work in your proposal and a list of your contributions to the project (videography, editing, color grading, custom graphics, etc). I'll be providing a paid test project for those I think might be a good fit.

Side note - I know most everyone will use AI to write their proposal in some form, but if it's just a copy and paste right out of Claude, I will not be responding to your proposal.