Part-Time Social Video Editor - Sports & YouTube

Sportyard • Charleston, SC

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About The Position

Sportyard is a sports entertainment and training facility in Charleston built around competition, challenges, trick shots, games, and athletic experiences. We're building a media brand around what happens inside Sportyard — and we're looking for a video editor who can turn raw footage into videos people actually want to watch. This is not primarily a graphics or cinematic editing role. The goal is retention. We want someone who understands how to find the hook, eliminate dead time, build tension, create curiosity, and deliver a satisfying payoff.

Requirements

• Comfortable with professional editing software such as Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or equivalent.
• Storytelling instincts are more important than fancy effects.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with vertical short-form editing
• YouTube editing experience
• Experience with captions and motion graphics
• Experience with sound design
• Experience with music selection
• Experience with color correction
• Experience with multi-camera footage
• Experience with sports or action content

Responsibilities

• Turn raw footage from Sportyard shoots into finished content for Instagram Reels / YouTube Shorts / TikTok (typically 15-60 seconds) including challenges, trick shots, competitions, races, sports games, athlete/guest collaborations, and behind-the-scenes moments.
• Create longer YouTube videos (approximately 3-8 minutes initially) for challenges, competitions, and multi-game competitions, focusing on story-driven edits rather than simple highlight reels.
• Watch footage, understand what happened, and determine the strongest way to tell the story, as detailed shot-by-shot scripts will not always be provided.
• Consistently publish videos that grab attention in the first 1-2 seconds, give viewers a reason to keep watching, turn simple sports competitions into compelling stories, maintain strong pacing, build anticipation, and generate shares, comments, followers, and repeat viewers.
• Develop recognizable Sportyard content formats that can be repeated and scaled.
• Help identify which concepts and editing styles deserve to become recurring series.

Benefits

• Unlimited Sportyard membership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed