Video Editor — Task & Purpose YouTube (Remote)

Recurrent Ventures • Miami, FL

2d • Remote

About The Position

Recurrent is a digital media company focused on optimizing and growing trusted digital media brands, informing over 70 million unique visitors each month. Task & Purpose, one of Recurrent's brands, is seeking a video editor to produce military, defense, and national security videos for one of the largest military-focused YouTube channels in the U.S. The role involves transforming scripts, interviews, or field shoots into clear, sharp, well-paced videos that engage viewers and build loyalty. The content covers military technology, tactics, procurement, defense policy, current conflicts, and Pentagon decision-making, with an informed, conversational, skeptical, and occasionally irreverent tone, explaining complex topics to a broad audience.

Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge of Adobe Premiere, Photoshop & After Effects.
• Familiarity with military equipment and platforms.
• Deep understanding of best practices for pacing, music, and video structure.
• Solid understanding of YouTube delivery elements (chaptering, thumbnail, format, trends, etc).
• 3-6 years of experience in editing & motion graphics.
• Skills necessary to produce videos in the specified format and quality.

Nice To Haves

• Experience on YouTube preferred.
• The ideal editor does not need to be a veteran or a defense expert, but they must be curious, reliable, have sound judgment, and a passion for making complicated issues understandable.

Responsibilities

• Ideation and implementation of animations and graphics (maps, charts, diagrams, etc) from script with minimal to no direction needed.
• Gathering of appropriate and accurate b-roll video and imagery from all sources, ensuring proper usage rights and alignment with factual script elements.
• Editing two 16-to-20-minute videos and four 10-minute videos every month.
• Reserving 1-2 days to implement notes from the team.
• Acquisition & vetting of b-roll, picture edit, motion graphics and animation, music edit, sound design and mix, color.

What This Job Offers

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