Hi there! I’m a NYC standup comedian in need of an on-site editor for my podcast Sean’s Show. The premise of the show is simple: it’s me doing weekly rants about tech and political news.
I’m looking to hire an editor to work directly with me to edit the full podcast into short-form content for social media. I've got a small but growing following on social media (Instagram 19k, TikTok 27k) and want to make a big push with podcast clips.
Here's an example of a clip that performed well and the type of stuff you'd be editing
(this is also the comedic style I'm going for):
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAJSrkGA3u9/
Job Description:
You will be working with me in the studio to create short-form content from the full podcast on Thursdays from 12 to 3 PM.
The workflow will be as follows:
1) We'll watch the episode at 1.5x speed and get 5-7 timestamps to create vertical 60-second clips out of (for all social media platforms) and 1 timestamp for a longer horizontal clip (for YouTube)
2) You'll cut the 5 timestamps out of the episode, cut them down to 1 minute or less, and caption/censor them
3) We'll review all of the clips together and make any adjustments as needed
4) You'll schedule the content to be published on my social media accounts (YouTube and TikTok), write copy for the captions and add hashtags, and upload the content to Google Drive to archive it
Requirements:
Be based in NYC (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens) and available from 12 to 3 PM every Thursday to edit the podcast in Brooklyn
Have an interest, passion, and knowledge of technology, politics, and American culture
Enjoy comedy and “get” my sense of humor - I do get graphic/crazy/controversial at times, so being okay with that style of comedy is necessary
Expertise in Adobe Premiere and/or Davinci Resolve to batch edit content quickly
Bonus Stuff:
Knowledge of podcast industry and digital content market (ad sponsorships, Patreon economics, YouTube content strategy, copywriting)
Prior experience in podcast production, radio
Pay Structure
I will pay the editor $75 per hour, which would be $225 per week or $900 per month. The studio is in East Williamsburg.
Other Information
This is still a newer podcast (I’m on episode 62 right now) and the regular listenership right now is 100 people. As the show grows I would hope that whoever I hire could grow with the show, and obviously get paid more commiserate with the growth of the show.
Once the show is bigger and financially profitable, I want to do comedy sketches and other media projects and, if interested, this role could lead to editing bigger projects.
Here’s a link to the show:
https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZQMsxhLprilEIKOAEP87Y
IF INTERESTED IN THE ROLE:
Please send me your resume (through Craigslist) and your portfolio / sample content you've edited.
Thank you!