Podcast & Video Editor

Afford Anything (Paula Pant's Finance Podcast)
· Remote
· Compensation based on experience

Afford Anything is Paula Pant's personal finance podcast. It's built on the idea that you can afford anything, but not everything, and on helping people get smarter with their money so they can build real wealth. The show is growing, and video is a big part of where it's going.

Our main content is long-form, conversation-driven interviews, similar in style to Diary of a CEO. Paula sits down with guests for in-depth conversations about money, investing, financial psychology, entrepreneurship, and building a life you want.

Here are a couple of recent episodes so you can see what we make:

We're looking for more than a technically great video editor.

We're looking for an editor in the fullest sense of the word: someone who can technically edit a beautiful video, produce excellent podcast audio, and use real editorial judgment to make the conversation itself better.

That distinction matters.

If there's a five-minute section that wanders away from the point of the episode, we don't want you to leave it in simply because nobody told you to cut it. We want you to notice it. We want you thinking about whether it serves the story, whether the audience needs it, whether it's likely to hurt retention, and whether the episode becomes stronger without it.

If a guest makes essentially the same point three times, catch it.

If an answer takes two minutes to get somewhere it could get in 45 seconds, notice that too.

If something is technically imperfect but emotionally important and cutting it would hurt the conversation, know when to leave it alone.

That's the level of judgment we're looking for.

At first, we'll work closely with you on bigger editorial decisions. We want to understand how you think, and we want you to explain why you'd cut something. As that trust builds, our goal is for you to increasingly own those decisions yourself.

This is still not a heavy motion-graphics job. Graphics, cards, images, text and sound design are there to support the conversation, not become the main attraction.

But it is a storytelling job.

And because we're a podcast first, audio matters just as much as video.

We're increasingly thinking about our episodes as one piece of content that should work whether someone is watching it on You Tube or listening without looking at a screen. That means the audio should sound fantastic with your eyes closed, while the video should still feel natural and intentional.

For example: removing filler words and long pauses may make an audio conversation dramatically better. But cut too aggressively and suddenly the video looks like one giant jump cut. We want someone who understands both sides of that equation.

That's the kind of editor we're looking for.

• Edit the main body of approximately two long-form interview episodes per week
• Make technical and editorial cuts that improve clarity, pacing, storytelling and retention
• Remove stutters, unnecessary filler words, repetition, false starts, duplicate takes and awkward pauses without making the video feel unnaturally chopped up
• Identify tangents, redundant sections and stretches that aren't serving the episode, and recommend or make larger content cuts
• Initially explain the reasoning behind major editorial decisions; over time, take increasing ownership of those decisions independently
• Edit and polish podcast audio, including balancing audio between microphones and making sure the finished conversation sounds excellent as an audio-first experience
• Make sure the video and audio work together so an episode is equally strong whether someone watches it or simply listens
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