Guides
Hiring editors, and being one
Two sides of the same job. If you are hiring, these guides cover what editing costs, how to brief it, and how to tell a professional from a portfolio of someone else's work. If you cut video for a living, they cover rates, reels, and where the work actually comes from.
For clients
Hiring a video editor
Scope the job, price it honestly, and pick the right person the first time.
For clients · 11 min read
How to hire a video editor
You have footage and no idea who should cut it. Here is the whole process, from deciding what you are actually buying to signing off on the first round of notes.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For clients · 12 min read
Video editor rates: what editing actually costs
Two honest quotes for the same edit can sit five times apart. This is what each pricing model actually buys, what pushes a number up, and the ranges editors commonly quote.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For clients · 12 min read
How to write a video editing brief that prevents extra rounds
A brief that skips the specs pays for it in rounds. Here is what belongs in a working one, plus a full example you can copy field by field.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For clients · 13 min read
Freelance, agency, or in-house: choosing a video editing setup
Volume, predictability, turnaround, sensitivity, and budget decide whether you hire per project, sign with a production company, or put an editor on payroll. Here is how the three compare once you cost them honestly.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For clients · 12 min read
Red flags when hiring a video editor, and how to check each one
Screening is mostly pattern recognition: a reel with no credits, a quote nobody else could match, a deadline that fails arithmetic. Here is what each sign means and the check that resolves it.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For clients · 11 min read
How to hire an adult video editor
Adult producers need post-production help that most freelance platforms will not host. Here is where to find editors who take the work, and what to settle before you send a single file.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For clients · 6 min read
Adult video editing rates: what per-scene work costs
Adult work is priced per scene rather than per finished minute, and the deliverable list moves the number more than runtime ever does. This is what sits behind a quote and how to compare two of them.
Read the guidePublished August 12, 2026For editors
Building an editing career
Break in, price your work, and find clients who come back.
For editors · 12 min read
How to become a video editor without film school
The job is more organization than art, at least for the first year. Here is what the work actually involves, the order to learn it in, and what the ramp really looks like.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For editors · 12 min read
Build a video editing reel that gets you hired
A hirer gives your reel a few seconds before deciding whether to keep watching. Here is how to build the reel, the full pieces, and the page around them so they survive that first pass.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For editors · 16 min read
How to set your rates as a freelance video editor
Most editors pick a number by guessing what the editor next to them charges. Build your floor from your own costs first, then decide how far above it your work and your market let you sit.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026For editors · 12 min read
Where video editing clients actually come from
Most editors who cannot fill a calendar are not short on skill. They are short on a pipeline. Here are the channels that return paid work, ranked, with the ones that waste your week named plainly.
Read the guidePublished July 27, 2026Skip the guide, browse the directory
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