Higher Ground
Role: Creative Video Editor - PT, Freelance
Range: $85,000 - $95,000
Higher Ground is looking for a part-time, freelance Creative Video Editor to create original, premium social video content that goes beyond traditional podcast clips.
You’ll translate creative direction, standout show moments, and strategic ideas into thumb-stopping content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other social channels. This role combines hands-on editing with creative thinking, drawing on strong instincts for storytelling, pacing, music, graphics, sound, and visual style.
You should be comfortable working from a brief while bringing fresh ideas that make the content sharper, more distinctive, and more engaging.
Skills Required
- Experience creating original social video content beyond traditional podcast clips
- Strong storytelling and pacing skills
- Ability to work with music, graphics, sound, and visual style
- Ability to execute creative briefs
- Creative judgment to identify ways to improve and differentiate content
What We Do
Higher Ground is a media and entertainment company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama. It develops and presents impactful storytelling across film, television, and podcasts, including Oscar-winning films and blockbuster podcast productions. Its mission is to elevate stories and voices that bend the arc, creating engaging content for broad public audiences and highlighting meaningful perspectives through screen and audio formats.
