Video Editor (Contract)

Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals. Our mission is to enable organizations to build trust, tell their stories, and demonstrate the unique value of earned media. Muck Rack’s AI-powered, comprehensive, and integrated platform streamlines the PR workflow to help businesses generate positive media coverage, monitor mentions to manage brand reputation, and analyze PR’s impact on business outcomes. By combining media database, monitoring, and reporting into one dynamic platform, we empower teams to collaborate seamlessly, pitch effectively, and analyze results faster and more efficiently.

Founder-controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, Muck Rack has received several awards for its unparalleled culture and product from organizations like Inc., Quartz, G2, and BuiltIn. We value resilience, transparency, ownership, and customer devotion, and infuse these values into everything we do. 

Muck Rack is looking for an experienced contract Video Editor to support our growing need for high-quality video content across marketing, product and enablement.

As our video output expands, we’re seeking a dedicated editing and animation partner who can elevate our brand storytelling and clearly communicate how our products, including Media Intelligence, AI-powered tools, and Generative Pulse, work in action.

This role will help translate complex product functionality and rapidly evolving features into polished, customer-ready videos that support go-to-market efforts, product education, and brand growth.

The Opportunity

With increasing demand for product demos, AI explainers, brand storytelling, social media clips and in-person event content, we need a skilled editor who can:

- Take raw event footage, webinars, or screen recordings and turn them into compelling narratives
- Create animated product explainers that clarify technical concepts
- Bring visual consistency and polish to our growing video ecosystem

This role will allow internal teams to focus on strategy and content development while ensuring our final video assets meet a high production standard.

What You’ll Do

Video Editing

- Edit full-length webinars, events, and interviews
- Create short-form cuts for social (LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) and digital channels (marketing site, paid social, email, etc.)
- Elevate raw content into cohesive, brand-aligned stories

Motion & Animation

- Create help center and product walkthrough videos
- Draft storyboards that translate scripts into video compositions
- Develop product explainers that illustrate features like AI workflows, monitoring dashboards, and reporting tools
- Design motion graphics for marketing campaigns
- Animate UI captures and screen recordings for clarity and engagement

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Partner closely with GTM, Product Marketing, Enablement, and Brand
- Translate technical and conceptual material into compelling visual narratives
- Provide creative input on how best to visually represent new tools and features
- Maintain visual consistency across all video content
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of professional video editing and motion design experience
- Strong portfolio demonstrating both animation and narrative editing
- Experience creating SaaS product demos or B2B marketing videos preferred
- Expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and related tools
- Ability to simplify complex ideas into engaging visual storytelling
- Strong eye for pacing, design, and brand consistency
- Ability to work on an on-demand, project-based basis with quick turnaround times
Nice to Have
- Experience illustrating AI or technical workflows visually
- Familiarity with B2B marketing or PR/comms audiences
- Experience editing event content and executive-level presentations

Success in This Role Looks Like
- Clear, compelling product explainers that help prospects understand our AI-powered tools
- Polished webinar and event cuts optimized for digital and social
- Consistent visual identity across help center, marketing, and brand videos
- Faster production cycles with high creative quality
Salary

In the US, the hourly rate for this role is $30/hour, with an average of 20 hours per week.

 

Why Muck Rack?

Remote Work, Forever 

- Fully distributed team with a permanent remote setup
- Home office stipend, phone and internet reimbursement, coworking membership
- Virtual and in-person team bonding (lunches, events, competitions)

Transparent & Fair Compensation 

- Competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S.
- Annual reviews to ensure equity and market alignment
- Standardized bonus or commission structure
- 401(k) with employer contributions
- Equity opportunities

Health & Wellness

- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% premium coverage for individuals on high-deductible plans
- 24/7 Virtual Care and Employee Assistance Program
- Employer-funded HSA contributions and other pre-tax benefits
- Quarterly wellness stipend and free Headspace subscription

Time Off & Family Benefits

-  4+ weeks of PTO, plus paid sick and mental health days
- 13 paid holidays with the option to swap for personal days
- Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave

Learning and Development

- Transparent pathways for internal mobility and promotion
- Bi-annual performance reviews, team workshops, and leadership training
- Unlimited access to Coursera and O’Reilly
- 2 additional PTO days annually for learning and development

Inclusive, Customer-First Culture

- Commitment to equity and valuing diverse perspectives
- Agile, founder-led company focused on collaboration and innovation
- Trusted by 3,000+ companies worldwide

Note: Benefits and compensation reflect offerings for U.S.-based employees. Support is provided for employees in other locations, in compliance with local laws and regulations.

While we are a fully distributed team, we do have limitations on where we can hire and maintain a list of acceptable working locations based on job function. If we are unable to hire in your current location for the role for which you applied, you will be notified via email. While we enjoy many benefits as a permanently distributed and remote company, we cannot always support relocation or extended travel and have guidelines in place to ensure compliant work away from your designated permanent residence.

  #LI-Remote Please note: For detailed information regarding our GDPR and/or CCPA compliance policies, including how we handle personal data and privacy rights, kindly refer to the email correspondence accompanying this application. Muck Rack does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other third parties. Any unsolicited resume sent to Muck Rack will be considered Muck Rack property, and Muck Rack will not pay a fee should it hire the subject of any unsolicited resume. Muck Rack considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Note to applicants/job seekers: We have recently been made aware of scams impersonating Muck Rack’s HR team. Please be cautious of these attempts to elicit banking or other financial or sensitive information. Muck Rack will never request financial information during the interview process, and follow ups for interviews or next steps will always come from an ‘@muckrack.com’ email address. If you are contacted by anyone from a different domain who claims to be from Muck Rack, please forward the communication to legal@muckrack.com.