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YouTube Video Editing Services

I'm a freelance YouTube video editor. I cut long-form videos so viewers stay past the opening: the hook rebuilt, dead air gone, and something new on screen every few seconds.

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YouTube editing built around viewer retention

Retention is mostly decided in the timeline, not the thumbnail. This is what goes onto yours.

Narrative spine

Rambling trimmed, repeated takes and dead breaths removed, and the story ordered so the video delivers what the title promised.

Pattern interrupts

Reframes, punch-ins and b-roll every three to five seconds, so a talking head never sits still long enough to lose someone.

Kinetic motion

Typography and callouts built in Fusion and timed to speech, for the points that need to land visually.

Sound design

Dialogue cleaned in Fairlight, music mixed under the voice, and risers and foley marking each change of section.

Cinema finish

Rec.709 grade with skin tone isolation, delivered as a 4K master.

Choose the right editing workflow

I edit complete YouTube videos, focused long-form projects and the vertical content that comes from them.

Long-form

Long-form YouTube editing

Story structure, dead-air removal, b-roll, graphics, sound and colour for full-length videos.

Explore long-form editing → Vertical

Turn long videos into Shorts

Standalone Shorts, Reels and TikToks shaped for a 9:16 screen.

Explore short-form editing → Podcast

Podcast editing and repurposing

Complete video episodes plus a repeatable route from each recording to social clips.

Explore podcast editing →

How a project runs

Timecoded review keeps feedback in one place. A fixed-scope test cut is targeted within 3–5 business days.

Send the footage

Share it through Google Drive, Dropbox or Frame.io, with a short brief and a video you like the feel of.

First cut

Story and pacing are locked before any polish, so changes of direction stay cheap.

Notes on the frame

You leave timecoded comments in Frame.io, right on the moment you want changed.

Master and files

A 4K master and thumbnail grabs. An organised DaVinci Resolve project is included when the agreed scope and asset licences allow it.

Pricing for YouTube channels

Start with one video. Move to a retainer only if the first one earns it.

One project

$95

Paid test cut

1 long-form video up to 5 finished minutes
Up to 45 minutes of supplied source footage
Cut, pacing and dead air removal
Sound design and music mix
1 consolidated revision round
First cut targeted within 3–5 business days

Monthly

From $1,100 per month

Weekly creator retainer

4 long-form videos up to 12 finished minutes each
Up to 90 minutes of source footage per long-form video
8 shorts cut from the same footage
Full sound design and Rec.709 grade
Dedicated Slack channel

Questions from YouTube creators

How long can the videos be?

The test cut covers one video up to 5 finished minutes from no more than 45 minutes of source footage. Longer videos or larger footage volumes receive a written quote before editing starts.

Can you match my channel's existing style?

Yes. Send two or three of your videos, or someone else's you want to move towards, and the first cut is built to that reference before anything new is tried.

Do you make the shorts from my long-form videos too?

On the retainer, yes: eight vertical cutdowns a month come from the same footage. For short-form on its own, see Shorts, Reels and TikTok editing.

Where can I hire a YouTube video editor online?

Freelance marketplaces such as Upwork and Fiverr, or directly from an editor's own site. Either way, judge them on a paid edit of your own footage rather than a showreel. Here that is the test cut: send the footage through the enquiry form.

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Next step

Send me one video. See what changes.

One paid test cut, one fixed price, one real deadline.

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