Master Video Editor

Master Video Editor / Editing Manager
- YouTube-First Part-Time | Remote Compensation: $2,000-$4,000 per month Who We Are Cali BBQ Media is the media company for business storytellers in hospitality. We started in 2008 with a barbecue restaurant in Spring Valley and an iPhone. Today we run Cali BBQ's three San Diego locations and produce shows watched by restaurant operators and technology leaders around the world. Our shows include Restaurant Influencers , presented by Entrepreneur, Pepsi, and Toast, with over 71 million views. We also produce the Digital Hospitality podcast, which has published every week since 2017, and Rising Tides Live . We make content for our own channels and for restaurant technology brands that want to tell real stories about real operators. Be the show, not the commercial. We document the real journey instead of producing ads. Hospitality creates trust. Technology accelerates it. A rising tide lifts all ships. We build community first, and business follows. Stay curious, get involved, ask for help. People who need a full crew, a shot list, and perfect conditions to do great work. Editors who make polished commercials but can't find the story in a raw interview. Anyone who doesn't watch YouTube and doesn't care why videos win or lose. Anyone who takes creative feedback personally or can't give it clearly. Role Overview Cali BBQ Media is looking for an experienced Master Video Editor / Editing Manager to lead the quality, storytelling, and execution of post-production work across our owned content and client projects. This role is for someone who is an exceptional editor first and who can also guide and manage other editors. You will edit priority projects, review work produced by other editors, provide clear creative feedback, and help keep multiple projects moving through the post-production pipeline. The ideal candidate has strong YouTube instincts and can quickly identify how to improve a video through story, pacing, hooks, music, graphics, structure, and platform-specific creative decisions. Edit high-priority long-form YouTube videos and client content. Give creative feedback on story, pacing, hooks, music, graphics, sound, structure, and overall direction. Guide editors from initial assembly through revisions and final delivery. Help determine which editor or resource is best suited for specific projects. Review scripts, transcripts, footage, and selects before or during the editing process. Organize footage, create selects, or set up projects before handing them to another editor when needed. Maintain consistent creative standards across Cali BBQ Media and client content. Manage multiple projects across editing, feedback, revisions, approval, and delivery. Identify post-production bottlenecks and keep projects organized and moving toward deadlines. Collaborate with producers and leadership on creative direction. Contribute to titles, thumbnails, hooks, and other packaging decisions that affect YouTube performance. Use YouTube analytics and audience behavior to inform future editing decisions. Own and maintain the team drive and archive system, including folder structure, project handoffs, and final project archives. Establish and enforce consistent file naming conventions across projects and editors. Own and maintain editing templates and reusable project setup standards. Help improve editing systems, standards, workflows, and quality control across the team. Strong professional experience editing long-form YouTube or digital video content in a high-volume environment. Advanced Adobe Premiere Pro skills. Strong understanding of pacing, music, graphics, sound design, and story structure. Experience reviewing other editors' work and giving clear creative feedback. Ability to manage several projects and editors at different stages of production. Ability to make independent creative decisions while working collaboratively through internal and client feedback. Strong understanding of both long-form and short-form content. Comfort using AI tools to support transcription, story development, footage organization, graphics, and other creative workflows. YouTube Expertise You should understand how editing and packaging influence: Story structure and viewer drop-off The ideal candidate actively follows YouTube creators, editing styles, formats, platform changes, and emerging creative trends and can translate those observations into better content decisions. Experience managing freelance, contract, or remote editors. Audio cleanup and enhancement experience. Experience building post-production workflows, standards, or SOPs. Raises the overall quality and consistency of the team's editing. Gives editors clear direction without needing to personally redo every project. Keeps post-production organized and on schedule. Maintains consistent creative standards across mult