Video Editing Virtual Assistants

Short-form video rewards consistency more than production value, and consistency is where almost everyone fails. iFOVS places Philippines-based editors who turn your raw footage into a publishing schedule you can actually keep.

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What your iFOVS video editor does

Edits long-form video for YouTube: cuts, pacing, B-roll, music, colour and sound
Cuts short-form verticals for Reels, TikTok and Shorts from long-form source
Adds captions and subtitles, styled to your brand
Builds and maintains templates so every video looks like it came from the same place
Designs thumbnails and tests variations
Edits podcast video and audio, and pulls the clips worth posting
Organises and archives footage so nothing is ever lost
Uploads, titles, tags and schedules across platforms
Manages the production pipeline so you always know what is where
Turns one recording into a week of content

Tools they work in

Adobe Premiere Pro · After Effects · DaVinci Resolve · CapCut · Descript · Canva · Photoshop · Frame.io · Google Drive · Dropbox

Who this works for

Founders and consultants building an audience on LinkedIn or YouTube
Agencies needing white-label editing capacity
E-commerce brands producing product and UGC-style content continuously
Podcasters who record consistently and publish clips sporadically

Where the value actually is

Most people can edit one video. What they cannot do is edit one every week for a year while running a business. A dedicated editor turns video from a project into a process — you record, they publish, and the schedule stops depending on how your week went.

Set up templates properly in the first month and the per-video time drops sharply after that.

What it costs

Video editors are hired on a straight hourly rate, part-time or full-time. Most clients start part-time and increase as the publishing cadence goes up.

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How to choose a video editor

Showreels are the least reliable hiring signal in this category, because a showreel is the best two seconds of a hundred projects, often edited by someone else.

Ask for raw footage and the finished cut

Seeing what they were given alongside what they produced is the only honest measure. A good editor makes mediocre footage watchable; a showreel hides which they started with.

Test realistic turnaround

Ask how long a ten-minute edit takes them, then ask how long it takes when three land in the same week. The second number is the one you will live with.

Check file handling, not just software

Proxies, storage, transfer and versioning decide whether the workflow survives contact with large files over an offshore connection. This breaks more editing arrangements than skill does.

Establish whether they cut for retention

Tidying footage and shaping it are different jobs. Ask what they would remove from a video, and why, before they touch a transition.

The one question to ask in the interview

What did you cut from this edit, and why?

What a good answer sounds like: A specific answer about pace or attention. “I kept it all in, the client asked” means you are hiring an operator, not an editor.

Frequently asked questions

What turnaround can we expect?

Depends on length and complexity. A short-form vertical cut from clean footage using an existing template is a different job from a long-form edit that needs narrative assembly, b-roll sourcing, motion graphics and several review rounds, and the second can take an order of magnitude longer. We agree turnaround per format during onboarding, once we have seen your raw footage and your review process, and we hold to that agreed time. How many revision rounds you typically ask for affects delivery more than edit length does.

Can they match our existing style?

Yes. Send three or four videos you want matched and they will build templates from them during onboarding.

Do they do motion graphics?

Basic motion graphics and animated captions, yes. For heavy animation you want a specialist, and we will tell you so.

How do we send footage?

Google Drive, Dropbox or Frame.io — whatever you already use. They organise and archive it as they go.