About Alpha Key Digital
I’m Alex Zinni, founder of Alpha Key Digital and creator of The Creative Mogul. I’m building a personal brand at scale, the kind of presence Alex Hormozi and Seth Godin have, where the content itself becomes the business. I write and perform music, I build ideas in public, and I’m going all-in on YouTube and LinkedIn as the engine.
This is not a role editing content for clients. This is a role editing content for me. You’d be the person turning my raw footage, talks, and ideas into a body of work that compounds, reel after reel, video after video, until the brand is impossible to ignore.
The Role
I’m looking for a contract Video Editor to be the visual engine behind The Creative Mogul. You’ll own the full output: scroll-stopping shortform for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts, and polished longform for YouTube. You work directly inside my Slack and Asana so we move fast and nothing slips. This is a craft-forward, high-ownership role for an editor who wants their work seen by a lot of people and wants to help build something from the ground up.
The goal is simple and ambitious: blow this brand up. If that excites you rather than intimidates you, keep reading.
What You Actually Do
- Someone who studies creators like Hormozi, MrBeast, and the best of YouTube, and can break down exactly why their videos work
- The kind of editor who rewatches a cut ten times to fix one frame, because “good enough” bothers you
- Energized by the idea of building a personal brand from small to huge, and wanting to be part of that story
- Obsessed with hooks and retention, you think in terms of the first two seconds and the watch-time graph, not just clean cuts
- Comfortable owning a deliverable end to end without hand-holding, from raw footage to final export
- Reliable to a fault: when you say a video ships Friday, it ships Friday, and it ships clean
- A clear communicator who flags problems early in Slack instead of going quiet
- Genuinely excited by feedback and iteration, because we’ll be testing and refining constantly
- Someone who wants volume, this is a high-output brand, and you’re the type who thrives on shipping a lot of great work
Key Responsibilities
- Edit high-retention shortform video (Reels, TikTok, Shorts) with strong hooks and pacing that holds attention to the end
- Produce polished longform YouTube videos that keep viewers watching
- Provide full production support: assemble edits, source and cut b-roll, add motion graphics, color grade, and finish audio
- Cut talking-head, music, and idea-driven content into content that stops the scroll
- Color grade and correct footage to a consistent, premium standard
- Design and animate captions, titles, lower thirds, and light motion graphics
- Repurpose longform content into multiple shortform clips
- Sync all work through Asana, keeping status, deadlines, and deliverables current
- Communicate progress, questions, and blockers in Slack in real time
- Hold the visual consistency of the brand across every piece
- Manage and organize footage, projects, and exports so the latest version is always findable
- Turn feedback into better cuts, fast
Qualifications
Required
- 3+ years of professional video editing experience
- Proficiency in Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-retention shortform and longform content
- Strong color grading skills in DaVinci Resolve
- A portfolio or reel showing both shortform and longform work
- Reliable high-speed internet and a computer capable of 4K editing and color work
- Strong written English for clear Slack and Asana communication
Preferred
- Experience editing for a personal brand, creator, or thought leader (vs. only corporate/client work)
- Track record of videos that performed well (views, watch time, follower growth)
- Motion graphics experience (After Effects or Resolve Fusion)
- Familiarity working inside Slack and Asana on a distributed team
Key Skills & Abilities
- Exceptional editing eye and sense of pacing
- Deep understanding of retention and hooks for social platforms
- Color grading and finishing
- Motion graphics and titling
- Audio cleanup and mixing
- Self-management and consistent, on-time delivery
- Clear, proactive communication
- Ability to take direction and iterate without friction
What I Offer
- Monthly retainer (rate based on experience and portfolio)
- Flexible schedule, remote, work your own hours as long as deadlines are met
- Long-term, ongoing relationship for the right person as the brand grows
- Steady, high-volume creative work with real visibility
- The chance to help build a personal brand from the early days and grow with it
How to Apply
Apply through this posting and include:
- A link to your portfolio or reel showing both shortform and longform work
- One or two examples edited in Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve, and a note on which you used
- A short note on your DaVinci Resolve color grading experience
- One example of a video you edited that performed well, and why you think it worked
- Your availability and monthly retainer expectation
Applications without a portfolio link will not be considered.
