Freelance Lead Video Editor

Freelance Lead Video Editor

Department: Creative

Employment Type: Freelance

Location: Remote, UK

Description

Are you an experienced editor who can turn creator content into polished, client-ready social assets while keeping every cut on-brand, on-brief and on-time?

Beautiful Destinations is a global travel marketing company built at the intersection of travel, the creator community and technology. We combine world-class creative storytelling with an AI-enabled content platform and over a decade of travel content data, and we partner with leading destinations and travel brands to create content that works across the full funnel and digital ecosystem, from sparking inspiration and discovery to driving consideration, action and conversion.

Behind our work is a community of 50M+ travellers and a network of 500+ world-class creators, filmmakers and storytellers across the globe.

Human creativity and authentic storytelling come first. Always. Technology is how we scale them.

See our world: [Instagram] | [TikTok] | [YouTube] | [Beautiful Hotels] | [Website]

What You'll Do:

• Turn creator v1 edits into client ready cuts, acting as QA and brand guardian on every asset.
• Run each edit through our shared QA tool before it goes to review, catching anything off brand or off spec early.
• Own the revision cycle end to end, incorporating client feedback quickly and cleanly across multiple rounds.
• Work closely with the Creative Lead and Producer to keep every cut aligned to brief and timeline.
• Manage several concurrent edits at pace without losing craft or consistency.

What You'll Bring:

• Strong experience editing social-first, creator-led content for brands.
• A sharp eye for quality, brand consistency, pacing and detail.
• Proven experience taking rough creator edits through to polished, client-ready cuts.
• Confidence managing multiple rounds of feedback and revisions quickly and accurately.
• Strong understanding of social platform formats, specs and best practices.
• Experience working closely with creative and production teams to keep work on brief and on schedule.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple edits and deadlines at once without compromising quality.
• Comfortable working with QA and review tools and spotting issues before content reaches the client.
• Highly client-facing, with proven experience managing social retainers and creator-led productions, and the flexibility to work across US hours when required.