# Podcast Editor & Content Strategist (3 roles)

**Company:** [Substance | Level Up by Substance](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/oYhpBehSomweRdqLqvjpiu.md)
**Location:** Manila, Philippines
**Workplace:** on site
**Department:** Early Careers

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## Description

The ambition is to create one of the most commercially impactful, culturally relevant, and highly consumed interview platforms globally across YouTube, Spotify, TikTok and Instagram for both long form and short form content ecosystems.

-   **We are not looking for someone who simply edits videos.**
-   **We are looking for long-term builders, not transactional editors.**
-   **We are looking for a storyteller, strategist, operator, systems thinker and performance-driven media editor.**

**Someone who understands how modern media works psychologically, commercially, and algorithmically.**

**This role requires someone who can think beyond editing:**

-   audience retention
-   click psychology
-   narrative structure
-   emotional pacing
-   platform behaviour
-   content scalability
-   social distribution
-   viral mechanics
-   analytics interpretation
-   AI-powered workflows

**This is for someone obsessed with: “What makes people click, stay, share, binge, and come back?”**

**What You Will Own**

**You will support the full content lifecycle:**

-   long-form podcast production
-   retention optimisation
-   short-form distribution
-   hook extraction
-   clip strategy
-   packaging support
-   storytelling flow
-   audience engagement mechanics
-   content repurposing systems

**You are expected to think like a media operator, not a freelancer waiting for instructions every hour.**

## Requirements

### Core Responsibilities

### 1\. Long-Form Podcast Editing

**You will:**

-   clean and structure podcast recordings
-   remove dead space, fillers, weak tangents, interruptions, technical issues, and low-retention moments
-   tighten pacing while preserving authenticity
-   restructure conversations for stronger narrative progression
-   optimise openings for retention
-   identify emotional peaks, conflict, tension, vulnerability, insight, and momentum

**You must understand:**

-   retention curves
-   watch-time psychology
-   pacing fatigue
-   drop-off behaviour
-   conversational energy
-   emotional sequencing
-   audience attention span patterns

**Good editing in this role should feel invisible but highly intentional.**

### 2\. Storytelling & Retention Strategy

**This role is heavily focused on story structure.**

**You should know how to:**

-   create stronger hooks
-   improve the first 30–90 seconds
-   build curiosity gaps
-   maintain conversational tension
-   improve flow between topics
-   identify moments that trigger comments, saves, shares, and rewatches
-   shape episodes into more addictive viewing experiences

**You must understand:**

-   why audiences leave videos
-   why audiences binge-watch
-   what creates emotional investment
-   what creates virality
-   what creates trust and authority

**We are not looking for random flashy edits.  
We are looking for strategic storytelling.**

### 3\. Short-Form & Viral Clip Strategy

**For every episode, you will:**

-   identify high-performing moments
-   produce 10–20 short-form clips
-   create:

-   teaser cuts
-   viral hooks
-   “best moments”
-   controversial/opinion cuts
-   emotional moments
-   educational snippets
-   montage trailers
-   compilation assets

**You should understand:**

-   TikTok pacing
-   Shorts pacing
-   Instagram Reels behaviour
-   hook velocity
-   retention loops
-   replay triggers
-   caption psychology

**Short-form is not an afterthought in this role.  
It is a major growth engine.**

### 4\. Packaging, CTR & Platform Thinking

**You must deeply understand that:**

-   thumbnails matter
-   titles matter
-   framing matters
-   emotional positioning matters
-   visual hierarchy matters

**You should be capable of:**

-   proposing multiple thumbnail directions
-   suggesting title angles
-   identifying strongest click-driving moments
-   understanding why certain videos outperform others

**You do not need to be a full-time thumbnail designer, but you must understand packaging strategy.**

### 5\. Analytics & Performance Understanding

**You are expected to understand platform analytics across:**

-   YouTube
-   Spotify
-   TikTok
-   Instagram

**You should know how to interpret:**

-   CTR
-   watch time
-   audience retention
-   drop-off points
-   engagement rates
-   replay behaviour
-   shares
-   saves
-   impressions
-   viewer psychology

**You should be capable of learning from data and improving future edits accordingly.**

**This role is performance-driven, not just task-driven.**

### 6\. AI & Workflow Optimisation

**We expect modern workflows.**

**You should be comfortable using AI tools to improve:**

-   editing speed
-   subtitle generation
-   clip extraction
-   ideation
-   workflow automation
-   research
-   content repurposing
-   productivity

**We value people who leverage technology intelligently instead of doing everything manually.**

### 7\. Operational Excellence

**You are expected to:**

-   work independently
-   solve problems proactively
-   communicate clearly
-   maintain organised file structures
-   create checklists and error logs
-   improve systems over time
-   minimise revision cycles
-   maintain consistency across all outputs

**This is not a role for someone who constantly waits to be told every next step.**

**We value ownership mentality.**

### Deliverables Per Episode

### Long Form

-   1 x full-length 4K uncut episode
-   1 x optimised long-form version

### Short Form

-   ~20 short-form clips
-   teaser edits
-   trailer cuts
-   best moments compilations
-   montage assets

### Additional Support

-   thumbnail direction ideas
-   title suggestions
-   clip recommendations
-   standout timestamp identification

### Technical Standards

**You must ensure:**

-   clean and balanced audio
-   professional export quality
-   stable framing
-   organised project files
-   accurate syncing
-   consistency across episodes
-   platform-ready formatting

**You should be highly detail-oriented. Small mistakes matter.**

### Ideal Candidate

**You are likely a fit if you:**

-   think commercially, not just creatively
-   are obsessed with audience behaviour
-   study successful podcasts and creators
-   understand modern media ecosystems
-   move fast without sacrificing quality
-   can execute independently
-   take initiative naturally
-   care about performance metrics
-   understand both storytelling and systems
-   are hungry to build something globally significant

**You probably consume and study content from creators/platforms like:**

-   long-form interview podcasts
-   creator-led media brands
-   high-retention YouTube channels
-   modern social-first media ecosystems

### This Role Is NOT For Someone Who:

-   only enjoys cinematic editing
-   needs constant supervision
-   dislikes feedback
-   edits slowly
-   ignores analytics
-   lacks urgency
-   focuses only on aesthetics
-   cannot handle fast-paced media workflows

### Tools

**Professional editing software required:**

-   DaVinci Resolve PRO/ Premiere Pro
-   Final Cut Pro
-   CapCut
-   or equivalent

**Additional expectations:**

-   **strong workstation/device**
-   reliable internet
-   ability to manage 4K workflows
-   familiarity with AI-assisted tools

### What Success Looks Like

Success means:

-   episodes require minimal revisions
-   storytelling quality improves over time
-   retention improves consistently
-   clips perform across platforms
-   workflow becomes faster and smarter
-   strong moments are proactively identified
-   packaging quality improves
-   audience engagement grows
-   content becomes increasingly binge-worthy and shareable

**The goal is not simply to “edit podcasts.”**

**The goal is to help build a globally competitive media brand.**

## Benefits

-   Remote working
-   Freelance / Fractional
-   Long-term opportunity
-   Per-project or monthly structure depending on fit

At Substance, we’re all about action, not just talk. If your profile aligns with what we need, you’ll hear from us within 1-2 weeks. If not, no fluff—just know we value your interest and will keep you in mind for future roles where your skills can make an impact. We focus on real connections and meaningful matches, so when the right opportunity comes, we’ll be ready to make it happen.

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