Short-Form Creative Director & Video Editor

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God's Cleaning Crew is a Canadian biohazard and specialized cleaning company serving the Greater Toronto Area.

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We are building a serious organic social media presence across TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.

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We already create and publish content.

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Now we are looking for someone exceptional who can transform that raw content into videos people actually stop scrolling to watch.

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We are not looking for someone whose main value is adding captions, transitions, stock footage and music.

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We are looking for someone who understands , , , , , , and can use those skills to transform ordinary raw footage into exceptional short-form content.

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Your mission is simple:

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We care about results.

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If raw footage currently becomes a video that gets 2,000 views, we want someone capable of looking at that same footage and seeing an entirely different creative possibility.

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Maybe the opening is wrong.

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Maybe the best hook is buried 40 seconds into the footage.

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Maybe 70% of what was filmed should disappear.

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Maybe the story needs to be completely reordered.

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Maybe it needs a visual pattern interrupt, different pacing, stronger sound design or an AI-generated scene.

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We want you to make those decisions.

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You will have significant creative freedom.

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You will receive raw footage created by our Toronto team and turn it into approximately - - .

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But editing is only part of the job.

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You will:

• Find or create the strongest possible hook.

• Restructure footage when the original concept isn't strong enough.

• Cut aggressively when material isn't earning attention.

• Build curiosity and emotional momentum throughout the video.

• Optimize pacing and information density for short-form audiences.

• Use captions, motion graphics, B-roll, sound design and visual effects when they strengthen the content.

• Use AI-generated video, characters, environments, imagery or effects when they can genuinely improve the story.

• Identify when additional footage or a reshoot would materially improve a video.

• Give our Toronto team creative direction on what should be filmed when necessary.

• Continually study what is performing on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts and apply those lessons intelligently.

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We do not care whether you use Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Seedance, Kling, Veo, Runway, Higgsfield or tools that haven't been invented yet.

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Please do not apply simply because you:

• Know Premiere Pro or After Effects.

• Can create captions and transitions.

• Have edited hundreds of videos.

• Have worked as a video editor for many years; or

• Can make videos look polished.

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Those things are useful, but they are not enough.

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A beautifully edited video that nobody watches has failed.

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We are looking for someone who understands .

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You should be able to watch a mediocre piece of raw footage and quickly identify:

• Why the current opening is weak.

• Where viewers are likely to leave.

• What the real hook should be.

• What should be removed.

• How the story should be structured.

• Where curiosity or tension needs to be created.

• What visual or audio elements would strengthen the experience; and

• How you would make the final video significantly more compelling.

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You should have evidence that you can do this.

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We are extremely open to AI.

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In fact, sophisticated use of AI is a major advantage.

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If real footage can be enhanced by inserting a believable character, environment, event, visual effect or entirely new scene, we want someone capable of exploring that possibility.

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However, AI should strengthen the story, not become a gimmick.

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We care about the emotional and creative result, not which tool produced it.

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Send us - .

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For each video, tell us:

1. What you personally did.

2. Whether you were responsible for the hook/concept, editing, or both.

3. The approximate organic views the video received.

4. Why you believe the video performed.

5. A link to the published video where possible.

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Please be precise about your contribution.

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If a video received 5 million views but you only color-corrected it, tell us that.

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If you took mediocre raw footage, completely rebuilt the story and helped turn it into a 2-million-view video, .

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You can live anywhere in the world.

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This is a fully remote position.

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However, you must be able to comfortably conduct a fast-moving creative conversation in with a Canadian team.

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You need to understand nuanced feedback without repeated explanations and be able to clearly explain your own creative thinking.

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You do not need to work Toronto hours.

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You only need enough availability to occasionally meet online during our normal working hours of : : for creative collaboration.

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Our primary focus is:

• Instagram Reels

• TikTok

• YouTube Shorts

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We are not hiring based on how many videos you edit.

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We care about whether the content performs better.

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Our primary objective is to - .

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We will look at performance across a body of work rather than judging you based on one lucky viral video.

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Metrics may include:

• Median and average organic views.

• Audience retention.

• Watch time.

• Completion rate.

• Shares and saves.

• Follower growth; and

• Ultimately, business generated from social media.

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Our current content gives us a baseline.

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Your job is to beat it.

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Then keep beating it.

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Portfolio gets you considered.

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Finalists will be offered a .

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We will give you access to existing God's Cleaning Crew raw footage and previously published content.

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You will choose several pieces of footage and show us what you would have done differently.

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You will have substantial creative freedom.

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You may:

• Completely change the hook.

• Restructure the story.

• Remove large portions of the footage.

• Add B-roll.

• Add motion graphics.

• Change sound design.

• Create AI-generated scenes or characters.

• Use visual effects; or

• Propose an additional shot or reasonable reshoot.

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We want to see the difference between the content we are currently producing and what can create from the same raw material.

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This is initially a - / producing approximately 4 to 5 finished videos per week.

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Expected compensation:

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. ,-,, , depending on demonstrated ability.

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For truly exceptional talent, we are willing to consider compensation outside this range.

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We care more about finding the right person than finding the cheapest person.

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Apply if you look at short-form video as a combination of:

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You obsess over why one video gets 2,000 views while another gets 2 million.

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You notice the first second.

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You notice when a shot lasts half a second too long.

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You understand that attention has to be earned continuously.

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You are willing to discard the original creative idea when you see a better one.

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And when someone gives you average raw footage, your instinct is not:

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It is:

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If that describes you, we want to see your work.