Job Purpose
The YouTube Long-Form Editor owns the end-to-end edit pipeline across two channels in The Scalable Company's orbit:
Roland Frasier (partner): 3-4 long-form videos per month, totaling 3–6 hours of finished content.
Ryan Deiss (CEO): 3-4 long-form videos per month, totaling 3–6 hours of finished content.
You're the person who turns hours of unstructured camera files into the kind of long-form videos that actually get watched: tight pacing, clean audio, deliberate B-roll, and structure that earns the viewer's attention all the way through.
Important context: Until now, both channels have been edited by an outside agency. You are not stepping into a polished in-house pipeline. You are stepping in to build it. The templates, the asset libraries, the project organization, the revision workflow, the feedback loops — none of that exists in-house yet. You'll be designing and refining those foundational systems alongside the Senior Content Strategist as you do the work.
This is a, strategic, hands-on craft role, and a system-building role. Success looks like videos that publish on time, hold retention above benchmark, require minimal revision rounds — and a documented edit workflow that any future team member could plug into.
Success in this role is measured by on-time publish cadence across both channels, average view duration, revision efficiency, the quality bar of every finished cut, and the durability of the workflows you build.
Critical Accountabilities
Own the long-form edit pipeline across both channels — taking raw footage to publish-ready cut for 3-4 Roland Frasier videos per month (~30 min finished length each) and 3-4 Ryan Deiss videos per month (~30 min finished length each).
Build the foundational in-house edit workflow from scratch — templates, asset organization, revision loops, feedback systems, project archiving. By month 3, the workflow should be documented well enough that a future team member could plug into it without a 4-week ramp.
Build and refine each channel's edit signature — pacing, B-roll usage, music/SFX choices, lower-thirds, transitions. Roland and Ryan have distinct voices and audiences. Your job is to make each channel feel unmistakably like itself.
Manage project files, asset libraries, and version control in Frame.io and Premiere — projects organized, archives clean, revisions clearly tracked so nothing gets lost or duplicated.
Direct your own creative decisions on cuts, pacing, and structure — bring the Senior Content Strategist a draft that's ready to evaluate, not a rough assembly that requires rebuilding.
Iterate fast on revision feedback — target is ≤2 revision rounds per video. You take notes well, ask the right clarifying questions before opening the project, and ship the next version quickly.
Watch the analytics on your own work — pull YouTube Studio retention curves on every published video and adjust future edits based on where audiences are dropping off.
What Success Looks Like
Videos ship on cadence across both channels, week after week, without the Senior Content Strategist having to ask "where are we" the day before publish.
Both Roland's and Ryan's channels have recognizable, distinct edit signatures — visibly improving quarter over quarter.
The in-house edit workflow is documented, organized, and durable — onboarding a junior editor or motion designer down the road would take no more than 2 weeks.
Revision rounds stay at 2 or fewer per video because your first draft already accounts for each channel's voice and the strategist's priorities.
Project files are clean, archived, and findable months later — no panic searches for a missing B-roll clip.
You proactively flag what's not working in the raw footage before spending hours editing around a problem.
KPIs / Success Metrics
Primary KPIs (Core Success Metrics)
On-Time Publish Rate: % of videos delivered publish-ready by the agreed-upon date (target: 95%+).
Output Volume: 6-8 finished long-form videos per month across both…