Video Editor — Real Estate Reels (Final Cut Pro, Remote)

Lighthouse Visuals is hiring a full-time editor. Remote, long-term, Philippines-based.

About us
We're a high-volume real estate video production company. Our editors deliver 30+ videos a day across the team for top-tier US agents. We're expanding because demand keeps outpacing capacity.

What you'll do
Turn raw footage from our shooters into the kind of edits clients ask for again and again. Format flexes by client need (vertical reels, horizontal cinematic cuts, teasers, walkthroughs, social shorts), but the bar stays the same. Every edit should feel intentional, well paced, and built to perform.

A typical edit includes:
- Organizing raw clips into clean folders (drones, wides, details, talking heads)
- Selecting music and timing your cuts to it
- Building flow with speed ramps, optical flow, boomerangs, and Ryan Nangle transitions
- Color grading with LUTs and custom color wheels
- Audio work through Adobe Podcasts, balancing dialog against music
- Motion blur where movement happens, not everywhere
- Tracking and lock-on stabilization for moving subjects

The style we're hiring for
We make engaging, fast-paced edits, but we are not the team that throws every effect on every clip. Restraint is why our work performs. If "every effect, every second" is your instinct, this isn't the role for you. If you understand that if everything is special, nothing is, we want to talk.

Hard requirements
- 1+ years professional video editing experience
- Final Cut Pro proficiency, or willingness to switch from Premiere or DaVinci
- Mac with M-series chip, 16GB RAM minimum (24GB+ preferred)
- Strong English, written and spoken
- Reliable high-speed internet
- 3+ hours/day overlap with US Eastern Time
- Portfolio with real estate, lifestyle, or fast-paced social work. Please don't apply with only wedding or long-form work

Highly preferred
Ryan Nangle transitions, Pixel Film Studios, Motion VFX, Adobe Podcasts,

, FCP Template Manager, custom LUTs

What we offer
- $800/month starting, $1,000/month after ramp-up (60 to 90 days)
- Clear growth path to senior editor at $1,500+/month
- Weekly Zoom training calls covering advanced techniques
- All software and plugin licenses provided
- Long-term, stable work. We're building a team, not running projects.

How to apply
Submit through our application form:

You'll need a portfolio link, one sample edit that shows speed ramping and flow, and a 60-second Loom of you walking through one of your edits explaining your editing choices. We care more about your thinking than your effects.

Applications without a portfolio link will not be reviewed. We respond within 5 business days.