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Starting at $11.75/hr.
Staffify places full-time, vetted video editors with growing teams. Locked schedule, real portfolio, five gates of screening. Meet one of ours below, then book a 15-minute call to start your own.
Recorded by Julius during his Staffify application. Unedited.
Julius
General Trias, Philippines
- Experience5+ years
- SpecialtiesReal Estate · YouTube
- SoftwareAdobe Premiere Pro · After Effects · Photoshop
- ScheduleMon to Fri, 9am to 5pm PHT (40 hrs / week)
- WorkstationIntel Core i5 / NVIDIA GPU / 32 GB RAM / 2 TB SSD
- Internet319 down / 300 up Mbps
Julius's Staffify trial cut.
Every editor we present has to clear a real, paid trial edit on real footage. Here's the cut Julius turned in, tracked at 6 hours of edit time on Premiere Pro + After Effects. You are watching exactly what we watched before deciding he was ready to present to clients.
For this trial project, I combined speed ramps using both After Effects and Premiere Pro, along with multiple AI-powered transitions to create a stronger story flow. Projects that involve heavy AI effects, tracking, and smooth butter-like long speed ramps usually take up to two full working days, depending on the complexity of the shots. Most of these advanced speed ramps are created in After Effects, which is why they require significantly more time compared to standard editing. I also implemented Premiere Pro speed ramps in the night-time sequences. The difference is quite noticeable, and these types of speed ramps can typically be done within a few minutes, making them a faster alternative when appropriate. Overall, this project showcases two editing approaches that highlight different levels of production quality and creative enhancement.Reference brief he was matching →
Pulled straight from his portfolio.
Cheaper than US in-house. More reliable than overseas freelance.
What most placements land at. Starting at $11.75/hr. Range moves with hours per week and specialty stack. All in, billed bi-weekly, lifetime replacement.
Salary plus payroll taxes, benefits, equipment, recruiting cost. Reliable, predictable, and roughly 3 to 4 times what a Staffify placement runs.
Hourly rate can look cheap, but you eat the hidden cost. Ghosting, late drafts, inconsistent quality, no replacement if they vanish. And you're usually trusting someone you've only ever traded emails with, no intro video, no interview, no real signal on who you handed your footage to.
Cash back to your P&L vs hiring in-house. Plus the consistency, accountability, and lifetime replacement that overseas freelance can't promise. And you watch the intro video and do an interview before any commitment, so you're never trusting your footage to someone you've only emailed.
Range reflects real placement spend across our roster. Starting rate is $11.75/hr; specialty stacks (heavy After Effects, 3D, motion graphics) quote up. Numbers rounded to the nearest thousand. We never raise an existing client's rate without a written conversation first.
Four gates. Most applicants don't clear them.
Every intro video is transcribed and scored on clarity, fluency, accent, audio, and energy. Below threshold, they never see your inbox.
A short, role-specific test cut. We pay for it. You see the deliverable before we ever send them your way.
A human looks at every passing submission. Background, reliability signals, work history coherence, response speed.
We don't shotgun candidates at you. Every shortlist is two or three names, hand-curated to your brief and software stack.
Three steps. Editor starts inside a week.
- Step 01Book a call
15 minutes. We get the brief: what you edit, who watches it, what hours you need, what software you use.
- Step 02See your shortlist
Two or three editors that fit, with portfolios and a short paid test cut tied to your real footage.
- Step 03Pick, then start
Pick the one you want. Onboarding session with our team. They start inside the week. Paid weekly. Replace anytime, free.
If it doesn't work out, for any reason and at any point, we restaff at no extra cost. Bad fit costs us, not you.
Predictable. No hourly creep, no surprise invoices. You see what you owe two weeks ahead.
No retainer to start, no monthly software charge, no recruiting fee on top. The hourly rate is the deal.
Start with your own editor.
15 minutes. Bring your footage style, your software, and your hours. We'll do the rest.