Video Editor

Volunteer Short-Form Video Editor

Organization: Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC)

Position Type: Volunteer

Position Summary:

The Volunteer Short-Form Video Editor creates engaging short-form videos (30–90 seconds) for platforms such as Instagram Reels, TikTok, Stories, and YouTube Shorts. This role helps transform campaign footage, interviews, and educational content into compelling videos that inform, inspire, and motivate people to take action.

Responsibilities:

• Edit short-form video content from campaign footage, interviews, and user-generated clips
• Add music, subtitles, logos, transitions, and visual effects to enhance storytelling
• Format videos for different platforms and follow current social media trends
• Collaborate with content creators and storytellers to match tone, message, and purpose
• Help build and organize a library of short-form video content for future campaigns

Ideal Skills:

• Experience with editing tools such as CapCut, InShot, Premiere Rush, iMovie, or similar programs
• Comfortable editing vertical video for Instagram, TikTok, and other social platforms
• Ability to capture viewer attention within the first few seconds
• Awareness of trending audio, hashtags, and social media hooks

About IWOC:

The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee is a project of the Industrial Workers of the World that organizes incarcerated workers and advocates for dignity, fair treatment, and an end to prison labor exploitation.