Finding video editing jobs can be very difficult for a person who is a newbie in this field and does not have much experience with video editing or even if you have a lot of experience with video editing, it can get tough to find video editing projects so people come up with the question that how to find video editing jobs.
Scope of video editing
The video editing industry is growing rapidly and the scope of video editing is also increasing with it. Almost every field and industry requires different types f videos for their work, whether it is the fashion industry, sports industry, or any other type of industry. Digital marketing and advertising companies are entirely dependent on videos for their work and they require a large number of different videos on regular basis.
So, now you will be all clear about the potential video editing. The majority of the people ask that how much does a video editor earn or what is the monthly salary of a video editor.
Video editors can earn a decent amount of money and they can earn from a few bucks to $5k dollars or more per month. You can read the detailed article that I have written recently on the earning of a video editor after reading that article you will have answers to all of your questions regarding the earnings of a video editor.
How to find video editing jobs
Now, the next question that arises here is how to find video editing jobs or where you can find different video editing that you can win and earn money from them.
Now, there are two ways to find video editing clients, whether you can find online video editing jobs or you can also find offline video editing jobs. I am going to discuss both of these ones in detail.
Online video editing jobs
When it comes to finding different video editing jobs online it can get a little bit difficult for you but once you settle and establish yourself, things will become easy for you.
There are different platforms where you can find video editing projects. Most of these are freelancing platforms but it also includes some other places. Let’s discuss the now.
Upwork
Upwork is the leading freelance platform in the market where hundreds and thousands of jobs are posted each day. Especially, when we talk about the video editing niche, then hundreds of video production and video editing jobs are posted each day.
Types of video editing Jobs on Upwork
There exists a lot of variety in video editing projects which are posted on Upwork. Following are some of the major types of projects.
- Social media videos
- Video ads
- YouTube video editing
- Trailer
- Promo videos
- Dropshipping videos
- Facebook video ads
- E-commerce
How to apply
To apply to those projects you will have to create your Upwork profile first and then you can apply to these jobs with your proposal.
Fiverr
Fiverr is also a very popular freelance marketplace. Like Upwork, you can also get many video editing projects here also. It is different from Upwork in the way that instead of bidding on different projects you have to make your own Gig(a video editing project) and clients will contact you if they are interested in your work.
Types of videos:-
On Fiverr, you can get these types of video editing projects:-
- Video ads
- Intro Videos
- youtube video editing
- Vlogs editing
- Cooperate videos
- E-Commerce videos
Facebook Groups
You may get a little bit amazed but you can get different video editing projects from Facebook groups as well. On Facebook there are many large groups that are related to the video editing and freelancing, many people post different types of jobs in these groups on a daily basis.
You can search for different freelancing and video production or video editing groups on Facebook and join them.
LinkedIn is a very popular platform most of you people will be familiar with it. On LinkedIn, many video editing and video production jobs are posted each day.
Most of the video editing jobs that are posted on LinkedIn are office-based jobs. You can join LinkedIn and search for video editing jobs near your area or in your city, It will filter out different video editing jobs based on your location.
You can apply to them as per the method mentioned in the job description with your CV/Resume and proposal.
People per hour
People per hour is also a freelance market place and it is very similar to Upwork. Like Upwork, you can find different video editing jobs here and the variety in the projects are the same as I discussed earlier for Upwork.
The method of applying to different jobs is also some as I discussed for Upwork.
Different jobs websites
There are many different jobs websites that exist on the internet where video editing jobs are posted and almost all jobs are office-based.
You can visit these sites regularly and apply for different types of jobs according to your skills and interest. The major method of applying for applying to these jobs will be sending your CV/Resume and proposal to the email address mentioned in the job description.
I am going to list some major and popular job websites here:-
- Indeed.com
- Glassdoor.com
- Google for jobs
- Career builder
- Monster
- Flex jobs
Receive Payments
The majority of you people can face this problem that how to receive payments from different clients all over the world. I am going to discuss some popular and genuine ways of receiving payments from different clients:
Payoneer
Payoneer is one of the leading platforms to send and receive money. You can simply send a payment request in your client’s email using Payoneer and your client can pay via his/her debit card or credit card.
You can easily withdraw your funds from Payoneer to your local bank account.
Paypal
Paypal is a very popular platform in the world and you can use it to receive your funds.
Xoom
Xoom is a new service which is introduced by PayPal and you can also use it for receiving funds.