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Apply Now: Become a Video Editor at News Anek

  • Writer: Kumar Ujjwal
    Kumar Ujjwal
  • Jun 29
  • 3 min read

Do you love crafting compelling stories through videos? Can you sync visuals with impactful music and voiceovers to keep viewers hooked?

Then this is your chance to join News Anek’s fast-growing editorial team as a freelance video editor—and work on viral news explainers, social commentary, and fact-based stories viewed by lakhs across India.

📌 How to Apply

Please make sure you read this blog post fully before applying. It contains our editorial guidelines, payment structure, and expectations from every editor.


✨ What Kind of Editors We’re Looking For

We welcome:

  • 🎥 Experienced YouTube Editors (who’ve worked with creators or brands)

  • 📱 Reels & Shorts Editors (Instagram/YouTube Shorts, dynamic style)

  • 🎓 Beginner Editors (with a good learning attitude)

Your job will involve:

  • Editing teleprompter-style videos, voiceover explainers, street interviews, or AI-powered visuals

  • Using AI tools, sound design, motion graphics, and fast-paced storytelling

  • Following our brand tone — clean, modern, and attention-grabbing


🔧 Technical Expectations


✅ Minimum Tools Required:

  • Adobe Premiere Pro / Final Cut Pro / Davinci Resolve / CapCut Pro (Desktop)

  • Voiceover & video file syncing skills

  • Subtitle design & animation (dynamic)

  • Basic understanding of stock footage, AI B-rolls, and YouTube visual pacing


🔍 Preferred Bonus Skills:

  • AI tools for B-rolls (Runway, Pika, Sora, Midjourney)

  • After Effects / Motion Design

  • News editing experience or fact explainer work


🎞️ Video Editing Guidelines


Your videos must include:

  • Dynamic subtitles (large, readable, with key words in highlight colors)

  • Smooth transitions (jump cuts, zooms, punch-ins)

  • Engaging visuals or AI B-rolls matching the script line-by-line

  • Background music that matches the tone and volume of the voiceover

  • Clean, crisp formatting (avoid long fades, TikTok watermarks, low-res assets)

Videos with plagiarism, AI-only dumps, or missed deadlines will be rejected.



💸 2. Payment Structure


📌 For Long-Form Editors (YouTube 20–30 Mins)

  • ₹700 – ₹1000 per approved video

  • Final payout depends on:

    • Quality of editing

    • Creativity & pacing

    • AI B-roll integration

    • Subtitle animation

    • Music & transitions

  • Editors consistently delivering top-quality content will receive higher pay.




📌 For Reels / Short-Form Editors (30s–90s)

  • ₹100 – ₹200 per approved reel

  • Based on:

    • Retention quality

    • Hook effectiveness

    • Brand alignment


⏳ 3. Payment Schedule

Time Period

Payment Mode

First Week

Per project – within 48 hours post-approval

Week 2–4

Weekly batch – Every Sunday/Monday

After 1 Month

Monthly cycle – 1st week of the month


📲 4. Payment Mode

We pay using:

  • UPI (preferred)

  • Bank Transfer

  • GPay / PhonePe / Paytm(you'll be asked to provide details during onboarding)


📝 5. Important Notes

  • All video content created becomes the intellectual property of News Anek

  • Unprofessional behavior, missed deadlines, or plagiarized/AI-only edits will result in termination without payment

  • We may offer bonus payouts for high-performing or viral content (30K+ views or more)

  • Editors will be added to our Notion dashboard for task assignment, feedback, and project pipeline


💼 What Happens After You Apply?


  1. Submit the form with all requested details.

  2. Our team will contact shortlisted editors within 5–7 days.

  3. You may receive a sample script + VO + asset pack to create a trial video.

  4. Once approved, you’ll be added to our editorial system for regular paid work.


📩 Still Have Questions?

Email us at editor@newsanek.com or DM us on Instagram @newsanek.We're building a team that loves content, respects facts, and edits with impact.

✂️ Ready to Edit for Bharat?

Let’s make content that doesn’t just go viral—it adds value.

 
 
 

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