Your Best Creative Mind Spent Last Week on Revision Rounds and Export Settings.
White-label video editing for agencies. $25/hr. Production capacity on demand.
You didn't hire a creative director to resize videos for TikTok. But that's where their time goes. The pitches, the concepts, the thinking that wins new business is all on hold. Because the production work that keeps current clients happy never stops coming in.
SpecialistHQ gives you trained, white-label video editors. They handle the production: long-form, ads, short-form, motion graphics, thumbnails. Your creative team goes back to doing creative work.
No long-term contract. Start with 20 hours. Walk away anytime.
- Agencies Only
- White-Label
- Multi-Format
- US/EU Hours
- NDAs Standard
Where Your Creative Talent Gets Wasted
The Reality Right Now:
- Your creative director spent three days last week on revision rounds. Those were days they didn't spend on pitches or new concepts.
- Your senior editor is cutting ad variations instead of developing the visual style for your biggest client.
- You turned down a video retainer last month. You had the creative vision to win it, but no production capacity to deliver.
- Clients want content across five platforms. Your creative team is doing the resizing, reformatting, and captioning themselves.
- Hiring a full-time editor costs $50K+ a year. If a client leaves, you're still paying that salary whether there's work or not.
What Changes with a Video Editing Bench:
- Your creative director is back on concepts and pitches. Production gets handled at $25/hr.
- Ad variations go out same-day. Your senior editor focuses on the work that wins new business.
- You take on the video retainer because you have production capacity without adding payroll.
- Your creative people do creative work. Your production bench does production work.
For Agencies That Produce Video Content at Scale
Social media agencies. Ad shops running video. Content teams making YouTube and podcast episodes. If your creative talent is stuck doing production work, this is for you. We don't work with brands or freelancers directly.
What Your Video Editors Handle
Long-Form Editing
Full edits for YouTube, podcasts, webinars, training, and client presentations. We cut, pace, color, and polish.
Direct Response Ads
Cuts built to convert: Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn ads. Hook swaps, pacing tests, CTA overlays.
Short-Form Clips
We pull the best parts from longer content for Reels, Shorts, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Cropped, captioned, ready to post.
Video Repurposing
One video becomes five: horizontal to vertical, long to short, full episode to clip set, ad creative to organic post.
Motion Graphics & Animation
Lower thirds, logo reveals, text animations, graphic overlays, and branded transitions that make the final product look sharp.
Captioning & Subtitles
Social captions, burned-in subtitles, SRT/VTT files, and accessible captioning for clients who need it.
Thumbnail Design
YouTube thumbnails that get clicks, video cover images for social, and A/B test versions to see what works best.
Ad Variations & Creative Testing
We make many versions from one master edit. Different hooks, CTAs, sizes, and pacing. So you can test what converts.
How Your Video Editing Team Gets Assigned
Tell Us About Your Video Workload
What do you make? How many clients? How fast do things need to turn around? We use this to assign the right editing team to your agency. Most teams are working within days.
Align on Style and Process
One call to go over your brand guide, past edits, file sharing, and approval steps. We learn how your agency works so edits come back looking like your team made them.
Meet Your Fulfillment Manager
Your fulfillment manager plugs into your PM tool, chat, or email. Send them video tasks and they build the brief and get your editors started. You never change your workflow for us.
Test Drive 20 Hours of Editing, No Contract
Prepay one 20-hour block ($500) to begin. Use it on whatever's most urgent: a YouTube edit, an ad batch, a podcast episode. If we're not the right fit, walk away with no strings attached.
Why Agencies Trust Us with Their Video Production
Edits That Match Your Brand
Our editors study your past work, style guides, and example cuts. They learn your pacing, your transitions, your look. Clients can't tell the difference.
Tested on Real Client Formats
Every editor is tested on the formats they'll work on: long-form pacing, ad hooks, short-form energy, motion graphics timing. No one who just dabbles.
QA Before It Reaches You
Audio, color, captions, export settings, all checked before your creative director sees it. You review polished work, not rough cuts.
Try It with Zero Risk
20 hours, no long-term contract. Your team has 2+ editors and built-in QA from day one. If the work doesn't meet your standard, you're out $500 and a few emails. That's it.
No long-term contract. Start with 20 hours. Walk away anytime.
Your Video Editing Workforce
Every role your video team needs. Trained, portfolio-checked, and working under your brand from day one.
- Video Editor
- Ad Creative Specialist
- Short-Form Specialist
- Motion Graphics Designer
- Captioning Specialist
- Thumbnail Designer
- Video Repurposing Specialist
- Creative Testing Specialist
What Changes When Production Stops Eating Your Creative Time
Your creative director pitches and wins new business again
Videos ship on deadline without your senior people touching timelines
You add video clients without adding to payroll
Production quality stays consistent across every account
No long-term contract. Start with 20 hours. Walk away anytime.
Video Editing Pricing
Same rate for long-form, ads, short-form, and motion graphics. No per-project quotes. Scale up or down each week.
Hourly Rate (Overseas)
Monthly (approx. @170 hrs): $4,250
No long-term contract. Start with 20 hours. Walk away anytime.
Test drive: Prepay 20 hours ($500) and put us on your toughest edit. No long-term contract locks you in.
After that: Weekly billing for hours worked. You get a review window before charges finalize. See our pricing page for the full breakdown.
Scale freely: Light week? Heavy week? Both fine. Zero per-week minimums once your first block is used.
Covers: Long-form edits, ad cuts, short-form clips, motion graphics, thumbnails, captioning, repurposing, and creative testing batches.
Does not cover: Creative strategy, scriptwriting, voiceover, or software licenses (Premiere, After Effects, etc.).
Your team: 2+ editors, a fulfillment manager, and a team leader. Only editor work and QA time are billable.
Hourly Rate (USA)
Monthly (approx. @170 hrs): $13,600
No long-term contract. Start with 20 hours. Walk away anytime.
Test drive: Prepay 20 hours ($1,600) and put us on your toughest edit. No long-term contract locks you in.
After that: Weekly billing for hours worked. You get a review window before charges finalize. See our pricing page for the full breakdown.
Scale freely: Light week? Heavy week? Both fine. Zero per-week minimums once your first block is used.
Covers: Long-form edits, ad cuts, short-form clips, motion graphics, thumbnails, captioning, repurposing, and creative testing batches.
Does not cover: Creative strategy, scriptwriting, voiceover, or software licenses (Premiere, After Effects, etc.).
Your team: 2+ editors, a fulfillment manager, and a team leader. Only editor work and QA time are billable.
Video Delivery Standards
Short-Form Turnaround
Social clips and ad cuts done within 1 business day after we get the brief and files.
Long-Form Turnaround
Full YouTube and podcast edits done within 2–3 business days. Bigger projects are scoped one by one.
Internal QA
Audio, color, captions, export settings, and platform rules, all checked before your team sees the cut.
Your Team Stays in the Driver's Seat
No video goes to your client without your agency's written OK. You always have the final say on every cut.
Ready to Get Your Creative Team Back to Creative Work?
If your best creative people are stuck doing production, we should talk.
Tell Us Where Your Creative Time Goes
What does your team produce? How many clients? Where are your senior people getting pulled into editing and production? We'll get back to you within 1 business day.
No long-term contract. Start with 20 hours. Walk away anytime.
Questions?
Email us at hello@specialisthq.com or check our video editing FAQ below.
Video Editors Wanted
If you can cut a clean timeline, match a brand's style from reference footage, and hit deadlines without being chased, we want you. Apply at Specialist.PH.
Video Editing Questions
Revisions are part of the hourly rate, no extra fees. You get two rounds of changes before final sign-off. Each brief should say what can be revised and who gives the final OK.
That's the first thing we work on. During setup, we study your past edits, brand guidelines, and style preferences. We build a style sheet for each client so every editor delivers work that looks the same from day one.
No. We're the editing team behind your agency. Your creative directors own the vision. Your PMs own the client relationship. Our editors do the cutting, polishing, and delivery. Your clients never talk to us or know we exist.
Whatever your clients and platforms need. MP4, MOV, ProRes, H.264/H.265, any crop or aspect ratio, and platform-ready exports for YouTube, Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn. We deliver to your exact specs.
Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Frame.io, Adobe Media Encoder, and Figma for thumbnails. If your agency uses something else, we'll talk about it during setup.
Yes. We work with Frame.io, Google Drive, Dropbox, and whatever file system your agency uses. During setup, we pick the best way to move files back and forth so nothing slows you down.
We edit. We don't shoot. But if your agency films the raw content and needs it cut, polished, and sent to clients, that's what we do. Questions about billing or contracts? See our homepage FAQ.
Every Hour Your Creative Director Spends Editing Is an Hour They're Not Winning New Business
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