Video Editor

About SARAL

SARAL - Influencer Relationship Management
(https://www.getsaral.com/)

SARAL is an influencer relationship management platform for Ecommerce businesses to find, reach out, manage, and track performance of the influencers they work with. We’re a self-funded company from India, selling primarily to US-based brands.

Find out more on our website, read the origin story.

Our mission is to be the simplest results-oriented influencer marketing platform DTC brands use for all-things that involve creators. SARAL exists so brands can seamlessly build & maintain relationships with creators.

You’d be a fit if…

- You're a master storyteller with a knack for both long-form narratives and captivating short-form content.
- You have a keen eye for detail and a proven ability to deliver polished videos with minimal revisions.
- You're a creative problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, consistently exceeding expectations.
- You're proficient in video editing software and possess a strong understanding of visual storytelling techniques.

Context about our situation

It’s important to know where we’re coming from and where you fit in.

SARAL was founded by Yash Chavan, who’s a non-technical solo-founder but he’s got proven experience in business and marketing, having scaled 4 SaaS companies from early-stages to $2-3M ARR each.

We have a talented team of young developers, but video editing hasn't been our strong suit. We need someone to step in and transform our video content!

We're looking for a skilled video editor who can **hit the ground running** and elevate our video content. You'll work closely with our passionate founder and talented team to create high-quality videos that resonate with our audience.

Looking for the following traits

- Good to work with: Others enjoy working with you because of your positive attitude and technical competence
-Collaboration: You collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, and executives to break down product requirements and maintain visibility on projects.
- Varied Experience: You have built large-scale systems, and are comfortable with most aspects of computation from bare metal to networks to fluency in multiple languages to distributed systems
- Team Building: You are adept at hiring, retaining, inspiring teams, and managing and driving execution across multiple teams
- Sprint Management: You can manage and drive sprints to deliver against our product roadmap.
- Lean teams: You believe that a smaller team of A-players is stronger than a larger team of B-players. We don’t want to build a 50-people engineering department. We need a small team of talented folks, with you at the helm.
- Excellence: You strive for excellence. Quality and excellence count in everything we do, and it shows
- Customer Obsession: You put customers first and recognize that we only succeed when they succeed. You care about how customers feel when they use our product, and not just about the technology.
- Hard Work: You are self-motivated, proactive and positive, with a dedicated work ethic. You don’t shy away from working 10 hours or more each day.

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll be responsible for creating high-quality video content that helps us achieve our marketing and communication goals. You'll work closely with various departments to understand our needs and translate them into engaging and informative videos.

- Collaborate with the marketing team to understand project requirements and video goals.
- Edit and assemble video footage to create compelling narratives and engaging visuals.
- Apply motion graphics, transitions, and other visual effects to enhance the storytelling.
- Ensure color correction, audio mixing, and overall video quality meet professional standards.
- Work closely with the team to adhere to project timelines and deadlines.
- Stay up-to-date on the latest video editing software and trends.

Compensation:

- Trial Period: During your initial 30-day trial period, you will be compensated on a per long-format-video basis, with a rate ranging from $30 to $40 per deliverable.
- Project-Based Compensation (After Trial Period): Following a successful trial period, we offer a competitive project-based compensation rate of up to $50 per deliverable.

Requirements

- Proficiency in video editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro).
- Experience creating motion long form and short-form, engaging video content for social media.
- Excellent storytelling and visual communication skills.
- A keen eye for detail and a passion for creating high-quality work.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work independently.

Bonus points for:

- Experience with YouTube SEO and best practices.
- Knowledge of social media trends and content strategy.
- A strong portfolio showcasing your editing skills.

Why work at SARAL

-No Unnecessary Meetings & Remote: No multiple sync meetings that drain everybody’s time. We just have one daily standup and communicate asynchronously. Most communication & collaboration done async over slack and notion.
-Self-Improvement: Fun allowances such as Gym, Books, Courses, etc. We prioritize our people’s growth as a company is nothing more than the people that come together to work on a shared mission.
- Mission: Our mission on a company level is to build a world-class software company from India and sell to the world. We want to be part of India’s product revolution and change the perception of Indian software from cheap and buggy, to reliable and world-class. Your role would be critical to this.
- Long-term wealth creation: We’re bootstrapped and profitable. We prioritize compensating our team for their long-term commitment instead of being one bet in a VC firm’s portfolio. You will get attractive ESOPs, and there isn’t a random layoff risk. We offer competitive pay and unique benefits.
- Opportunity for Impact: If you want to build clean, user-facing products and help scale a best-in-class software company to massive growth, this is your chance.
- SARAL from others’ lenses:

Don’t take our word for how awesome we are. You should check:

- Interviews with the founder, Yash Chavan:

[24 year old hits $30k MRR in 6 months with unique SaaS cold email scripts](https://youtu.be/0LofuwW9WZQ)

[Our Influencer Marketing SaaS Works With 13,000+ Influencers ($50K/Month) - Starter Story](https://www.starterstory.com/stories/saral)

[If You Want Nice Things, Start Your Own Business](https://bootstrappers.com/yash-chavan-saral-bootstrappers/)

[Influencer marketing platform SARAL reports FY23-24 revenue at $1.2 million](https://mediabrief.com/saral-hits-profitability/)


Our Core Values

Before joining a company, it’s important you know what we value and how we operate. We look for and nurture these values in every member on our team.

- **Customer Obsession:** We're focused on our customer's unmet needs, their anxieties, and frustrations when it comes to influencer marketing. We build products that help alleviate these. We go above and beyond for our customers during onboarding and support. When they win, we win.
- **Self-Agency:** We take ownership of problems. Customer makes a mistake? It's on us to fix. Someone on the team messes things up? It's upon us to pick things back up. Competitor launches smear campaign? We continue focusing on our game.
- **Bias for action:** We do things quick. Not end of week, today. We hotfix minor bugs for customers, even if they don't need them immediately. We take action on suggested improvements asap. We do not wait for approvals or meetings for easily reversible decisions. We take action.
- **Systems Thinking:** Fix the system, not the problem. We break problems down to first principles and figure out ways to make an order of magnitude better solution to them. We ask: How can we make something 10x faster, 10x cheaper, or 10x more impactful to our customers? Then we do that.

If you resonate with these, then we must talk!

How to apply

Our Hiring Process

We're excited to see your application! Here's a quick overview of what to expect:

1. Application: Submit your resume and portfolio highlighting your video editing experience and passion for creating engaging content: https://airtable.com/appZG6kpw16AUlFEe/shrT3k2cTFxzqH6wR
2. Portfolio Review: We'll review your portfolio to get a sense of your editing style and skills.
3. Test Project: We will invite you to complete a short test project to assess your technical skills and ability to follow our creative vision.
4. Interview: If your application and portfolio impress us, we'll schedule a video interview to chat about your experience and discuss your approach to video editing.
5. Trial Period: For successful candidates, we offer a 30-day paid trial period where you'll collaborate with our team on real projects. This allows us to assess your fit within our workflow and provides you with a chance to showcase your skills in a practical setting.
6.*Welcome to the Team! Following a successful trial period, we'll extend an offer to join our team at a competitive project-based rate.