South helps growing companies find, hire, and pay top Latin American talent. Build high-performing teams in 21 days or less.
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A Video Editor turns raw footage into finished video, cutting scenes, syncing audio, color grading, and adding motion graphics or visual effects. They work from a script or shot list, build rough cuts, take feedback from directors or marketing leads, and deliver final files for YouTube, paid ads, social, brand films, or product launches. The good ones combine technical chops in editing software with story instinct: knowing what to cut, how long a scene should breathe, and when a soundtrack carries the emotional weight.
Video editing is one of the highest-leverage creative hires for content-heavy teams, and U.S. rates have climbed fast. Expect an average U.S. salary of $5,500 per month compared with an average Latin American salary of $2,000 per month, creating potential savings of up to 64%. LatAm video talent often comes from agency or studio backgrounds with experience editing for U.S. brands, YouTubers, and SaaS marketing teams.
Yes, video editing is one of the most natural remote roles. South contracts the editor locally, handles compliance and payroll, and bills you monthly. Editors work in your Frame.io or Dropbox, join your weekly content review on Zoom, and post cuts in Slack. Time-zone alignment matters here: faster turnaround on revisions means more shipped videos per week.
Strong fundamentals in Premiere Pro or Final Cut, color grading in DaVinci Resolve, and motion graphics in After Effects. Beyond software, look for pacing instinct, audio mixing skill, and a portfolio that shows range: brand films, social cuts, podcast edits, ad creative. Ask them to recut a scene from a brief and explain their choices. The signal is taste, not button-mashing.
Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve as the primary NLE, After Effects for motion graphics and titles, Photoshop for thumbnails and stills, and audio tools like Adobe Audition or Pro Tools for sound work. For collaboration, Frame.io, Wipster, or Vimeo Review. Stock libraries (Artgrid, Storyblocks, Epidemic Sound) and a working knowledge of LUTs, codecs, and delivery specs round it out.
A Motion Graphics Designer focuses on animated graphics, lower thirds, kinetic typography, and visual effects built from scratch in After Effects or Cinema 4D. A Video Editor focuses on cutting and assembling footage into a finished story. They overlap (most editors do basic motion graphics, most motion designers can rough-cut), but for heavy animation work hire a motion designer. For content velocity, hire an editor.
South vets LatAm editors through portfolio reviews, paid edit tests with real footage, and structured interviews. You see a shortlist in seven to ten days, run your own interviews, and onboard inside two to three weeks. South handles the contract, monthly payments, and a replacement guarantee if the hire is not a fit. Schedule a free call here to get started!
The region has the perfect mix of everything you want in remote employees: English skills, shared time zones, hard-working, and depth of talent. They are already accustomed to working remotely for top US startups and Fortune 500 companies.
Absolutely! The US and Latin America have basically the same time zones. No Latin American city is more than two hours ahead of EST.
Every hire is sourced based on your exact needs. They will arrive ready to support your business right away. They can do basically any tasks done remotely, but we recommend starting them as support so your team has more bandwidth for high-value strategic tasks.
All types of roles - customer service, executive assistant, sales, accounting, email marketing, lead generation, content writers, operations, social media marketing, and more!
You can pay directly through us (most popular) or we can connect you with one of our payroll partners.
You don't have to deal with any American labor laws / taxes when hiring full-time remote contractors. They aren't US-based, so no visas or sponsorships to deal with either.
We recommend market pay which varies for each role. See our salary guide and success stories for some ideas.
Then, we have two different models:
Staffing (most popular) - We charge a small monthly fee for each employee's monthly salary to make the process hassle-free. The fee covers sourcing, recruiting, admin, payroll, compliance, ongoing support, and a free replacement if necessary at any point. There are no cancellation fees or minimum commitments. You only pay if you make a hire.
Headhunting - A one-time simple fee once we've found the perfect candidate. This comes with a 120-day replacement guarantee.
For both options, you only pay something if we find you someone great that you want to hire.
Yes, we only recruit for full-time and we strongly recommend full-time hiring if you can. Stability (full-time & long-term) is highly sought after abroad. The top caliber candidates are only looking for full-time work.
You're also going to spend time training and getting them up to speed on your processes. It would be a waste to do that over and over again with new people all the time.
We recommend training new hires on one thing at a time.
For example, once they get up to speed on lead generation, you can add the next role writing blog posts or whatever you'd like. You can definitely overlap roles until you have enough work for multiple people.
The cost of living is much less in Latin American countries. Many of our employees are able to own homes, raise families, provide for their parents, and have in-home help of their own with their salaries.
If you aren't happy with your hire in the first 120 days, we will work with you to conduct a second round of search for the same role for free.
Just email us at Hello@HireInSouth.com and we will get back to you with an answer as soon as possible.
