Editor test
Show us what
you're made of.
We'd rather see you work than read a CV. Here's real footage from a real client, Rhine Hall, and no template to follow. Make something great with it. It should take an experienced editor a couple of hours.
Project assets
Raw Rhine Hall footage, audio and graphics. Everything you need is in here.
The brief
Cut a short vertical video that would make someone book the venue.
Get to know Rhine Hall
Rhine Hall is an event venue in Kokomo — weddings, receptions, corporate events, parties. The people watching this are planning something and deciding where to hold it. Everything you cut should serve that.
Dig through the footage
The Drive folder has the raw footage, audio and graphics. Watch all of it before you start. The shot that makes your video is often not the obvious one.
Open with a hook that stops the scroll
You have about a second and a half. The first frame and the first line of text have to earn the next five seconds — no slow fades, no logo intro, no build-up. Lead with your strongest shot or your boldest claim.
Caption the whole thing
Captions are required, not optional. Most people watch on mute. They should be readable on a phone held at arm's length, timed tightly to the audio, and placed so nothing important gets covered by the platform UI.
Close with a call to action that lands
Tell them exactly what to do next and make it feel easy. A CTA that's an afterthought wastes everything before it — give it real screen time and make it unmissable.
Export settings
Deliver exactly to this. Getting the export wrong is the most common way people fail this test.
Codec
H.265 / HEVC
Resolution
1080 × 1920
Orientation
Vertical (9:16)
Frame rate
Match the source
Audio
Stereo, -14 LUFS
Container
.mp4 or .mov
What we're judging
No surprises — this is the whole list. The hook, the captions and the CTA carry the most weight.
- Does the hook actually stop you in the first 1–2 seconds
- Caption readability, timing, and placement clear of platform UI
- Whether the CTA is unmissable and genuinely makes you want to act
- Pacing — does it hold attention the whole way through
- Shot selection: did you find the good footage, and cut the rest
- Audio balance, and whether music supports rather than fights the edit
- Colour and exposure consistency across shots
- Export delivered to the spec above
A few practical things
- Use whatever software you like — Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, anything.
- This is unpaid test work. We won't publish it or use it commercially without paying you for it.
- Length is up to you — most things like this land between 20 and 45 seconds.
- Stuck on an asset or unsure about something? Email us rather than guessing.
- No deadline, but tell us roughly how long it took — that's useful context, not a score.
Send it over
Two steps: put the file in our Drive folder, then let us know it's there.
Step 1 — drop your export in here
Name the file with your own name, e.g. jordan-lee.mp4
Step 2 — tell us it's there
Fill this in so we know whose video is whose.
Prefer your own Dropbox, WeTransfer or Frame.io link? Paste it here instead — just make sure anyone can open it without requesting access.
Name, email, and the file name or link.