Hire a dedicated offshore video editor
A dedicated offshore video editor costs £1,500–£2,100 per month all-inclusive through Aspire Offshore — against £3,288–£4,888 per month fully loaded for an equivalent UK hire.
One person. Your business only.
Video is the format every platform now rewards — and the production bottleneck every team hits. Raw footage piles up, editors charge by the project, and the content calendar slips. A dedicated editor turns footage into output on a daily rhythm.
Your editor cuts in Premiere Pro and After Effects — reels, shorts, ad creatives, testimonials, campaign videos — to your brand style and pacing, with captions, motion graphics and platform-native formats handled as standard.
What your video editor can take care of
- Short-form edits — Reels, TikTok, Shorts
- Paid ad video variants and hooks
- Captioning and subtitling
- Motion graphics and titles
- Testimonial and case study videos
- Podcast and webinar repurposing
- Colour, sound and pacing polish
- Platform-specific exporting and versioning
Video Editor pricing & savings
All-inclusive monthly fees — salary, workstation, HR, recruitment and UK account management. No employer NI, no pension, no hidden costs.
| Level | UK cost / month* | Aspire fee / month | You save / year | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level · 4–7 yrs | £3,288 | £1,500 | £21,451 | 54% (61% London) |
| Senior · 8+ yrs | £4,138 | £2,100 | £24,451 | 49% (57% London) |
*UK national benchmark: salary + employer NI + pension. Excludes bonuses, recruitment fees and overheads. London benchmarks save more — check any combination in the calculator.
The case in one paragraph
Short-form wins on iteration: ten variants of a hook beat one polished hero video. Full-time editing capacity is the only economical way to produce at that tempo — freelance day rates make it impossible.
How it works
- Define — we scope the role to your exact needs in a discovery call
- Interview — you meet shortlisted candidates and approve your hire
- Go live — onboarded in your systems within ~4 weeks, with a replacement guarantee behind every placement
Video Editor FAQs
How much does an offshore video editor cost?
£1,500 per month at Mid-level and £2,100 at Senior — all-inclusive, full-time. UK equivalents run £3,288–£4,888 per month fully loaded; freelance editors typically charge £200–£400 per day.
What software do they edit in?
Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects as standard, with DaVinci Resolve and CapCut covered where your workflow uses them. Show us your pipeline in discovery and we shortlist to it.
How do we get footage to them?
Shared drives or your asset platform — Google Drive, Dropbox and Frame.io are the usual stack, with Frame.io-style review loops keeping feedback fast on UK hours.
How many videos per month?
Volume depends on length and complexity, but a full-time editor typically delivers 30–60 short-form pieces or a steady mix of short and long-form monthly — set expectations in the role definition and tune them in the first month.
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