This week on The Creator Spotlight Podcast, we’re joined by Rachel Kisela — a six-figure YouTube editor who has worked with top creators including MrBeast. Rachel recently founded EditHers, a community for women in editing. In this episode Rachel shares her philosophy on editing, how she built her business, what she learnt editing for Mr Beast, and how to make over $100k as a video editor.

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Rachel Kisela

Website: https://www.rachelkisela.com

EditHers: https://www.rachelkisela.com/edit-hers

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkisela/

Twitter/X: https://x.com/rachelkisela

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Francis

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francis-zierer/

Twitter/X: https://x.com/FZierer

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Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Rachel Kisela

01:25 The core philosophies of video editing

06:05 The process of editing a YouTube video

09:45 How to make six-figures as a YouTube editor

17:47 Leaving Mr Beast

20:42 The real responsibility of an editor

23:43 Building a much needed community

32:46 The unknown challenges of video editing

35:40 Getting paid as a video editor

39:35 What journalism school doesn’t teach you

46:07 The relationship between editor and creator

52:51 What Rachel learnt working for Mr Beast

56:47 Future dreams for EditHers

01:00:15 Where to find video editors

01:02:42 How much do video editors get paid?

01:05:17 Rachel’s favorite video