📱 Best Platforms
Upwork (course video editing jobs from coaches building their first or next course), Fiverr (online course editing gigs with buyers offering per-module or per-course pricing), Kajabi and Teachable Facebook groups (course creators ask for editor recommendations regularly).
📖 The Hustle
Coaches and consultants building their first online course record hours of talking-head video, screen recordings, and slide presentations but lack the editing skills to turn it into a polished course. You assemble raw recordings into clean modules, add slide overlays, trim mistakes, insert chapter markers, and export ready-to-upload files. Charge $500-1,500 per course or $50-100 per module.
🚀 First Step
Record a 5-minute 'how-to' video of yourself explaining anything, add slide overlays in DaVinci Resolve, and create a sample course module.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Add lower-third name/title graphics and chapter title cards between sections — these small touches make a course feel premium.
- Normalize audio levels across all modules so students don't have to adjust volume between lessons — it's the top complaint in course reviews.
- Offer a 'course trailer' upsell — a 60-second highlight reel they can use to market the course for an extra $100-200.
🛠 Tools & Resources: DaVinci Resolve, Canva, Descript, OBS Studio, HandBrake