Video editing proposal template

Prepared for [Client Company] by [Your Name], [Date].

Thank you for considering me to edit for [Client Company / channel name]. This proposal covers how your footage becomes finished videos on a reliable schedule: what you send, what comes back, and exactly how fast, because consistency is what grows a channel.

You publish [describe: weekly YouTube videos, a podcast with clips, course content] and editing is [describe: eating your production time, inconsistent, the bottleneck between you and a regular schedule].

Success means handing off raw footage and getting back publish-ready videos in a consistent style, on a schedule you can promise your audience.

1. Phase 1, Style lock. We define the edit style from your best-performing videos and references: pacing, captions, music, b-roll density, and an intro/outro treatment, written down as a style sheet.
2. Phase 2, Handoff system. You upload footage to a shared [Drive / Dropbox / Frame.io] folder with a short brief. A clean handoff is what makes the turnaround below realistic.
3. Phase 3, Edit and review. I deliver a review cut within the agreed turnaround. You leave timestamped comments, and I return the revised cut within [2] business days.
4. Phase 4, Delivery. Final exports arrive in every agreed format, with thumbnails and cutdowns where included, named and organized for direct upload.

• [Number] edited videos per month at up to [length] minutes each
• Captions, music, sound leveling, and color correction on every video
• [Number] vertical cutdowns (Shorts / Reels / TikTok) per video
• [Optional] a designed thumbnail per video
• A written style sheet so every video looks like your channel
• Review cut within [3] business days of receiving footage; revisions back within [2]

• Filming and footage capture (this is post-production only)
• Motion graphics beyond titles, captions, and simple animations
• Fixing fundamentally unusable footage (I will flag problems and suggest reshoots rather than bill hours fighting them)

Prices are placeholders. Set your own before sending.

• A written style sheet means video ten looks like video one, even when we move fast
• Turnaround times are in the agreement, not a vibe, so you can promise your audience a schedule
• I flag footage problems early instead of billing hours trying to rescue them

This proposal is valid for [30] days. A deposit of [amount or %] is due to begin, with the balance due [on delivery / per the schedule]. Work outside the scope above is quoted separately before it starts.

You own the finished videos on payment. You confirm you have rights to all footage, music, and clips you send me; music I add is licensed for your channels. Project files are archived for [60] days after delivery. Turnaround clocks start when complete footage and the brief arrive.

To move forward, approve this proposal in writing and I will send the agreement and the deposit invoice. We can begin as soon as the deposit is received.

Accepted by: ______________________________ Date: ____________