Avid editor vs editor, freelance

The differences between avid editors and editors, freelance can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an avid editor and an editor, freelance. Additionally, an avid editor has an average salary of $77,339, which is higher than the $67,947 average annual salary of an editor, freelance.

The top three skills for an avid editor include corporate videos, media management and avid media composer. The most important skills for an editor, freelance are music videos, web content, and fiction.

Avid editor vs editor, freelance overview

	Avid Editor	Editor, Freelance
Yearly salary	$77,339	$67,947
Hourly rate	$37.18	$32.67
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	4,477	8,608
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Avid editor vs editor, freelance salary

Avid editors and editors, freelance have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Avid Editor	Editor, Freelance
Average salary	$77,339	$67,947
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $149,000	Between $45,000 And $102,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between avid editor and editor, freelance education

There are a few differences between an avid editor and an editor, freelance in terms of educational background:

	Avid Editor	Editor, Freelance
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Photography	English
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Avid editor vs editor, freelance demographics

Here are the differences between avid editors' and editors, freelance' demographics:

	Avid Editor	Editor, Freelance
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 41.3% Female, 58.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 7.0% White, 76.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 7.1% White, 76.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between avid editor and editor, freelance duties and responsibilities

Avid editor example responsibilities.

Manage and resolve editorial disagreements across relevant departmental staff to join up an organizational narrative on each output.
Edit both HD and SD formats.
Create Emmy award-winning , 4-minute character dream sequence.
Produce 20+ 10-second, promotional clips for Emmy nominations.
Direct VO talent (Maury Povich) and supervisor of final online sessions.
General assignment and ENG photographer/editor, working with reporters and producers to produce stories for broadcast.

Editor, freelance example responsibilities.

Manage social media pages such as Facebook and Pinterest to promote.
Communicate with transportation managers, administrators, equipment operators and others for fulfillment of copy to achieve editorial goals.
Review promotional materials to ensure that legal and FDA requirements are meet.
Perform editing services for manuscripts submit for publication; editing fiction and non-fiction submissions.
Create video compression settings for YouTube upload.
Proofread PDF shoe catalog and compare against source spreadsheet.

Avid editor vs editor, freelance skills

Common avid editor skills

Corporate Videos, 26%
Media Management, 10%
Avid Media Composer, 9%
Interplay, 7%
Comedy, 5%
Adobe Photoshop, 5%

Common editor, freelance skills

Music Videos, 14%
Web Content, 9%
Fiction, 6%
Track Changes, 5%
Promotional Videos, 4%
Adobe Photoshop, 4%

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