Editors need the context

Ken Greeff·Guide

One of our editors saw an ad I'd recorded, found a script from something else in Clipflow and combined them. Within an hour, I had another version to publish.

Editors need the context

One of our editors saw an ad I'd recorded, found a script from something else in Clipflow and combined them. Within an hour, I had another version to publish.

I put it on Instagram trials, and it became my best-performing reel out of the previous ten. That's one result from our own work, but the way it happened is what interested me.

The editor didn't need me to come up with another idea, write another brief and record another video. He could see material we already had and make a useful connection between it.

That's the sort of contribution I want from a content team. The founder records something once, and the people around the work can find ways to use it beyond the first edit.

It depends on them having access to the context. If the other script is hidden in a private document, or nobody knows the ad exists, that opportunity is much harder to find. You need the pieces close enough that someone can see what might work together.

The result also gave us something to test quickly. Instead of sitting with the original version and debating how to improve it, we had another piece in front of an audience.

I like this example because it shows the team doing more than following a queue. Someone saw a possibility and made it. That adds value without asking the founder for another recording session.

When organising content work, think about what your editors can discover as well as what you assign them. An older script and a new recording might be enough for the next experiment.

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