• It's become increasingly common for YouTubers to hire editors to help with their videos.

• Being a YouTube video editor can be lucrative and become a full-time job, with the right tricks.

• Here's how YouTube editors set their rates and how they land big-name clients.

As the creator economy grows, creators are hiring more talent to help with tasks such as shooting, production, and post-production.

Take MrBeast, who is the most followed YouTuber in the world with over 111 million subscribers. He has built a large operation in his hometown of Greenville, NC, and he often has work positions open on his website.

The jobs in the YouTube space range from "YouTube producer," to "thumbnail designer," or "video editor."

Video editors, in particular, are in charge of selecting, cutting, and arranging the footage of videos. While some YouTube creators, like MrBeast, have in-house teams of editors that are employed full time, other editors work as freelancers and run their own businesses.

How to become a YouTube video editor

Becoming an established editor often depends on building the right connections.

Taylor King, who has edited videos for YouTuber Alisha Marie, built her way into the job through networking and doing free work for creators to learn editing skills.

It may be enough to show drive and dedication and make the right connections online, even without meeting creators in person. King mainly used Instagram for that.

"I'm constantly DMing people and I don't think there is anything wrong with admitting that you are a fan of someone," she previously told Insider.

Read King's tips to network and build relationships in the YouTube industry

David Stack, who freelances for different creators, worked for a year for MrBeast after he contacted the creator's lead video editor via Twitter DMs.

Stack shared how he landed a job with MrBeast thanks to a Twitter DM

A similar thing happened to Ayden Naenna, who saw that a tweet from a creator who was looking for someone to edit a video for him. Naenna took up the opportunity, and quickly started earning good money at just 15.