DIY / AI tool
- What the customer manages
- You operate the tool
- How the edit is assigned
- Automated or template-driven
- Who reviews the finished work
- You review it
- Commitment
- App or subscription
Managed vertical editing marketplace
Your footage
deserves more
than a template.
Send us the clips already sitting on your phone. A vetted human specialist edits them into a finished 9:16 vertical ad — and AdRescue manages the whole process, from brief to quality review to delivery.
Fixed prices from $149. No subscription. No lead or performance guarantees.
9:16 only
One format, done properly
Private file storage
Access-controlled uploads
Vetted specialists
Human editors, screened
Managed quality review
Checked before delivery
Before / after
Same footage. Completely different ad.
Left is the raw clip as it came off the phone. Right is what a vetted editor sent back — reframed to 9:16, graded, captioned, and cut around one message.
BeforeRaw phone clip
Before
Clip coming shortly.
AfterAdRescue edit
After
Clip coming shortly.
Real customer footage, edited by an AdRescue specialist.
The creative gap
Most local ads fail long before
anyone sees the budget.
The footage is usually fine. What is missing is the twenty small decisions between raw clips and something a stranger will watch to the end.
Template output
Auto-editors cut to the beat and call it a day. Every business in your postcode ends up with the same video.
No point of view
Without someone deciding what the ad is about, you get a highlight reel instead of an argument for your business.
Wrong shape
Landscape footage letterboxed into a vertical feed wastes two thirds of the screen and most of the attention.
Captions as an afterthought
Most of your audience watches on mute. Captions are part of the edit, not a checkbox at export.
Audio nobody mixed
Clipping voice, music twice as loud as the speaker, and a hard cut at the end are the fastest way to lose a viewer.
No second pair of eyes
One editor, no review, and the typo in your phone number ships to your entire audience.
Why AdRescue
Editing is easy to buy.
Accountability isn't.
Tools and editors are everywhere. What is harder to buy is someone owning the handoff — translating your brief, matching the right skills to the work, and checking the finished cut before it reaches you. That managed path is what AdRescue sells.
Freelancer marketplace
- What the customer manages
- You source and manage
- How the edit is assigned
- You choose from listings
- Who reviews the finished work
- Usually the same editor
- Commitment
- Per gig
Editing subscription
- What the customer manages
- You manage an ongoing queue
- How the edit is assigned
- Assigned team or editor
- Who reviews the finished work
- Managed review varies
- Commitment
- Monthly plan
AdRescue
- What the customer manages
- One brief and one delivery
- How the edit is assigned
- Matched to the skills required
- Who reviews the finished work
- Separate quality review
- Commitment
- One project at a time
Models vary by provider — plenty of freelancers and subscriptions run excellent processes. This is a general comparison of how each model is usually structured, not a claim about any specific company.
AdRescue preflight
We check the inputs before
production starts.
Before matching an editor, AdRescue checks that the brief, footage and brand assets are complete enough for the selected package. If something is missing or clearly unusable, the order pauses for a human decision and we contact the customer before editing begins.
A preflight check improves the handoff; it does not guarantee performance, platform approval or that every submitted clip will be used.
Three steps
Brief in. Edit out. Nothing to manage.
- 01
Send your footage and brief
Upload clips straight from your phone and answer a short creative brief: the offer, the customer, the tone, the call to action.
- 02
A matched specialist edits
We route your project to a vetted editor whose skills fit the work — pacing, captions, sound, or full motion design.
- 03
Reviewed, then delivered to you
A reviewer checks the cut against your brief before it reaches you. You watch it, leave timecoded notes, and get the final 9:16 file.
Built for local
Edited for the person
ten minutes away.
A national brand edit is built for recognition. A local edit has one job: make someone nearby understand what you do, why now, and what to do next — inside the first few seconds.
- One message per ad, chosen from your brief instead of crammed in.
- Your offer and call to action treated as design elements, not end-card leftovers.
- Location, service area and opening details kept legible at phone size.
- Pacing set for a feed scroll, not a boardroom screening.
- Captions styled so the ad still works with the sound off.
- A deliverable sized and encoded for vertical placements from the start.
- Instagram Reels
- TikTok
- YouTube Shorts
- Facebook Reels
- Snapchat
- Pinterest Idea Pins
- In-store screens
- Website hero loops
Every deliverable is a 9:16 vertical file you publish yourself. AdRescue is not affiliated with these platforms and does not post on your behalf.
We put a number on it.
Every paid order gets a promised delivery time before an editor touches it. Miss it and your next ad is on us — the full order value is credited. These figures update automatically from real orders.
On time
Or your next ad is free
48h
Standard turnaround
Every ad
Covered by the guarantee
Pricing
Four ways in. One vertical format.
One-time prices per finished ad. No retainer, no seats, no surprise line items on the homepage.
Footage Audit
Before you buy an edit, find out if your footage is good enough.
$49
One-time
- Length
- Written report, no video
- Turnaround
- 1 business day
- A vetted editor watches every clip you send
- A written verdict: what is usable, what is missing, what to reshoot
- A specific reshoot list you can film on your phone
- A recommendation on which package fits your footage
- The $49 comes off any full order placed within 30 days
Standard Edit
A clean, well-paced vertical ad built from your footage.
$149
One-time
- Length
- 15–30 seconds
- Turnaround
- 3–5 business days
- One 15–30 second 9:16 ad
- Up to 10 minutes of source footage
- Cut, pacing, colour and audio clean-up
- Licensed music bed
- Animated captions
- Logo and end-card CTA
- One round of revisions
Enhanced Edit
More range: kinetic captions, branded accents and sound design.
$249
One-time
- Length
- Up to 60 seconds
- Turnaround
- 3–5 business days
- One 9:16 ad up to 60 seconds
- Everything in Standard Edit
- Kinetic caption styling
- Branded accents and lower thirds
- Speed ramps and rhythm editing
- Enhanced sound design and mix
- Basic masking and motion tracking
- One round of revisions
Advanced Motion Edit
Custom motion design and compositing for a standout vertical ad.
$399
One-time
- Length
- Up to 60 seconds
- Turnaround
- 5–7 business days
- Custom motion design and compositing
- After Effects graphics package
- Animated pricing, feature and stat callouts
- Motion-tracked text on real surfaces
- Custom transitions
- Sign or screen replacement
- Animated logo treatment
- One round of revisions
Custom Package
Manually scoped work for larger or unusual vertical projects.
Custom quote
Quoted before payment
- Length
- Vertical deliverables only
- Turnaround
- Quoted per project
- Scope reviewed manually by our team
- Vertical 9:16 deliverables only
- Custom plan built around your footage
- Specialist matched to the work
- Written quote before any payment
Phoenix Shoot Day
We come to you anywhere in the Phoenix metro, shoot the footage ourselves, then edit one vertical ad from it.
$750
One-time
- Length
- Up to 60 seconds
- Turnaround
- 7–10 business days from the shoot
- A vetted local videographer on site for up to 2 hours, one location
- A written shoot plan — hooks, script lines and shot list — sent for your approval first
- Vertical-first coverage: hero shots, B-roll, and one spokesperson you provide
- All raw footage delivered to your account, yours to keep
- One fully edited 9:16 ad with captions and colour
- One revision round and a managed quality review
- Travel included within 25 miles of central Phoenix
Optional extras such as rush turnaround, extra revision rounds and additional cutdowns are shown in the final checkout review, once your brief is complete — never bundled into these prices.
Example workflow
What a real project looks like end to end.
An illustrative walkthrough of an Enhanced Edit for a mobile detailing business. Timings are typical, not promised.
- Day 0
Brief submitted
Owner picks Enhanced Edit, answers the brief, and uploads eleven clips from a Saturday job.
- Day 0
Order paid and checked
Payment recorded. Files and brief are checked for completeness before anything is routed.
- Day 0
Specialist matched
Routing matches an editor with sound design and motion tracking skills who has capacity this week.
- Day 1–3
Editing
Editor builds a 42-second cut: hook on the dirtiest before shot, kinetic captions, branded accents, licensed music bed.
- Day 3
Quality review
Reviewer checks the cut against the brief. Sends it back once because the phone number is on screen for under a second.
- Day 4
Customer review
Owner watches the cut and leaves two timecoded notes: swap the second clip, shorten the outro.
- Day 5
Revision and delivery
Editor applies the notes, reviewer re-checks, final 9:16 file is delivered for download.
FAQ
Human editing, plainly explained.
Ready when you are
You already shot the footage.
Let a specialist finish it.
Start with one ad. No subscription.
See how it works for real estate, auto detailing, restaurants & cafés, home services.