A former MrBeast employee is closing the creator economy gender gap with a service for female editors

There’s a lot of work out there for trained YouTube video editors, but in most cases, those positions go to men. Rachel Kisela wants to change that. The former MrBeast employee is behind EditHers, a digital resource that connects female video editors with creators who are eager to hire them.

Kisela spend about a year as a Lead Video Editor for MrBeast’s company. During that time, she worked on several well-known videos, including a mission to help 1,000 blind people restore their eyesight. She told Business Insider that her experience with MrBeast brought her “a lot of purpose,” but it also showed her that female video editors are a rarer commodity than they should be. Data from career site Zippia shows that approximately three-quarters of professional video editors are men.

That disparity inspired Kisela to launch EditHers. Through a Discord server, Kisela’s company connects female editors to representatives for big-name creators, including Airrack, Smosh, and, of course, MrBeast. Kisela told Business Insider that EditHers has grown to include 200 editors and around 100 creators since its 2024 launch.

The video editor gender gap is one example of the systemic issues that affect women in the creator economy. Analysis of influencer marketing deals has shown that men earn more per sponsored post, though women do land more deals overall. Female creators must deal with disproportionate abuse

, especially in male-dominated categories like science and gaming. Some women must pay for private security, lest they suffer the same fate that befell Emiru at TwitchCon 2025.

Put all of those ills together, and you end up with a male-dominated industry. In our most recent ranking of the 50 most-subscribed channels of the week on YouTube, 12 of the top 20 channels belong to individual creators — and all 12 of those individuals are men.

That’s why EditHers is more than just a service for editors. It is a meeting space where women can seek advice about pay gaps, sexist encounters, and other pervasive issues. “I started this community because there was no space like this, and to my knowledge, there still is no other space like this on the internet for women YouTube editors to talk about their experience,” Kisela told Business Insider.

If you’re interested in EditHers, you can find out more about the business across its social media channels. Kisela supports her work with related short-form videos, and those Reels are as snappily edited as you would think.