A CMO Edits His Company Podcast in Descript in Two Hours a Week, Not Two Days
Revelo's CMO produces the company podcast "Tech Teams Today" in Descript. The case study says editing now takes two hours a week, where it used to take a couple of days.
Who this is about: Tech hiring marketplace (Revelo), CMO Steve Patrizi
What it takes
- Cost
- Free planDescript: Free with 60 media minutes a month at 720p. Billed yearly: Hobbyist $16 a month ($24 monthly), Creator $24 ($35) and Business $50 ($65). Enterprise is custom.Price checked Oct 18, 2026 on descript.com. Prices change; check before you buy.
- Setup time
- An afternoonOur estimate from the source, for one business.
- Skill needed
- No codeApps and settings only.
Explain it simply
Descript turns a recording into a transcript, and deleting words in the text cuts them from the audio and video. Its AI helper removes filler words and cleans up the sound, so a marketing lead can edit an episode without a timeline editor.
What was done
He records each episode, edits it by editing the transcript, and uses Descript's AI co-editor Underlord to remove filler words, apply Studio Sound and create clips.
How it went
Descript's case study says production takes "two hours a week" where it "used to take a couple of days". He says: "the transcript becomes the interface, so it's like editing a Google Doc."
- Undated vendor case study.
- A figure from another company seen only in a search snippet could not be verified, so it is not used.
Prompt
Context: You are a marketer, not an editor, producing a weekly interview podcast and 3 clips per episode.
UNDERLORD PROMPT (paste into Descript's Underlord panel with the raw recording open):
"Edit this [EPISODE_LENGTH]-minute interview for [SHOW_NAME]:
1. Remove filler words and long pauses, but keep natural laughs.
2. Apply Studio Sound to all speakers.
3. Cut the pre-show chat before [START_CUE] and everything after [END_CUE].
4. Remove any section where we discuss [CUT_TOPICS].
5. Add chapter markers at each new topic, with titles of 6 words or fewer.
6. Write the episode description: a 2-sentence summary, 5 bullet takeaways, guest name [GUEST_NAME] and role [GUEST_ROLE], plus links [LINKS].
7. Create [CLIP_COUNT] clips of [CLIP_LENGTH] seconds for [PLATFORMS], each starting on a strong hook, with captions in our [BRAND_LAYOUT] layout."Our template, written from the source and the vendor docs; the source did not publish its own prompt. Replace the [brackets] before you use it.
Business fit
Who this helps, and how:
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Similar tools
Other tools for this job, and how they differ. Chosen by our editors, never paid for.
- Opus Clip
Only finds and formats clips from finished videos; faster if the episode needs no editing.
- CapCut
Timeline editor with AI effects; you edit on a timeline, not a transcript.
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