Urgent..Extremely Slow Rendering Problem

So literally all I'm trying to do is add a watermark to an already exsisting video for this website I work for. Everything renders fine when I import the video, but once the picture comes into play, it takes extremley long just to render a 1 and a half minute long video. We're talking like 30 minute rendering. I have no clue what the problem is. The project exports normally. I've tried changing the rendering settings, the compressor, and I've tried inserting the picture before the video. Nothing works.
I need help ASAP. I need to get these videos out like...yesterday lol. I've never had this problem before and I'm just completley out of ideas. I've tried JPEG, TIFF, and PNG for the picture and nothing works.
I need answers quickly. Help wll be greatly appretiated. I'm super stressed right now.

I've tried a .mov and mp4 for the video.
Here are the sequence settings:

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                        Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.3.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
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                        My Passport [Local] (Last used)
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