Lead Editor

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $105K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own the editorial post-production function, lead editors and the team, safeguard quality, and coordinate with Production and Strategy to align creative decisions with performance insights.

Own staffing and development of editors
Maintain quality standards and asset management
Bridge editorial with Strategy and Production to optimize performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

Raise the Creative Bar: Set quality standards, give feedback that's actionable and grounded in what drives results, and step into high-priority edits when needed.
Lead Your Pod: Evaluate editors, identify capability gaps, and own staffing decisions — building and developing the strongest possible team to drive post-production output.
Maximize Every Asset: Review footage, curate strong selects, maintain organized libraries, and find smart ways to repurpose content.
Bridge Production and Post: Partner closely with Production on footage quality — flagging issues early and delivering feedback that's actionable and consumer-minded.
Partner with Strategy: Share performance insights and strengthen knowledge-sharing between editorial and Strategy to keep creative decisions grounded in what's working.
Lead with a Business Mindset: Represent editorial in cross-functional conversations, balance creative ambition with production realities, and make the tough calls — on scope, timelines, or team assignments — when it's what the work needs.
Improve the Process: Streamline workflows, explore new tools and AI capabilities, and bring solutions to recurring challenges.

Requirements

7+ years of professional video editing experience
3+ year in a managerial or leadership role
Expert-level proficiency in Premiere Pro and Adobe Creative Suite
Strong knowledge of After Effects and motion graphics
Experience in performance marketing, a creative agency, or an in-house creative team

Benefits

Health, Vision & Dental coverage
Unlimited PTO
401(k) + Matching
Life Insurance
Paid Sick Days
Paid Parental Leave
And more!

TubeScience

3.2 Glassdoor

As one of the fastest growing startups in Los Angeles, we're revolutionizing the way in which companies approach successful video advertising. Our team of award-winning Producers, Editors, Directors, Engineers, and Performance Marketing Managers are building a global studio where we can conceptualize, shoot, and produce hundreds of videos per day. Unlike traditional advertising agencies that pitch creative concepts for companies, hope they will perform, and outsource filming, we design videos that are guaranteed to convert. We use data to guide our creative process and leverage testing and analysis to make adjustments to react to users in real-time.What's atypical about the company:We're fast and data-driven: our teams develop concepts in the morning, shoot/edit in the afternoon, launch in the evening, and iterate the next day based on real-world performance.We’re a behavioral R&D lab at the core: We put 2,000+ video experiments per week, watched by tens of millions of people per day, that give us deep insights into how people make decisions. Over the past couple years, we’ve built an enormous library of IP around human behavior and visual communication.We work on a pure pay for performance basis. Zero production fees for video. Clients only pay us if our videos outperform anything they’re running internally.

Founded in 2016

Los Angeles, California, USA

310 employees (245 in marketing)

tubescience.com

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45% CEO approval