Responsibilities

• Editing direct-response video ads for YouTube, Google, Demand Gen, connected TV, and other paid advertising channels
• Turning scripts, storyboards, raw footage, UGC, voiceovers, stock footage, product assets, and existing creative into complete advertisements
• Taking projects from initial handoff through final export with minimal oversight
• Creating new variations of winning ads, including alternate hooks, openings, visuals, pacing, calls to action, and formats
• Producing YouTube skippable and non-skippable advertisements
• Editing UGC-style, testimonial, advertorial, VSL, product-focused, and story-driven creative
• Adapting videos into platform-specific formats, including 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1
• Incorporating motion graphics, captions, transitions, product demonstrations, sound design, and visual effects where appropriate
• Sourcing supporting footage, images, music, and other assets when needed
• Reviewing your own work carefully for spelling, timing, continuity, audio, formatting, brand accuracy, and technical quality

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional video editing experience
• Strong portfolio demonstrating polished commercial, advertising, or direct-response work
• Experience editing paid video advertising for YouTube, Google, Meta, connected TV, or similar platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or an equivalent professional editing platform
• Working knowledge of After Effects or similar motion-graphics software
• Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, sound design, color correction, visual hierarchy, and composition
• Understanding of direct-response principles, including hooks, retention, offers, proof, calls to action, and creative testing
• Experience creating multiple variations from existing advertisements or winning concepts
• Ability to independently take projects from raw assets through final delivery
• Strong attention to detail and quality-control standards

Preferred

• Experience working directly with a Creative Producer, Creative Director, or paid media team
• Performance marketing agency experience
• Experience in health, wellness, pet, finance, or direct-to-consumer advertising
• Experience editing UGC, testimonials, VSLs, advertorials, product demonstrations, and story-driven ads
• Motion graphics, animation, compositing, or advanced sound-design experience
• Familiarity with advertising performance metrics and creative-testing frameworks
• Experience using AI-assisted video, image, voice, or production tools
• Experience working with large 4K video files and shared asset libraries