Responsibilities

• Edit raw footage into polished DR videos with engaging cuts, transitions, graphics, captions, and sound design optimized for Meta, TikTok, and YouTube
• Adapt and optimize edits for different platforms and formats, ensuring videos are formatted, captioned, and styled for each channel's distinct language and culture
• Edit and bring YouTube concepts to life, including longer-form content leveraging b-roll and assets from our internal library
• Elevate and evolve our influencer allowlisting and UGC videos to help achieve ROAS goals
• Help translate complex product stories into clear, compelling short-form video that makes new financial products feel approachable
• Work at high volume directly against briefs as well as concepting and designing net-new creatives — in some cases you'll storyboard and present ideas before moving into production
• Stay current on video trends, editing styles, and content formats across paid social and bring fresh ideas to the team
• Collaborate cross-functionally with paid social strategists, influencer managers, and other stakeholders to get performance insights and align on creative direction
• Apply motion graphics and animation to elevate creative across formats
• Use performance data to inform editing decisions and iterate quickly on what's working

Requirements

• 3+ years of video editing experience with a focus on UGC, influencer, and stock footage for DR-focused paid social ads
• Strong portfolio demonstrating DR ad experience, storytelling ability, and how you've repurposed content to achieve performance goals
• Deep fluency across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube — you understand what performs on each platform and why
• Experience editing UGC and influencer content specifically, you know how to make creator content feel native and convert
• Strong understanding of paid social formats, hooks, and direct response best practices
• Excellent understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and composition
• Motion graphics and animation experience
• Proficient in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut, Figma, and Frame.io
• Fast, independent, and iterative — you can drive multiple projects at once and respond quickly to feedback
• Genuine curiosity about advertising, culture, and what makes people stop scrolling
• Proficiency in editing software and tools relevant to video production and post-production workflows

Preferred

• Bonus: experience editing creative for complex or considered-purchase products where the edit has to do more storytelling work
• AI-forward: you\'re already using AI tools in your editing workflow and excited to push further