Senior Paid Social Video Editor, Meta Ads

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end editing of high-performing Meta ads from creator footage, iterating quickly to improve hooks, pacing and direct-response messaging across multiple concepts.

  • Lead editing of paid Meta creative
  • Iterate on hooks and concepts using performance feedback
  • Collaborate with the media team to plan multiple ad variations

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Editing short-form Meta ads from creator footage, founder videos, product clips, customer content and UGC-style material 🎬
  • Building strong opening hooks that quickly earn attention
  • Structuring ads around a clear customer angle and reason to buy
  • Adding effective captions, text overlays, music, sound design and calls to action
  • Turning one set of footage into several genuinely different ad concepts
  • Creating new hooks, openings, cuts and messages from winning ads
  • Improving existing ads rather than constantly starting from scratch
  • Writing simple, natural on-screen copy that feels human rather than over-polished ✍️
  • Working with our media buyer to understand what is performing, what is fatiguing and what to edit next 📊
  • Occasionally creating simple static or carousel ads

Requirements

  • Experience personally editing creative that has run as paid Meta advertising 🚀
  • Strong short-form video editing skills
  • A good understanding of hooks, pacing, retention and direct-response structure
  • Experience working with creator footage, UGC, founder content or product footage
  • Understanding the difference between a nice video and an ad with a clear commercial job
  • Able to use performance feedback to improve the next edit
  • Strong typography, captioning and on-screen copy skills
  • Comfortable creating several useful ads from limited raw footage
  • Able to edit quickly without making the work feel rushed or generic
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, high-output environment

Preferred

  • - Ecommerce, DTC, food, hospitality, local delivery or subscription experience
  • - Experience making UGC-style, founder-led or direct-response ads
  • - Examples of ads that performed strongly in paid Meta accounts
  • - Simple static design or motion graphics skills
  • - Strong taste in food, home, mornings, lifestyle or local London content 🥖
  • - A genuine love of very good bread and pastries 😋

Benefits

  • A free weekly Butter & Crust subscription
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