Senior Social Content & Video Editor

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end social video creation and post-production at scale, turning assets into platform-native, hook-driven content and testing edits to lift engagement across Reels, Stories, and carousels.

  • Content Remix & Production: transform assets, build scalable templates, and manage high-volume output
  • Performance-driven Editing: test variations, optimize hooks, pacing, and transitions
  • Motion Design Elevation: apply motion graphics and platform-native elements to amplify big campaign ideas

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Take full ownership of this discipline and daily execution, transforming assets into unexpected, hook-driven stories that define the level of our social-first output.
  • Transform existing assets into engaging, social-first content.
  • Generate reactive and proactive creative ideas, remixing shot footage, edited campaigns and brand assets into high-performing Reels, Stories and carousels.
  • Move beyond traditional cut-downs and horizontal edits, creating visually distinctive, platform-native content designed to maximise engagement.
  • Build a portfolio showcasing a broad range of remixed social video, incorporating motion graphics, native platform UI elements and, where appropriate, light CGI techniques.
  • Deliver everything from rapid-turnaround lo-fi edits to complex, large-scale content projects, often managing multiple outputs simultaneously.
  • Produce a consistent stream of high-quality social-first content and assets tailored to the unique requirements of each platform.
  • Apply performance-led editing principles, creating and testing content variations to improve engagement and campaign effectiveness.
  • Leverage a strong understanding of motion design to elevate creative concepts and translate big campaign ideas into compelling social executions.
  • Demonstrate mastery of hooks, pacing, transitions and visual storytelling to create thumb-stopping content that drives attention and action.

Requirements

  • Previously worked as a Senior Social Editor, Motion Designer, Senior Content Creator, or similar, with a strong track record of transforming existing assets into engaging, social-first content.
  • Demonstrated success in generating both reactive and proactive creative ideas, remixing shot footage, edited campaigns and brand assets into high-performing Reels, Stories and carousels.
  • Moved beyond traditional cut-downs and horizontal edits, creating visually distinctive, platform-native content designed to maximise engagement.
  • Built a portfolio showcasing a broad range of remixed social video, incorporating motion graphics, native platform UI elements and, where appropriate, light CGI techniques.
  • Delivered everything from rapid-turnaround lo-fi edits to complex, large-scale content projects, often managing multiple outputs simultaneously.
  • Produced a consistent stream of high-quality social-first content and assets tailored to the unique requirements of each platform.
  • Applied performance-led editing principles, creating and testing content variations to improve engagement and campaign effectiveness.
  • Leveraged a strong understanding of motion design to elevate creative concepts and translate big campaign ideas into compelling social executions.
  • Demonstrated mastery of hooks, pacing, transitions and visual storytelling to create thumb-stopping content that drives attention and action.
  • Taken ownership of the post-production process from concept through to final delivery.

Preferred

  • A solution-oriented self-starter who combines creative autonomy with hands-on execution.
  • A strong understanding of how to adapt and remix social formats to create content that taps into culture, trends and audience behaviours.
  • Proven ability to lead the creative transformation of brand assets, ensuring all content is culturally relevant, platform-native and ready for distribution.
  • An original thinker who can independently generate compelling video concepts, rather than simply responding to a traditional edit brief.
  • Deep expertise across design disciplines, including layout, typography and motion design.
  • Confidence using AI-powered tools to enhance creative development, asset production and workflow efficiency.
  • A maker mindset, with the ability to develop ideas from scratch or unlock opportunities from existing footage while remaining aligned to brand strategy.
  • Experience mentoring and upskilling cross-functional teams, fostering excellence in social-first creative thinking and remix culture.
  • A passion for introducing new processes and ways of working that strengthen collaboration and contribute to a positive team culture.
  • Data-literate, with the ability to use performance insights to refine hooks, storytelling and pacing.

Benefits

  • 25 days holiday
  • pension scheme
  • life assurance
  • WAS Passport
  • Work From Anywhere schemes
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We Are Social

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We are a global socially-led creative agency, with unrivaled social media expertise.With over 1,300 people in 19 offices around the world, we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.We make ideas worth talking about. We understand social behaviours within online communities, cultures and subcultures, spanning the social and gaming landscape.We work with the world’s biggest brands, including adidas, Samsung, Netflix and Google, to reach the right people in a strategic, relevant and effective way.We Are Social is part of Plus Company.

Founded in 2008
London, England, GBR
1.8K employees (658 in marketing)
51% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
210.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.6%
Direct
37.2%
Referral
7.3%
Social
1.7%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
415 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
4.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$3.1M
Last Raise
$3.1M
Series A, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2022
    Series A • $3.1M

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