Performance Video Editor

Honeydew • New York, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Honeydew is seeking a full-time Video Editor based in New York City (or the surrounding area) to join their growth team. This role is central to driving strong creative results in performance marketing. The ideal candidate will have experience editing a variety of content, from raw UGC to polished brand work, with a deep understanding of what makes creative perform on paid and organic social platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. The role requires speed, iteration, and volume, with a focus on hooks, pacing, and storytelling that drive views, retention, and engagement. Agency experience is a strong plus.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional video editing experience with a strong portfolio spanning performance creative, UGC, and polished brand content.
• Deep understanding of performance marketing creative and how to edit ads for Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Strong understanding of organic Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube creative and the factors that drive attention and engagement.
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Experience editing both short-form UGC/social content and higher-end hi-fi footage.
• Strong command of pacing, storytelling, and sound design.
• Comfort working quickly, managing multiple projects at once, and iterating based on creative feedback and performance learnings.
• Based in New York City or the surrounding area.

Nice To Haves

• Agency experience is a strong plus.
• Motion graphics or animation skills in Adobe After Effects or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Higgsfield and other AI video or editing tools.
• Experience editing for skincare, beauty, dermatology, healthcare, wellness, or other medical-related brands.
• Experience editing celebrity, creator, patient, or expert-led partnerships.
• Ideally be familiar with Frame.io and Suite Studios file-sharing system, or be comfortable quickly learning new review and asset-management workflows.
• Have experience crafting ads with Higgsfield and understand how AI-generated video can be incorporated into a professional editing workflow.

Responsibilities

• Edit performance marketing creative for Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and other paid channels, with a strong focus on hooks, pacing, retention, clarity, and conversion.
• Turn UGC from paid creator partnerships, patients, and dermatology partners into high-performing ads that feel native rather than overly produced.
• Build multiple versions, hooks, and iterations from the same source footage + b-roll to support rapid creative testing.
• Work from creative briefs while bringing your own editorial point of view to strengthen the final execution.
• Use performance learnings and feedback from the growth team to continuously improve future edits.
• Edit organic video content for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, balancing brand consistency with native pacing and storytelling.
• Understand how organic creative differs from paid creative and make editorial decisions that support virality, retention, shares, saves, and engagement.
• Stay current on social editing styles, formats, trends, hooks, sounds, and emerging platform behaviors.
• Edit footage captured by our videographer into polished, premium content used across paid ads, organic channels, brand storytelling, and celebrity partnerships.
• Confidently handle higher-end post-production, including multicam or interview edits, color, audio, and sound design.
• Maintain a consistent Honeydew look and feel while adapting the edit to the specific channel, audience, and objective.
• Create motion graphics and lightweight animation as needed, ideally in Adobe After Effects or similar tools.
• Use AI tools strategically to achieve animation, visual effects, asset generation, or workflow efficiencies.
• Collaborate closely with the Manager of Creative and growth team, whether that’s contributing ideas in brainstorms or receiving feedback across shared projects.
• Receive and execute against creative briefs while also flagging opportunities to make the creative stronger.
• Manage projects, source footage, versions, exports, and archives cleanly in a fast-moving environment.

Benefits

• Salary: $85,000–$100,000 based on experience
• Equity in Honeydew
• Flexible PTO
• Free Honeydew membership
• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• One Medical, Kindbody, Talkspace, and HealthAdvocate memberships
• Company MacBook + monthly internet stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed