Senior Video Editor - Contractor

Eight Sleep • New York, NY

9d

About The Position

Eight Sleep is seeking a hands-on senior video editor to turn its existing creator footage, product footage, and campaign material into compelling social content and paid media. The editor will bring strong storytelling instincts, contemporary visual taste, and initiative to find promising stories in a substantial footage library and shape them into distinctive edits.

The role reports directly to the Executive Creative Director and works closely with the Brand, Growth, and Social teams, as well as motion designers. The editor will develop social content and paid media, including 30- and 60-second spots, and create variations for creative testing. They will own edits through feedback and revisions, color grading, basic sound mixing, and final delivery, balancing speed with a high standard of craft.

Eight Sleep describes its culture as intense, fast-moving, and focused on high standards and impact. The company states that team members often work 60+ hours per week. The role requires applicants to be authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.

The company offers equity participation to full-time team members, with periodic performance-based equity refreshes. Benefits listed include a company Pod, health, vision, and dental insurance for employees and dependents, supplemental life insurance, flexible PTO, commuter benefits, and paid parental leave. Benefits may vary by location.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of professional video editing experience, with editing as the strongest discipline.
• A standout portfolio demonstrating original thinking, contemporary visual taste, and exceptional execution, particularly in social content and paid media.
• Strong editorial judgment and the ability to find compelling stories within large volumes of footage.
• Understanding of how storytelling, pacing, sound, and platform conventions affect attention and engagement.
• Proficiency in color grading and basic sound mixing.
• Comfort using AI tools such as Claude to analyze transcripts, surface story angles, and accelerate editorial development, while applying personal taste and judgment to the final work.
• Clear communication, strong ownership, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-moving creative team.
• Authorization to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Nice To Haves

• Videography and content capture experience.
• Motion design skills.

Responsibilities

• Turn creator footage, product stories, and campaign material into social content and paid media.
• Use strong hooks, intentional pacing, sound design, and visual choices to tell contemporary stories.
• Explore the footage library, identify promising story angles, and propose edits.
• Create paid media edits, including 30- and 60-second spots, with a clear hook, product story, and call to action.
• Develop variations in hooks, narrative structure, length, and format for creative testing.
• Apply knowledge of Instagram and TikTok trends, formats, and audience behavior to create work distinctive to Eight Sleep.
• Partner with Growth and Social teams to understand performance and apply insights to future edits.
• Collaborate with motion designers to incorporate animation, typography, and graphics.
• Own edits through feedback, revisions, color grading, basic sound mixing, and final delivery while maintaining speed and quality.

Benefits

• A company Pod.
• Health insurance for the employee and dependents.
• Vision insurance for the employee and dependents.
• Dental insurance for the employee and dependents.
• Supplemental life insurance.
• Flexible PTO.
• Commuter benefits.
• Paid parental leave.
• Equity participation for full-time team members, with periodic performance-based equity refreshes.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed