Social-First Video Editor

Brand Knew • Los Angeles, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Social-First Video Editor creates short-form, platform-native content for paid social across TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and other channels. The role involves finding compelling moments in longer recordings and raw creator footage, turning imperfect inputs into concise edits, and producing multiple versions that capture attention and support creative testing.

The editor collaborates with creative, performance, paid media, design, strategy, and account teams across clients. They are responsible for quality checks, organization, revisions, and deadlines. As the company expands its in-house content capabilities, there may be opportunities to support content capture and production.

Requirements

• A portfolio demonstrating strong short-form social editing; relevant work matters more than a specific number of years or formal training.
• Strong instincts for video openings, pacing, retention, captions, and clear storytelling.
• Ability to clip longer footage, select the best moments, and create strong edits from raw or messy inputs.
• Understanding of how creator-style content differs from polished brand video and what feels native to TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
• Experience producing multiple versions of an edit for testing with fast turnaround times.
• Efficient use of CapCut, Premiere Pro, or another editing tool; advanced motion graphics expertise is not required.
• Resourcefulness with basic graphics, captions, audio cleanup, and simple effects.
• Excellent attention to detail, especially spelling, captions, product and offer accuracy, and platform specifications.
• Ability to take direction, apply feedback quickly, and communicate clearly about timing or blockers.
• Organization and dependability when managing several clients, briefs, and deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience creating or capturing phone-first content.
• Experience using AI-assisted editing tools.
• Experience working on performance marketing creative.

Responsibilities

• Edit fast, platform-native short-form videos for paid social across TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and other channels.
• Select strong hooks, sound bites, and moments from long recordings, interviews, UGC, and raw creator footage, then turn them into concise clips.
• Create effective edits from imperfect or limited inputs, including phone footage, product shots, B-roll, stills, and existing client assets.
• Produce multiple creative variations quickly, testing openings, lengths, pacing, on-screen copy, CTAs, and formats.
• Adapt content to each platform with pacing, captions, sound, overlays, and simple motion where useful.
• Collaborate with paid media, creative strategy, design, and account teams, using briefs, feedback, and performance learnings to improve edits.
• Conduct final quality checks for spelling, captions, brand and product names, offer details, audio levels, framing, safe zones, and export specifications.
• Manage edits, revisions, and deadlines across multiple clients while maintaining organization and accuracy.
• Suggest stronger hooks, new cuts, and relevant social trends or formats to test.
• Organize project files, source footage, templates, and exports so assets can be found, reused, and iterated on.
• Potentially support content capture and production as the company's in-house content capabilities expand.

Benefits

• Opportunity for growth in the company.
• Work alongside a great slate of clients and team members.
• Fun, creative, and collaborative company culture.
• Hybrid work environment.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Health care offering, including dental and vision.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off.

What This Job Offers

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