Video and Content Editor

SteelSeries • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

We’re looking for a fast, fearless, and deeply creative Video & Content Editor who loves social media and gaming and has the fire in the belly to make a lot of content very well, very quickly. You’ll be the primary editor in a small social team, crafting native, thumb-stopping video for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, X/Twitter, Facebook, Twitch highlights, and more. You combine elite editing craft with a marketer’s mindset: you care about retention graphs, watch time, and shares just as much as transitions and color grading. Alongside the Content, Insights & Planning Manager, you’ll be a key navigator for the Social Media Director, Community Manager, and Esports & Influencer Managers—helping them see what formats, hooks, and stories are truly working and what we should scale globally. You treat attention as something you “day trade” every week: constantly cutting, testing, and iterating in response to what audiences are actually responding to.

Requirements

• Extensive experience editing social-first content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, X/Twitter, Facebook, and similar platforms, with a portfolio that proves it.
• Deep proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro (or equivalent) and strong skills in After Effects/motion graphics, basic color correction, and audio mixing.
• Demonstrated ability to work fast at scale—delivering multiple strong edits per week without losing narrative clarity or brand consistency.
• Experience with captioning, subtitles, sound design, and accessibility best practices across platforms.
• You see yourself as a marketer-editor: you care about the numbers and the storytelling equally.
• A passion for making: your instinct is to open the timeline and start cutting, not to over-theorize. You ship, learn, and ship again.
• Data doesn’t offend you—it excites you. If a format you love underperforms, you’re the first to propose a new hook or structure and test it.
• You speak the language of gaming communities while keeping us on-brand; you know when a meme will land and when it will backfire.
• You’re comfortable giving and receiving feedback quickly and directly, and you actively help the rest of the team improve their video instincts.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with 3D text/graphics, motion templates, or web-native templates that speed up re-edits.
• Familiarity with clipping workflows from livestreams, VO/ADR coordination, or sponsor integration.
• Evidence that your edits have moved the numbers (e.g., projects where your approach increased CTR, watch time, or shares).

Responsibilities

• High-volume, high-quality editing
• Creative testing & data-informed iteration
• Trend and culture-native storytelling
• Systems, templates & speed for the whole team
• Quality, compliance & organization

What This Job Offers

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