Video Editor

Ethos Life

177d • $91,000 - $148,000

About The Position

We're looking for a creative and detail-oriented Video Editor to join our growing creative team. This role is ideal for someone who has a strong understanding of creating video ads for a DR environment and telling compelling stories using influencer and UGC content. In this role you'll be responsible for collaborating, conceptualizing and editing a wide range of video content using UGC, influencer content, and stock footage that will be leveraged on acquisition marketing channels. You’ll work closely with our creative and marketing teams to craft innovative, high-converting assets optimized for platforms like Meta, TikTok, and more.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of video editing experience with a focus on using influencer, UGC, and stock footage to create DR focused ads and bring concepts to life
• Experience editing videos with conversion-oriented goals and a proven ability to create high-performing paid social ads
• Strong portfolio demonstrating your experience making DR ads, storytelling ability and how you’ve repurposed content to achieve performance related goals
• Experience editing existing content to create videos for Youtube
• Strong understanding of paid social formats, and online video delivery
• Experience making cuts and edits to existing TV content
• Excellent understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and composition
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to foster strong working relationships with team members and cross-functional partners
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Strong skills around critical thinking and storytelling
• Deeply knowledgeable in using Figma, FinalCut, After Effects and Premier Pro
• Receptive to feedback in an iterative design process
• Able to work independently, drive multiple projects at a time, and iterate quickly

Nice To Haves

• Experience in DTC or financial services industry preferred

Responsibilities

• Edit raw footage into polished DR videos with engaging cuts, transitions, graphics, captions, and sound design
• Collaborate to brainstorm and pitch ideas for short-form video content using UGC, influencer material, and stock assets that are optimized for conversion focused channels
• Adapt and optimize edits for different platforms (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, etc.), ensuring videos are formatted, captioned, and styled appropriately
• Make quick edits to existing tv content
• Edit and bring Youtube concepts to life leveraging b-roll and other content from an internal library
• Stay up to date on video trends, editing styles, and content formats to help guide fresh creative ideas
• Work cross functionally with paid social strategists, influencer managers and other stakeholders to get performance insights and align on messaging, tone, and creative direction
• Elevate and evolve Ethos influencer allowlisting and UGC videos helping to achieve ROAs goals
• Design a high volume of video edits working directly against a brief or concepting and designing net-new creatives. In some cases you must be able to storyboard and clearly present ideas before moving into production

Benefits

• 401k
• health_insurance
• dental_insurance
• vision_insurance
• unlimited_pto
• tuition_reimbursement
• professional_development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees