Video Editor

Ethos Life

36d • $105,000 - $185,000 • Remote

About The Position

Ethos is seeking a creative and detail-oriented Video Editor to join their growing Creative & Brand team. This role will be central to the creative engine for new products, supporting the launch of IUL, annuities, and other new product lines. The primary focus will be on short-form content for platforms like Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, editing high-performing assets using user-generated content (UGC), influencer content, and stock footage. The unique creative challenge involves making complex financial products appear simple, human, and compelling enough for action.

Requirements

• 3+ years of video editing experience with a focus on UGC, influencer, and stock footage for DR-focused paid social ads.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating DR ad experience, storytelling ability, and how you've repurposed content to achieve performance goals.
• Deep fluency across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube — understanding what performs on each platform and why.
• Experience editing UGC and influencer content specifically, knowing how to make creator content feel native and convert.
• Strong understanding of paid social formats, hooks, and direct response best practices.
• Excellent understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and composition.
• Proficient in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut, Figma, and Frame.io.
• AI-forward: experience using AI tools in editing workflow.
• Fast, independent, and iterative — ability to drive multiple projects at once and respond quickly to feedback.
• Genuine curiosity about advertising, culture, and what makes people stop scrolling.

Nice To Haves

• Experience editing creative for complex or considered-purchase products where the edit has to do more storytelling work.
• Motion graphics and animation experience.

Responsibilities

• Edit raw footage into polished direct response (DR) videos with engaging cuts, transitions, graphics, captions, and sound design optimized for Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Adapt and optimize edits for different platforms and formats, ensuring videos are formatted, captioned, and styled for each channel's distinct language and culture.
• Edit and bring YouTube concepts to life, including longer-form content leveraging b-roll and assets from our internal library.
• Elevate and evolve our influencer allowlisting and UGC videos to help achieve ROAS goals.
• Help translate complex product stories into clear, compelling short-form video that makes new financial products feel approachable.
• Work at high volume directly against briefs as well as concepting and designing net-new creatives — in some cases you'll storyboard and present ideas before moving into production.
• Stay current on video trends, editing styles, and content formats across paid social and bring fresh ideas to the team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with paid social strategists, influencer managers, and other stakeholders to get performance insights and align on creative direction.
• Apply motion graphics and animation to elevate creative across formats.
• Use performance data to inform editing decisions and iterate quickly on what's working.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/

What This Job Offers

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