Job Overview

Our client is seeking a creative and fast-paced UGC & Paid Ads Video Editor to transform raw, user-generated content (UGC) into high-converting social media advertisements. This role is ideal for a specialized short-form video editor who understands the unique pacing, visual hooks, and direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing strategies required to capture attention on platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Meta Ads. Working closely with an expanding agency team, you will turn scripts and rough video clips into polished, client-ready ad assets that drive clicks and conversions.

Schedule

• Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time [PT] (20 hours per week)

Responsibilities

Video Production & Post-Production Execution

• UGC Assembly: Stitch together, trim, and arrange raw mobile video clips into seamless, highly engaging direct-response social media advertisements.
• Creative Enhancements: Apply platform-native captions, dynamic crops, trending sound effects (SFX), background music, and timing-specific special effects to maximize viewer retention.
• Brand Compliance: Review and cross-reference all video exports against individual client brand guidelines, asset dimensions, and specific campaign objectives.

Project Management & Collaboration

• Timeline Management: Independently manage a pipeline of multiple concurrent editing projects, ensuring on-time delivery across changing client rosters.
• Creative Alignment: Collaborate actively with internal copywriters and campaign strategists on script-to-screen execution, asset iterations, and performance-based video revisions.

Requirements

• Proven Domain Experience: Strong, verifiable portfolio of video editing experience, focusing heavily on short-form social media ad creatives, TikTok styles, or e-commerce marketing videos.
• Advertising IQ: Deep practical understanding of visual pacing, modern narrative storytelling structures, hook-driven openings (the first 3 seconds), and general commercial composition.
• Meticulous Precision: High level of visual and auditory attention to detail to guarantee error-free caption spellings, smooth audio leveling, and precise frame transitions.
• Autonomy & Responsiveness: Ability to establish a highly structured remote editing workflow with minimal supervision, while maintaining strong communication channels and a coachable approach to client revision notes.

Scope & Engagement

• Dedicated part-time position with a stable morning schedule.
• Structured as a long-term engagement providing real opportunities to expand your professional layout, responsibilities, and hours as the marketing agency continues to scale.

Independent Contractor Perks

• Permanent work from home
• Immediate hiring

Note

Please click the "Apply" button to complete your application, including the assessment questions, technical check, and voice recording. Your hourly pay rate will be established based on your performance in the application process; submissions with all requirements fulfilled will receive priority review.