Schedule: Flexible during client business hours
Client Time Zone: Queensland
Total Weekly Hours: 40 hours

 

Our client is looking for a Video Editor who lives and breathes scroll-stopping content. This role is all about turning raw footage into high-performing paid ads—the kind that hook viewers in the first 1–2 seconds, hold attention, and convert.

You’ll be editing short-form content for platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, Meta Ads, and YouTube Shorts, working closely with the marketing and creative teams to continuously test, iterate, and scale what works. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love performance-driven creativity, and enjoy creating ads people actually stop to watch—this role is for you.

 

Responsibilities

• Edit high-impact short-form videos for paid ads (UGC-style, lifestyle, product-led, founder-led, and trend-based)

• Create scroll-stopping hooks within the first 1–3 seconds

• Add dynamic captions, text overlays, sound effects, and transitions that enhance performance

• Turn raw footage, UGC, and creative briefs into multiple ad variations for testing

• Adapt creative quickly based on performance data (what converts and what doesn’t)

• Edit content optimized for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube

• Stay on top of trends, ad formats, and editing styles that drive results

• Collaborate with marketing, ads, and creative teams to scale winning creatives

 

Requirements

• Proven experience editing paid social ads (not just aesthetic or brand videos)

• Strong understanding of performance creative, including hooks, pacing, and retention

• Ability to create fast, punchy, attention-grabbing edits

• Experience editing for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts

• Confidence working with UGC-style footage

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to meet fast turnaround times

• Comfortable testing ideas, iterating quickly, and working at speed

 

Tools & Skills

• Strong experience with Premiere Pro, After Effects, CapCut, or similar tools

• Excellent timing, storytelling, and visual rhythm

• Strong typography and captioning skills

• Sound design knowledge is a bonus

• Understanding of ad metrics and creative optimization is a strong plus

 

Bonus Points If You…

• Have worked with eCommerce or DTC brands

• Understand Meta and TikTok ad creative best practices

• Can think like a marketer, not just an editor

• Love experimenting, testing, and pushing creative boundaries

 

Independent Contractor Perks

• Health insurance (available in eligible locations)

• Permanent work-from-home arrangement

• Immediate hiring