greenlight - Video Editor, Paid Social
Requirements
• Greenlight is looking for a Video Editor, Paid Social to help bring our creative strategy to life on screen. You'll take briefs, raw footage, and creator content and turn them into fast, scroll-stopping videos built specifically for paid social (Meta, TikTok, YouTube, etc). This is a great role for someone early in their editing career who already has strong instincts for pacing, hooks, and platform-native storytelling, and wants to sharpen those instincts against real performance data. • 1–3 years of experience editing video for paid social, social media, or digital marketing; agency, in-house brand, or freelance experience welcome • A strong reel demonstrating short-form editing chops — pacing, hooks, captions, and platform-native formatting • Proficiency in Premiere Pro and/or CapCut (After Effects a plus) • Solid understanding of specs, trends, and best practices across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube • An eye for what makes content perform, and curiosity about the strategy and data behind it • Comfortable working with raw, imperfect creator footage and making it shine • Organized and detail-oriented — you keep versions, exports, and file names clean under deadline pressure • Coachable self-starter who takes feedback well and is eager to build speed and range over time • Experience editing UGC/creator content specifically for paid ad campaigns • Familiarity with fintech, family finance, or consumer subscription products • Basic motion graphics or animation skills • Experience contributing to or reading paid social performance data (CTR, hook rate, thumb-stop rate) to inform edits
Responsibilities
• Edit short-form video for paid social from creative briefs, raw footage, and creator-submitted content • Build strong hooks and pacing designed to stop the scroll in the first 1–3 seconds, and hold attention through the full spot • Produce multiple cuts and variants (lengths, aspect ratios, hooks, captions) for testing across platforms • Partner with creative strategists to understand the "why" behind a brief and translate it into clear visual choices • Incorporate feedback rooted in strategic intent, not just aesthetic preference • Help identify opportunities to improve an edit based on what's worked in past campaigns • Edit specifically for the platform: correct specs, safe zones, captions/subtitles, and native creative conventions for Meta, TikTok, and YouTube • Stay current on platform trends, formats, and editing styles that are performing well in paid social right now • Review and edit raw creator footage into polished, on-brief assets • Flag gaps in creator-submitted footage that may limit what's possible in the edit, and help problem-solve around them • Work closely with creative strategists, brand, and other editors in a fast-paced, iterative production cycle • Take structured feedback well and turn revisions around quickly without losing craft • Organize and manage project files, versions, and exports so work is easy to hand off and track
Benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match • Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits • Traditional 401k with company match • Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays • Professional development stipends • Mental health resources • 1:1 financial planners • Fertility healthcare • 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave • Flexible WFH, both remote and in-office opportunities • Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours • Employee resource groups • Our stance on salaries:Greenlight provides a competitive compensation package with a market-based approach to pay and will vary depending on your location, experience and skill set. The total compensation package for this position will also include a discretionary performance bonus, equity rewards, medical benefits, 401K match, and more. Greenlight conducts continuous compensation evaluations across departments and geographies to ensure we are keeping our pay current and competitive. • The estimated base pay range for this position in (NY, CA, WA): $55,000- 95,000 • The estimated base pay range for this position in (CO): $55,000-85,000
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