Talo is hiring on behalf of a client

Performance Video Editor

Full-time · 6:00 AM–2:00 PM EST

A confidential search run by Talo for one of its clients. The full brief is shared with shortlisted candidates.

Apply

About youStep 1 of 6

Full nameEmailPhone — optionalLocation and time zone — optionalLinkedIn — optionalPortfolio — optionalYour CV — PDF please, up to 4 MB; it is read as part of your applicationIntro video — required · a short video of you (1 to 2 minutes), MP4, MOV or WebM up to 100 MB, or a linkor a link anyone can open (YouTube, Vimeo, Loom, or Drive shared as “Anyone with the link”):Why this role? — optional

What is your expected monthly base salary in USD?

The budget for this role is $1,500–$2,500/month plus performance bonuses for winning creative. Please give a single figure or a narrow range, e.g. "$1,800" or "$1,800–$2,000".

What is your earliest possible start date?

If you are serving notice, give the first date you could realistically begin.

Which country will you be living and working from, and what is your local time zone?

For example: "Philippines, GMT+8". We ask because the role runs on fixed US hours and contracting arrangements depend on your working location.

Can you reliably work 6:00 AM–2:00 PM EST, Monday to Friday?

This is a fixed schedule, not flexible hours. Please answer honestly.

How many years have you worked as a video editor producing paid social advertising creative?

Count only paid social or direct-response ad editing, not general video, wedding, corporate or YouTube content.

Which best describes your most recent 12 months of work?

Choose the single closest match.

List the brands, agencies or clients you edited paid social ads for, with your role and dates.

One per line, e.g. "Brand X — freelance editor — Mar 2023–present — DTC skincare". Include the category so we understand the audience.

Which paid social channels have you personally edited and delivered ads for?

Select all where your edits ran as paid media, not organic posts.

Meta (Facebook/Instagram Feed) Instagram Reels TikTok YouTube Shorts Snapchat Pinterest Google/YouTube in-stream None of these

Which markets or audiences have you edited ads for? — optional

Select all that apply. Our core audience is women aged 55+ in the US.

US Canada UK/Ireland Western Europe Australia/New Zealand Middle East Asia-Pacific Latin America Africa

How would you rate your proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro?

Premiere Pro is the core editing environment for this role.

Which of these tools have you used in real client or brand work?

Select all you have actually shipped work with. The AI stack changes often, so name others in a later answer if needed.

Adobe Premiere Pro After Effects CapCut ElevenLabs HeyGen Higgsfield Runway Midjourney Sora or Veo Descript None of these

Have you personally edited an ad that reached $10,000 or more in paid media spend?

We mean spend behind creative you cut yourself, not a campaign your team ran.

What is the largest monthly ad spend that ran behind a single ad you edited?

Pick the band for your single strongest example. Honest answers are better than inflated ones — we verify in interview.

Which parts of the creative did you personally own on that work?

Select only what you did yourself.

Hook writing/selection Full edit and assembly Pacing and retention editing Captions and on-screen text Sound design and music Motion graphics/VFX AI-generated footage or voice Hook/CTA variations and cutdowns Briefing or directing UGC creators Reading performance data and iterating

Link to proof of spend or performance for that ad.

A screenshot in a shared drive or Loom walkthrough of Ads Manager showing spend, hook rate, hold rate, ROAS or CPA — with client names blurred if needed. Make sure the link is publicly viewable.

Link to your 3–5 strongest direct-response ads, including any AI-assisted work.

One link to a folder, reel or page — not your general showreel. Note beside each which one is the $10K+ spend ad and which used AI tools.

Why did that ad work? Explain the hook, the pacing choices and what you would change if you rebuilt it today.

Around 150–250 words in your own words. Specific craft decisions beat general theory, and we can tell when text is pasted from an AI tool.

Scenario: a strategist sends you a brief at 7:00 AM for a UGC-style ad aimed at women aged 55+, with raw creator footage, a required claim and a 24-hour deadline. On review, the footage has no usable first three seconds, the creator mumbles the key benefit, and you have four other edits due the same day. What do you do, in what order, and what do you send back to the strategist?

One paragraph. Tell us how you protect the hook, the deadline and the brief's intent, and what you would escalate rather than solve alone.

How many finished ad concepts can you realistically deliver in a typical week?

The role expects 10–12 concepts per week with most edits turned around in under 24 hours.

Are you willing to complete a short paid practical test task as part of the hiring process?

It is a single short edit from a real brief, scoped to a few hours.

Link to a 1–2 minute intro video.

Record yourself on camera, unedited, in English. Cover: who you are, the ad you are proudest of and why it performed, and which AI tool you are experimenting with right now. Phone footage is fine — we are assessing spoken English and clarity, not production value. Upload to Loom, YouTube (unlisted) or Google Drive and check the link is viewable by anyone.

How did you hear about this role? — optionalIs there anything we should know to make the process fair for you, such as adjustments you need or circumstances affecting your availability? — optional

Optional and confidential. This has no bearing on whether we shortlist you.

Website

I consent to Talo storing and processing the details I've provided to consider me for this role and, if shortlisted, to present me to its client. I can ask for them to be corrected or removed at any time.