Video Editor — Performance Creative (DTC/eCommerce)

Compensation for this role is competitive and matched to experience. Please give a single monthly figure or a tight range in USD (e.g. "USD 4,000–4,500 per month"). If you normally invoice in another currency, state that currency and the USD equivalent.

The target start for this role is 12 October 2026, but earlier or later availability is fine — we just need the real date, including any notice period.

This role is fully remote, so contracts and working hours depend on your location. For example: "Based in Portugal, Portuguese national, able to invoice as a freelancer."

Some opportunities sit with US-based brands and buyers; others are more asynchronous. An honest answer helps us match you.

Count only paid-social ad work (Meta, TikTok, YouTube ads and similar) — not narrative, corporate, brand-film or organic social content.

Choose the single closest match.

One per line, e.g. "Brand/agency — Senior Editor (freelance) — Mar 2023 to present — skincare, Meta and TikTok ads". Name the actual accounts where you can; note any you cannot name under NDA.

Yes only if the cuts were yours and you saw the performance data.

Total monthly paid-social spend on the account your ads were running in, at its highest point. Please be honest — we verify in interview.

Count distinct deliverable cuts, including hook and angle variants of the same concept.

A one-pager, Loom walkthrough, or screenshots of Ads Manager / a reporting dashboard showing hook rate, hold rate, ROAS or CPA for ads you edited. Blur client names if needed, but leave the metrics visible. Use a link anyone can open without a login request.

A direct link to the ad itself (video file, Drive folder or ad library link) — not your whole showreel. If it is one of several variants, point to the winner.

Be specific: what the first three seconds did, what you cut or kept and why, what the hook rate, hold rate and conversion looked like against the account's benchmark, and how long it stayed in rotation. A short honest paragraph beats a polished one.

Choose the honest option — willingness counts here, not just current usage.

For example: "Premiere Pro — main timeline; CapCut — quick hook variants; Descript — transcript-based rough cuts; ElevenLabs — VO tests."

One or two paragraphs. Tell us how you decide on hooks and angles without a briefing call, how many variants you ship and why, what you would cut from the raw footage, and what you would flag to the strategist on delivery.

Trial tasks are kept small and time-boxed. Whether it is paid depends on the specific opportunity; we will tell you before you start.

Record on your phone or webcam — unedited is fine and preferred. In 1–2 minutes: your name, where you are based, the type of paid-social work you do, and the one ad you have edited that performed best and why. Upload to Loom, YouTube (unlisted), Drive or Vimeo and paste a link that opens without a login request.

Optional and entirely up to you. This includes things like screen-reader use, a preference for written over video stages, caring responsibilities, or a current contract that affects notice. It has no bearing on how we assess your work.