This role is open to candidates based in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Please note that as this role supports U.S.-based clients, candidates must be available to work during U.S. business hours aligned with the client’s time zone.

The UGC Video Editor will create engaging short-form video content and UGC-style advertisements designed to drive attention, engagement, and conversions. The role focuses on producing performance-driven creative for TikTok, Instagram, and other short-form platforms, combining strong visual storytelling with an understanding of what makes advertising content effective.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of professional video editing experience, understands emerging social media trends, and can produce high-quality creative that supports engagement and sales. Experience in the beauty or fashion industry is a major plus.

Location

Fully Remote | 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST

Key Responsibilities

Short-Form Video Editing

• Edit engaging short-form videos for social media and paid advertising campaigns.
• Transform raw footage, UGC, product footage, and existing creative assets into compelling video content.
• Develop strong hooks, pacing, transitions, captions, and visual storytelling to capture audience attention.
• Adapt video content for different social media platforms, placements, and formats.
• Produce multiple creative variations for testing and optimization.

UGC & Performance Creative

• Create UGC-style advertisements designed to generate engagement and conversions.
• Develop creative concepts based on target audiences, pain points, hooks, and offers.
• Edit video content specifically for performance marketing and paid social campaigns.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to align creative production with campaign objectives and requirements.
• Use performance data and feedback to improve future advertising creative.

Social Media Trends & Creative Research

• Stay informed about viral trends, content formats, sounds, hooks, and emerging editing styles.
• Research high-performing content across TikTok, Instagram, and other short-form platforms.
• Identify relevant trends that can be adapted to the brand's content and advertising.
• Contribute new creative ideas and concepts based on social media trends and audience behavior.
• Evaluate trends based on their potential to drive engagement and sales rather than popularity alone.

Graphic Design & Visual Assets

• Create simple graphic assets to support video content and advertising creative.
• Incorporate text, graphics, animations, and other visual elements into videos.
• Adapt creative assets for different advertising placements and formats.

Qualifications

Experience

• 3+ years of professional video editing experience, with a strong focus on short-form content.
• Demonstrated experience creating social media content and/or paid advertising creative.
• Experience producing UGC-style advertisements.
• Experience creating advertising content that contributed to sales is highly valued.
• Experience in the beauty or fashion industry is a major plus.
• Graphic design experience is strongly preferred.
• 3 years of experience editing paid social ads is prefered.

Skills

• Proficiency with professional video editing software.
• Ability to use graphic design tools to create supporting visual assets.
• Strong understanding of short-form video formats and platform requireme