Senior Motion and Video Editor (Performance/UGC)

ZOE; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading video editing firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Motion and Video Editor to create high-performing paid ads targeting Meta, TikTok, and Google. This role entails significant hands-on editing where you will produce multiple video variants, collaborate closely with other teams, and iterate based on performance data. Candidates should have extensive experience in UGC video editing, strong storytelling skills, and mastery of tools like Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, making this a key hire in the team's creative strategy.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience producing high-performing paid social ads.
• Showcase of multi-variant video editing in portfolio.
• Ability to provide clear feedback to creators.

Responsibilities

• Edit videos focusing on performance and audience engagement.
• Work closely with creators and imperative stakeholders.
• Create and test multiple video variants to optimize performance.

Skills

Editing skills

Understanding of performance metrics

Creative storytelling

Knowledge of social trends

Communication and feedback skills

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

AI-assisted video production tools

Job description

🚀 The Role

We are looking for a Senior Motion and Video Editor (Performance/UGC) to become the engine behind Zoe’s creative performance. This will be an impactful, hands-on editing role with the majority of your time editing video, turning creator and brand footage into high-performing paid ads across Meta, TikTok and Google. You’ll be responsible for producing multiple variants per week, iterating quickly based on performance data, and constantly improving how our ads hook, engage, and convert.

This is a hugely impactful hire at ZOE and one that’ll see you operate with high autonomy, informing our creative strategy and constantly iterating based on performance data.

👥 The Team

You will join a fast-paced, growth-oriented creative squad. You’ll report directly to our Head of Creative and work hand-in-hand with our User Acquisition (UA) Managers. This is a highly collaborative partnership: the UA team provides the data and the scale, and you provide the high-velocity creative fuel that makes those campaigns successful.

🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

• Performance-Led Editing: You’ll edit with outcomes in mind, crafting thumb-stopping hooks, strong pacing, and clear CTAs. Your focus will be on attention, engagement, and acquisition rather than polish for its own sake, balancing speed with judgement and knowing what “good enough” looks like in a performance environment.
• Partnering with Creators: A key partnership that underpins success in this role; you’ll brief and support creators to get the footage you need, giving clear, practical feedback to improve raw content quality. You’ll then remix that creator content into ads that feel authentic, credible, and built to perform.
• Editing Ownership: You’ll be editing a high volume of UGC and brand video into paid social ads, turning single pieces of footage into multiple performance-led variants. You’ll adapt your edits for Meta, TikTok, and Google, optimising for speed, scalability and performance.
• Test & Learn: Own the iteration process. You won’t just make one video; you’ll create 10+ variations to test what resonates best with our audience. Improvement comes from iteration, not perfection.

🧠 What You’ll Bring to the Table

• Portfolio: Your folio shows paid social video with multiple variants, clear performance thinking, and editing decisions made for outcomes rather than polish. This will need to be part of your application.
• Proven Track Record: Extensive experience producing high-performing paid social ads (Meta, TikTok, etc.), specifically within the UGC space.
• The "Editor First” Mindset: Editing is your core craft. You spend most of your time hands-on in the timeline, while also owning your projects and briefing creators to support your work. You’re confident cutting both UGC and brand footage into paid ads at speed.
• Technical Mastery: Expert-level skills in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and a deep curiosity for AI-assisted video production (e.g., Arcads, ElevenLabs, or automated captioning tools).
• Autonomy: You’re always looking at the data to drive improvements and iterations; a passion for learning and implementing what works
• Speed & Quality: You’re able to work at speed and deliver quality quickly – you have a sense of urgency and what ‘good enough’ looks like.
• Creative mind and storytelling skills: You can turn raw UGC into clear, engaging stories with strong hooks, smart pacing, and an instinct for what works on social.
• Finger on the pulse: You’re tuned into culture and social trends, with a sharp instinct for what feels current and relevant for our audience.

✨ Our Hiring Journey

👋 Intro Chat with Talent Team – 30 mins A friendly chat to understand your experience, motivation, flexibility, and expectations.

🧠 Hiring Manager Interview – 45 mins A deep dive into your creative process, your experience with UGC, and how you use data to inform your edits.

📊 Skills-Based Task Stage – 60 mins We’ve explored what you’ve achieved to date, now let’s see it in action - literally! We’ll share a brief with a creative expected output and discuss your approach, rationale and production.

🤝 Cross-Functional Collaboration & Values Interview – 45 mins Meet our UA team to discuss how you collaborate on performance goals and handle rapid feedback loops.

🎉 Offer Stage We like to move fast, keep things clear, and make sure you feel supported every step of the way!

🚀 Ready to thrive? We want to hear from you

The experience, skills, and attributes we’ve outlined are what we believe will help someone truly thrive in this role.

However, we understand that talent comes in many forms. If you are genuinely excited about ZOE\'s mission and this opportunity, please don\'t hesitate to apply—even if you don\'t meet every single requirement listed.

We fundamentally value potential and commitment above all else. We are dedicated to fostering growth and providing opportunities for you to learn and develop alongside us.