Founding Video Editor for High-Impact YouTube Content

snowball; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & vision benefits

401(k)

Remote-Hybrid flexible

Direct mentorship from the co-founders

Ground-floor opportunity at a fast‑g‑r

Job summary

Snowball seeks a founding Video Editor to shape YouTube content for top brands. You’ll craft stories that hold attention, drive retention, and scale formats across long-form videos.

Work closely with world-class producers, strategists, and channel leads to elevate storytelling, refine pacing, and maintain consistency across episodes. This role blends editing craft with creative problem solving in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of professional editing experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating storytelling craft (required). YouTube experience preferred.
• Deep proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or comparable editing software.
• Strong understanding of YouTube pacing, structure, retention tactics, and platform best practices.
• Experience editing educational, narrative, branded, or documentary-style content.
• Experience editing long-form content (YouTube experience strongly preferred)

Responsibilities

• Edit high-performing long-form YouTube content for our clients across established and emerging channels
• Assemble rough cuts and refine them into polished, final edits
• Execute pacing decisions that prioritize clarity, retention, and storytelling
• Collaborate with producers and strategists to interpret creative briefs and bring concepts to life
• Implement notes quickly and accurately across multiple feedback rounds
• Manage multiple projects and clients at once while meeting deadlines
• Maintain consistency across episodes, formats, and recurring content series
• Ensure assets, timelines, and exports follow consistent internal standards
• Support the development of repeatable editing systems that enable channel scale
• Streamline editing processes and workflows to ensure projects stay on track and deadlines are met

Skills

Video editing

Storytelling

YouTube knowledge

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

Snowball seeks a founding Video Editor to shape YouTube content for top brands. You’ll craft stories that hold attention, drive retention, and scale formats across long-form videos.

Work closely with world-class producers, strategists, and channel leads to elevate storytelling, refine pacing, and maintain consistency across episodes. This role blends editing craft with creative problem solving in a fast-paced environment.