Freelance Video Editor

Shook; United States; Remote; USD 34,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Shook Digital is seeking a Freelance Video Editor to transform raw creator footage into scroll-stopping UGC ads for TikTok and other platforms. You’ll use AI and traditional editing to ship high-performance assets that resonate with audiences.

You will own the workflow from hook to CTA, iterating based on data, and building modular assets for rapid testing. Remote, freelance role with CET overlap preferred; paid trial included.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to edit TikTok-style UGC ads with strong hooks in the first 2 seconds.
• Ability to turn around multiple cuts quickly without sacrificing quality.
• Comfort reading data to inform edits and iterating accordingly.
• Experience using AI tools for dubbing, lip-sync, and localisation.

Responsibilities

• UGC production editing: turn raw footage into polished, platform-first ads.
• Performance-driven iterations: swap hooks, recut, test CTAs with speed and precision.
• Creative remixes: repurpose assets to fuel testing library.
• AI video editing: localise content across languages and AI voice work.

Skills

TikTok editing instincts

Speed

Performance mindset

AI tool fluency

Modular thinking

Autonomous execution

Tools

ElevenLabs

Job description

We’re not looking for someone who makes things look pretty. We’re looking for someone who makes things perform. As a Freelance Video Editor at Shook Digital, you’ll take raw creator footage and turn it into scroll-stopping UGC ads - iterating fast, remixing creatively, and using every tool available, including AI, to ship assets that win.

What you’ll own

UGC production editing

• Edit raw creator footage into polished, script-accurate UGC ads. Maintain the native, platform-first feel that outperforms studio content on TikTok.

Performance-driven iterations

• Review ad results and iterate cuts based on what the data says. Swap hooks, recut bodies, and test new CTAs with speed and precision.

Creative remixes

• Repurpose winning assets into fresh variants. Combine hooks from one ad with bodies from another. Build the modular library that fuels our testing engine.

AI Video Editing

• Use AI tools to localise and dub creator content across languages and AI voice overs. Stay ahead of what’s possible with lip-sync workflows and apply it at scale.

What we’re looking for

• TikTok-native editing instincts — you know what a strong hook looks like in the first 2 seconds of raw footage, and you know how to build toward it.
• Speed without sloppiness — you’re comfortable turning around multiple cuts in a short window. Fast doesn’t mean careless.
• Performance mindset — you care whether your edits work, not just whether they look good. You read the results and apply them to the next cut.
• AI tool fluency — you’ve used tools like ElevenLabs, or equivalent for dubbing and lip-sync. You experiment and stay current.
• Modular thinking — you understand the hook / body / CTA structure and can edit to the module, not just the whole video.
• Autonomous execution — you read the brief, ask the right questions once, and deliver. You don’t need to be chased.

How we hire

01 – The brief

• 20 min call on our editing workflow and your UGC experience

02 – Work trial

• Paid, 2–3 hr editing tasks using a real campaign brief

03 – Edit review

• Walk us through your cuts and your decisions

04 – Final chat

• Align on terms. We move from interviews to onboarding in days.

More details

Remote · Freelance · CET overlap preferred · Paid trial included