In-House Video Editor

Naïve; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Naive in San Francisco seeks a Video Production Lead to own all video content—from ad creatives to launch videos and tutorials. You’ll work directly with the founders and growth team, guiding projects from concept and storyboarding through editing, motion design, and final delivery.

You will shape visual storytelling, maintain high quality and speed, and iterate based on performance data and audience feedback to maximize impact.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio of ad creatives, launch videos or product tutorials.
• Exceptional visual taste and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with AI video, image and voice tools.
• Experience working with startups, software companies or AI products.
• High agency — independently take projects from rough brief to finished video.

Responsibilities

• Create ad creatives with strong hooks, clear messaging and compelling product storytelling.
• Produce polished launch videos for new products, features and autonomous companies.
• Build tutorials and product demos that make Naive easy to understand and use.
• Own editing, motion graphics, pacing, sound design, color and captions.
• Test different hooks, cuts and formats using performance data and audience feedback.
• Establish a high bar for visual quality, consistency and production speed.

Skills

Video production

Motion graphics

Storyboarding

Editing

Job description

About Naive

Naive is building autonomous companies: agent systems capable of operating real businesses end to end.

We release autonomous company templates and benchmarks, alongside a studio—where users can deploy and operate these systems. Our infrastructure platform, Vetta, powers long-running, high-volume agent workloads. We’ve raised a $28.5M Series A from Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners, Liquid 2 and leading operators.

The Role

Own video production for Naive across ad creatives, launch videos, product demos and tutorials. You’ll work directly with the founders and growth team, taking videos from concept and storyboarding through editing, motion design and final delivery.

What You’ll Do

• Create ad creatives with strong hooks, clear messaging and compelling product storytelling
• Produce polished launch videos for new products, features and autonomous companies
• Build tutorials and product demos that make Naive easy to understand and use
• Own editing, motion graphics, pacing, sound design, color and captions
• Test different hooks, cuts and formats using performance data and audience feedback
• Establish a high bar for visual quality, consistency and production speed

Must-Haves

• Strong portfolio of ad creatives, launch videos or product tutorials
• Exceptional visual taste and attention to detail
• Familiarity with AI video, image and voice tools
• Experience working with startups, software companies or AI products
• High agency — you independently take projects from a rough brief to a finished video

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience producing performance ads and iterating based on retention and conversion data
• Experience building reusable motion graphics templates and visual styles
• Ex-founder or early startup employee