Senior Editor, Performance Social Video (AI-Driven)

Forbes Advisor; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes Advisor is seeking a Senior Editor, Manager to edit and deliver high-performing paid social and native advertising creative and help build a small team of exceptional editors. This hands-on editing role centers on craft, with leadership responsibilities as the team grows.

You will work closely with Creative Director and cross-functional teams, guiding editors, establishing workflows, and hiring while maintaining high editorial standards and a focus on performance-driven results.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional video editing experience.
• Direct-response and paid social editing experience.
• Experience leading or mentoring editors.
• Strong storytelling, pacing, and editorial judgment.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted editing workflows.
• Portfolio of high-performing paid social or DTC editing.

Responsibilities

• Edit a high volume of paid social and native ads across in-person shoots, remote UGC, and AI-generated video.
• Cut across a wide range of styles, from simple UGC and social-native performance creative to elevated interview, documentary, journalistic, and graphics-driven work.
• Bring excellent editorial judgment to every cut, including story, hooks, pacing, structure, music, graphics, captions, and finish.
• Understand platform-native creative for Meta, TikTok, and other short-form channels, including hooks, retention, pacing, and social-first storytelling.
• Work quickly without sacrificing craft, producing the volume and creative variations performance marketing demands.
• Use performance data, testing results, and creative learnings to inform future edits and iterations.
• Help the Creative Director identify, interview, and hire additional editors as the team grows.
• As the team expands, review editors’ work, give clear and actionable feedback, coach talent, and maintain a consistently high creative bar.
• Help establish editing systems, templates, tools, and workflows that allow the team to scale efficiently.
• Partner with the post-production coordinator to ensure footage and assets are properly prepared, organized, and easy for editors to find and use.
• Help build and maintain a bench of trusted freelance editors for periods of increased volume.
• Ensure finished ads meet required legal and brand guidelines before launch.

Skills

Editing

Leadership

Mentoring

Storytelling

Pacing

Communication

AI editing tools

Social-native editing

Tools

After Effects

AI editing tools

Job description

Forbes Advisor is seeking a Senior Editor, Manager to edit and deliver high-performing paid social and native advertising creative and help build a small team of exceptional editors. This hands-on editing role centers on craft, with leadership responsibilities as the team grows.

You will work closely with Creative Director and cross-functional teams, guiding editors, establishing workflows, and hiring while maintaining high editorial standards and a focus on performance-driven results.