Short Drama Creative Editor Intern

NewsBreak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

NewsBreak in Mountain View, CA, is seeking two Short Drama Creative Editor Interns for 3–6 months. The role focuses on cutting trailers and ad creatives, QCing partner content, and producing weekly variants for social channels.

You will use AI tools to subtitle, dub, translate, and create reusable templates, with a passion for short-form video and data-driven optimization.

Qualifications

• Portfolio of short-form video edits with a link.
• Proficiency in Premiere Pro, CapCut, or DaVinci Resolve.
• Ability to explain hooks and beat-synced cuts.
• Interest in data: CTR/CPI and adapting creatives accordingly.
• Ability to read/write English well for subtitles; knowledge of ad policies is a plus.
• Experience with AI tools for editing, subtitles or dubbing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Cut trailers and 15–60s videos in 9:16 with strong hooks.
• QC partner creatives for specs, subtitles, and policy compliance; make light edits.
• Produce weekly creative variants and test different hooks, CTAs, subtitles.
• Run short-drama channels on TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram with regular posting.
• Leverage AI tools for auto-subtitling, dubbing and translations; build templates.

Skills

Video editing

Premiere Pro

CapCut

DaVinci Resolve

After Effects

Education

Film / Media / Design program (student or recent graduate)

Tools

AI editing tools

Job description

Mountain View, California, United States

About NewsBreak

Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.

Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.

Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.

If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

About the Role

NDot AI is building a mini-drama (short drama) business. We're hiring two Short Drama Creative Editor Interns, one in the SF Bay Area and one in Beijing, to cut and QC the trailers and paid ad creatives that bring viewers to our dramas.

• Type: Internship, 3–6 months, 24+ hours/week
• Reports to: Design Lead. Creative requests and scheduling come from the Performance Marketing Lead.

What You'll Do

• Cut trailers and ad creatives. Edit short dramas into 15–60 second trailers and paid ads in 9:16, with a strong hook in the first 3 seconds. These run on Meta, TikTok and Google ads and in in-app recommendations. You'll mainly work on titles where the partner sent no creatives or the creatives didn't meet our standards.
• QC partner creatives. This is your top daily priority. Partners are required to send ad creatives for their titles. You'll check each one for specs, subtitles, hook strength and ad-policy compliance on each platform, and make light edits when something doesn't pass.
• Produce creative variants every week. Follow the performance marketing team's test plan to make variants in batches, testing different hooks, end-card CTAs and subtitle styles. Then improve them based on CTR and CPI results.
• Run our short-drama channels on TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram. Cut highlight clips and recap/commentary videos, and keep a steady posting schedule.
• Use AI tools to work faster. Use AI for auto-subtitling, dubbing, translation and smart editing, and build reusable creative templates.

What We're Looking For

• Current student or recent graduate in film, media, design or a related field, with a short-form video editing portfolio. Please include a link to your work.
• Skilled in at least one of Premiere Pro, CapCut (or Jianying), or DaVinci Resolve. After Effects or motion graphics skills are a plus.
• You watch a lot of short dramas or vertical short-form video. You get hooks and beat-synced cuts, and you can explain why a specific ad makes people stop scrolling.
• You're curious about data. You're happy to look at CTR and CPI and change a creative based on what you see, not just make it look good.
• You can read and write English well enough to handle subtitles. Knowing ad policies on overseas social platforms is a plus.
• Experience with AI tools for editing, subtitles or dubbing is a plus.

This internship runs 3–6 months. Please list the latest date you can work through.

This role requires a minimum of 24 hours per week.

This internship is in person at our office at 800 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA.