Social-First Short-Form Video Editor — Hybrid & Growth

Brand Knew; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Client variety and exposure

Creative culture

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Brand Knew is seeking a social-first video editor who can craft native-feeling edits for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and more. You will find the moment worth watching in long clips, turn rough creator footage into tight, attention-grabbing cuts, and produce multiple versions for testing.

You\'ll collaborate with creative and performance teams, contribute to paid social campaigns, and help keep projects organized from brief through delivery, with a hybrid-work setup and room to grow within a

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio of short-form social edits.
• Ability to identify compelling moments quickly.
• Experience turning raw footage into tight edits.
• Familiarity with platform-native formatting and captions.
• Ability to deliver multiple versions on tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Edit fast, platform-native short-form videos for paid social across TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and other channels.
• Pull the strongest hooks, sound bites, and moments from long recordings, interviews, UGC, and raw creator footage; turn them into concise, compelling clips.
• Build effective edits from imperfect inputs, including phone footage, product shots, B-roll, stills, and client assets.
• Turn around multiple creative variations quickly, testing openings, lengths, pacing, captions, CTAs, and formats.
• Make content feel native to each platform through tight pacing, captions, sound, overlays, and simple motion.
• Collaborate with paid media, creative strategy, design, and account teams; use briefs, feedback, and performance learnings to improve edits.
• Own the final quality check for spelling, captions, brand and product names, offer details, audio levels, framing, safe zones, and export specs.
• Manage edits, revisions, and deadlines across multiple clients without sacrificing organization.
• Bring ideas to the table: spot stronger hooks, suggest new cuts, and share social trends worth testing.
• Keep project files and assets organized so they can be found, reused, and iterated on easily.

Skills

Short-form editing

Platform-native edits

Storytelling & pacing

Attention to detail

Take feedback

Collaboration

Multitask under deadlines

Tools

CapCut

Premiere Pro

After Effects (basic)

Job description

Brand Knew is seeking a social-first video editor who can craft native-feeling edits for TikTok, Reels, Shorts and more. You will find the moment worth watching in long clips, turn rough creator footage into tight, attention-grabbing cuts, and produce multiple versions for testing.

You\'ll collaborate with creative and performance teams, contribute to paid social campaigns, and help keep projects organized from brief through delivery, with a hybrid-work setup and room to grow within a