Video Editor

VaynerMedia; United States; Remote; USD 8,400 - 14,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Freelance engagement (Malaysia-based)

Job summary

VaynerMedia is seeking a freelance video editor to craft social-first content across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. You will shape hooks, pacing, and structure, then adapt edits for each platform and audience response.

You bring 3–5 years of professional editing experience, strong Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop skills, and a track record of producing complete video/motion design work. You’ll work collaboratively in a fast-moving, experimental environment.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of professional creative experience and a portfolio or record of making content across media or platforms.
• Demonstrated video editing experience, ideally in advertising, digital media, or a related field.
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, especially Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop.
• Ability to produce complete video and motion design work from start to finish.
• Strong understanding of social platform practices and performance measures.
• Self-directed, accountable, and collaborative, with the ability to work well across teams.

Responsibilities

• Turn raw footage into polished videos optimized for platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Refine openings, pacing, structure, and edits to support views, engagement, shares, and audience retention.
• Iterate and remix content to improve performance, using platform results to guide creative adjustments.
• Keep up with platform conventions, emerging formats, creator trends, and editing approaches.
• Contribute ideas in brainstorms and project kickoffs, while helping carry concepts through execution and testing.
• Work with cross-functional teammates on quick-turn requests and tight deadlines; share editing and performance practices with creators and other creative colleagues.

Skills

Video editing

Adobe Creative Suite

Motion design

Social media performance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Portfolio

Tools

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Photoshop

Job description

Role overview

Edit social-first video content with a focus on how it performs in people’s feeds. This freelance role combines strong post-production craft with continual iteration: shaping hooks, pacing, and structure for attention, then adapting creative for platform formats and audience response.

Responsibilities

• Turn raw footage into polished videos optimized for platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Refine openings, pacing, structure, and edits to support views, engagement, shares, and audience retention.
• Iterate and remix content to improve performance, using platform results to guide creative adjustments.
• Keep up with platform conventions, emerging formats, creator trends, and editing approaches.
• Contribute ideas in brainstorms and project kickoffs, while helping carry concepts through execution and testing.
• Work with cross-functional teammates on quick-turn requests and tight deadlines; share editing and performance practices with creators and other creative colleagues.

Requirements

• Three to five years of professional creative experience and a portfolio or record of making content across media or platforms.
• Demonstrated video editing experience, ideally in advertising, digital media, or a related field.
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, especially Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop.
• Ability to produce complete video and motion design work from start to finish.
• Strong understanding of social platform practices and performance measures.
• Self-directed, accountable, and collaborative, with the ability to work well across teams.

Benefits and work setup

• Freelance engagement based in Malaysia.
• Work in a fast-moving, experimental creative environment focused on testing ideas and solving business problems.