Performance Video Editor & Designer

Scale Army Careers; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 180,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Scale Army Careers is seeking a Performance Video Editor & Designer to craft engaging, performance-driven creative assets for paid digital campaigns. The role emphasizes short-form video editing while supporting static ads, landing page graphics, and other digital design needs.

Ideal candidates combine strong video editing with solid graphic design and an understanding of paid social creative differences. Remote work with aligned U.S. client hours is expected.

Qualifications

• 1–2+ years of professional experience in video editing or creative design.
• Experience producing short-form advertising for social platforms.
• Strong portfolio showing video editing and graphic design capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Edit short-form video ads for paid social campaigns.
• Transform raw footage and assets into engaging advertisements.
• Add pacing, text overlays, captions, graphics, transitions for social formats.
• Adapt assets into multiple formats for campaign testing.
• Collaborate with marketing team to interpret briefs and feedback.
• Produce static creative and landing page visuals as needed.
• Organize project files to support efficient production.

Skills

Video editing

Graphic design

Short-form video editing

Paid social knowledge

Creative collaboration

Education

Portfolio demonstration

Tools

CapCut

Job description

This role is open to candidates based in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Please note that as this role supports U.S.-based clients, candidates must be available to work during U.S. business hours aligned with the client’s time zone.

Our client is a marketing company specializing in helping home services businesses generate and convert leads through digital advertising, creative campaigns, and marketing technology. The company creates performance-focused advertising and digital assets for its clients, with an emphasis on driving measurable results.

Role Overview

The Performance Video Editor & Designer will be responsible for producing engaging, performance-driven creative assets primarily for paid digital advertising campaigns. This role will focus heavily on short-form video editing while also supporting static ad creative, landing page graphics, and other digital design needs.

The ideal candidate combines strong video editing capabilities with a solid graphic design foundation and understands how paid social creative differs from traditional or organic content. This person will work from established creative direction and collaborate with the marketing team to transform concepts, footage, and brand assets into polished advertisements designed to capture attention and drive action.

Location

Fully Remote | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST | LATAM only.

Key Responsibilities

Short-Form Video Editing

• Edit short-form video advertisements for paid social and digital advertising campaigns.
• Transform raw footage, existing assets, and creative direction into polished, engaging advertisements.
• Incorporate strong pacing, text overlays, captions, graphics, transitions, and other elements appropriate for short-form advertising.
• Adapt creative assets into different formats and variations for campaign testing.

Paid Social Creative

• Create video assets with an understanding of what captures attention and performs effectively across social media platforms.
• Apply best practices around hooks, pacing, messaging, and visual presentation when producing advertising creative.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to execute new creative concepts and iterations based on campaign needs.
• Produce creative specifically designed for paid advertising environments rather than relying solely on organic social conventions.

Graphic Design & Static Creative

• Design static advertisements and supporting campaign graphics.
• Create visual assets that maintain consistency with established client branding and creative direction.
• Apply strong typography, composition, hierarchy, and branding principles across digital assets.
• Support additional graphic design needs across multiple client accounts as required.

Landing Page & Digital Assets

• Create and update graphics used across landing pages and other marketing materials.
• Produce supporting visual assets that complement advertising campaigns.
• Maintain visual consistency throughout advertising and landing page experiences.

Creative Collaboration & Organization

• Work closely with the marketing team to understand creative briefs, feedback, and campaign objectives.
• Execute within established creative direction while applying strong creative judgment.
• Manage creative requests across multiple client accounts while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Incorporate feedback efficiently and produce new creative variations when needed.
• Organize project files and creative assets to support an efficient production process.

Qualifications

Experience

• 1-2+ years of professional experience in video editing, creative design, or a similar role.
• Demonstrated experience producing short-form advertising or paid social creative.
• Experience creating both video and static digital marketing assets.
• Experience producing creative for social media and digital advertising environments.
• Agency or multi-client experience is a plus.
• Experience using CapCut.

Skills

• Strong proficiency with professional video editing tools.
• Strong video editing capabilities for short-form advertising content.
• Strong graphic design fundamentals, including typography, composition, hierarchy, and branding.
• Ability to create compelling short-form videos from provided footage and creative direction.
• Understanding of social media platforms and the creative conventions that drive engagement and performance.
• Understanding of hooks, pacing, messaging, and visual presentation for paid advertising.
• Ability to create static advertising creative and supporting campaign graphics.
• Ability to produce landing page graphics and other supporting digital assets.
• Ability to adapt creative into multiple formats and variations for testing.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating both video editing and graphic design capabilities.

What Success Looks Like

• Polished and engaging short-form advertising creative is consistently produced on schedule.
• Creative is visually strong while being designed specifically for paid advertising environments.
• Video and static design needs are successfully supported across client campaigns.
• Creative briefs and established direction are translated into high-quality finished assets.
• Feedback is incorporated quickly and effectively.
• New creative variations can be produced efficiently to support campaign testing.
• Multiple client accounts are supported while maintaining organization, consistency, and quality.
• The marketing team has a dependable creative resource for paid social, static advertising, and supporting digital assets.

Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a growing marketing company and work directly on creative that supports client acquisition campaigns. As the Performance Video Editor & Designer, you will produce a variety of paid social advertisements and digital assets, collaborate with an experienced marketing team, and build creative across multiple brands and campaigns.