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Social Video Editor (Freelancer)

$23 - $53 per hour

WITHIN

Job Description

Job Description

About the Role: At WITHIN, we push the boundaries of digital creativity. We're looking for a Social Video Editor to join our creative team, focusing on producing engaging short-form content across TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and emerging platforms. This role is perfect for a hands-on editor with a passion for storytelling in fast-moving social environments. You'll collaborate with designers, strategists, and producers to craft culturally relevant, scroll-stopping content that drives results for our clients.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

  • Edit and deliver engaging short-form videos optimized for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and other social platforms.
  • Create dynamic motion graphics, typography animations, and visual effects to enhance social content and drive engagement.
  • Repurpose existing footage into platform-specific edits that reflect trends, client voice, and campaign goals.
  • Stay on top of cultural and platform trends, integrating music, memes, and editing techniques that resonate with audiences.
  • Create multiple versions and aspect ratios (9:16, 1:1, 16:9) to fit platform requirements and campaign specs.
  • Collaborate with Creative Leads and Account Managers to ensure all deliverables meet creative and client standards.
  • Ensure accuracy in timing, captions, graphics, and sound across all final assets.

Requirements

  • 1–2 years of professional editing experience, ideally in a digital marketing, social media, or agency environment (internship experience considered).
  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects for motion graphics, typography animation, and visual effects.
  • Familiarity with social platforms and their native editing features (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, Capcut).
  • Strong understanding of short-form content trends, pacing, and storytelling.
  • Ability to manage multiple edits at once, balancing speed with quality.
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
  • A collaborative mindset and eagerness to learn from senior team members.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Familiarity with generative AI tools for editing, captioning, or effects.
  • Hands-on experience shooting social-first content (phone or DSLR).
  • Passion for pop culture, internet trends, and social storytelling.

 

We offer a competitive hourly wage based on ability level:

  • Hourly Rate DOE
  • This is a remote role.

Hourly rate based on education, experience, and skills level ($23-$53)

  • Level 1- Possesses essential capabilities.

    • $23-$29

  • Level 2- Possesses developing capabilities.

    • $29-$35

  • Level 3- Possesses notable capabilities.

    • $35- $41

  • Level 4- Possesses strong capabilities.

    • $41-$47

  • Level 5- Possesses advanced capabilities.

    • $47-$53

 

About WITHIN

WITHIN is the world's first Performance Branding company, partnering with some of the biggest brands in the world to drive business growth through innovative marketing strategies. Our integrated operating model collapses the traditional marketing silos between creative and media, performance and brand, and across media channels. With a full suite of offerings including media, creative, SEO, Lifecycle, Retail Media, Affiliate and Influencer, we're able to work with our brand partners in an integrated fashion, allowing us to align marketing strategies back to core business objectives. Client teams at WITHIN are trained on how to always act as a trusted business partner, acting as a fiduciary to client needs above our own.

Teams at WITHIN have the ability to work with iconic brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Ben and Jerry's and Jose Cuervo. Everyone at WITHIN wants to grow and be challenged. It's a collaborative place made up of small, closely knit and versatile teams that are fast and adaptive to solve problems and build systems.

Check out some of our work !

We  weave AI into everything we do , using the latest tech across all teams to innovate, work smarter, and make better decisions. Whether it's in creative, operations, or anything else, AI helps us level up and do things at a whole new scale. We expect our people to use AI in their daily work, fully embracing it as a critical tool to help us succeed. 

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Locations

  • New York City: 43-01 22nd St, Suite 602, Queens, NY 11101, United States
  • Bogotá: Carrera 14A # 101-47. Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogotá 110111, Colombia
  • Mexico City: Av. Insurgentes Sur 1082, Piso (Floor) 2, Oficina 2008, Ciudad de México, CDMX 03100, México

 

AI-Assisted Screening Notice

As part of our initial application review process, we may use an AI-assisted tool to help compare skills and job titles from your resume with the requirements of the role. This tool evaluates information based on contextual relevance and is used only to support our manual review process. It is not used to make hiring decisions.

If you are a resident of New York City and would like to request an alternative evaluation process or a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at View phone number on ziprecruiter.com.

 

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