Video Editor (Trailer-Focused)

Video Editor (Trailer-Focused)

Hybrid / Remote: Boston, MA (Preferred)

Who are we?

143 Studios is an award-winning media production company headquartered in Boston, MA focused on creating, producing, and publishing first-of-its-kind audio and visual content that inspires and empowers millions of people globally. We are the team behind the Golden Globe-nominated show The Mel Robbins Podcast, which is #1 most-followed show on Apple Podcasts. We're also the same team behind The Let Them Theory, a cultural phenomenon with almost 10 million copies sold, six #1 Audible Originals, and professional development education for many of the largest companies in the world. Every day, our work reaches more than 40 million online followers around the world.

About the Role

We're seeking a Promo and Trailer Focused Video Editor whose primary responsibility is creating high-impact promotional content that drives episode launches, campaigns, partnerships, and audience growth.

This role will focus heavily on crafting compelling trailers, marketing assets, and promotional videos, while also supporting long-form/short-form episode editing as needed. The ideal candidate understands how to identify the hook, build emotional momentum, shape narrative arcs, and deliver tight, strategic edits that move audiences to watch, listen, and take action.

You should be equally passionate about storytelling and performance — someone who thinks in story but edits with retention, engagement, and conversion in mind.

Promotional Editing

• Identify powerful hooks, emotional beats, and standout moments from long-form content
• Create compelling episode trailers, launch promos, and campaign-driven assets
• Edit marketing materials including pre-roll ads, website feature videos, paid social creatives, and partnership campaigns
• Craft concise, high-impact promotional cuts designed to maximize engagement, retention, and conversion
• Enhance edits with music, sound design, pacing, captions, motion graphics, and animation
• Version content across multiple formats, aspect ratios, and distribution platforms
• Collaborate closely with producers, marketers, and creative teams to align promotional content with campaign strategy and brand voice

Long-Form Editing Support

• Edit full-length podcast and video episodes as needed
• Tighten pacing and strengthen narrative structure across conversational content
• Manage multi-cam edits, syncing, and timeline organization
• Apply audio cleanup, mixing, and basic color correction
• Incorporate branded graphics, templates, and visual systems
• Deliver polished final exports optimized for distribution platforms

Narrative Engineering & Editorial Instincts

• Exceptional editorial instincts with a deep understanding of narrative engineering, emotional pacing, audience psychology, and retention strategy
• Knows how to build compelling narrative arcs, create emotional payoff, and structure edits that keep audiences engaged from start to finish
• Thinks strategically about storytelling within short-form content, understanding how every cut, beat, and moment influences audience behavior
• Fluent across the Adobe Creative Suite and complementary creative tools, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Cinema 4D
• Curious, analytical, and confident integrating AI into creative workflows — not just testing tools, but embedding them meaningfully into the editing process
• Strong understanding of YouTube Studio, TikTok Analytics, and third-party performance platforms, including retention curves, CTR, CVR, and audience drop-off analysis
• Balances creative instinct with data-informed decision-making, knowing when to trust the numbers and when to challenge them

Creative Discipline & Ownership

• Thinks in story and edits in stats — passionate about emotionally driven storytelling while equally obsessed with retention, pacing, and performance structure
• Sees AI as a creative partner and actively explores smarter, faster, and more effective ways to enhance workflow and creative output
• Understands that storytelling and performance are not opposites — high-performing content is built through intentional creative craft
• Brings positive energy, strong collaboration, and a team-first mentality while maintaining accountability to deadlines and delivery
• Moves with urgency and ownership — proactive, focused, and composed under pressure without needing constant direction
• Deeply cares about the mission and believes great editing has the power to shape culture, grow audiences, and elevate an entire brand
• Contributes ideas beyond execution and consistently looks for opportunities to improve the creative, the campaign, and the team overall

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Edit long-form podcast and interview content from raw footage through final delivery
• Create highly engaging short-form content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and emerging social platforms
• Identify compelling hooks, emotional moments, and high-retention story beats from long-form conversations
• Shape narrative pacing, emotional arcs, and conversational flow to create impactful storytelling moments
• Build dynamic cold opens, teasers, and viral-ready clips that immediately capture audience attention
• Use pacing, jump cuts, music, sound design, tension, silence, and visual rhythm to elevate storytelling and emotional impact
• Adapt storytelling styles and editing approaches based on platform behavior and audience consumption patterns
• Collaborate with producers to refine narrative structure, emotional clarity, and audience experience across all content
• Continuously experiment with new editing techniques, retention strategies, and social storytelling formats
• Edit multi-camera interviews, conversational content, and documentary-style segments with strong editorial judgment
• Manage timeline organization, syncing, media workflows, versioning, and project management
• Incorporate music, sound design, captions, graphics, and motion elements to strengthen clarity and engagement
• Design and implement motion graphics, animated typography, lower thirds, visual callouts, and transitions
• Create visually dynamic edits through kinetic text, compositing, zooms, punch-ins, speed ramps, and animated social graphics
• Optimize edits for multiple aspect ratios and platform deliverables, including vertical, square, and widescreen formats
• Apply color correction, audio cleanup, and finishing polish to final deliverables
• Maintain organized project files, exports, templates, and archival systems
• Stay current on evolving social trends, platform best practices, creator content styles, and audience engagement techniques
• Balance multiple fast-moving projects and deadlines in a high-volume production environment
• Ensure all content aligns with brand standards while continuing to push creative quality and innovation

Qualifications

• 6–7+ years of professional video editing experience
• Strong experience editing trailers, promos, short-form content, or marketing-driven creative
• Excellent instincts for hooks, pacing, emotional build, and audience retention
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Cinema 4D
• Experience working with long-form conversational or podcast-style content
• Familiarity with AI-powered creative workflows and emerging editing tools
• Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced production environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously

To Apply

Send us your resume, portfolio and a brief cover letter sharing why you are the perfect fit for this role.