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Story Editor

$85k - $110k

Stokes Twins

About Us

The Stokes Twins are one of the largest creator-led entertainment brands on YouTube, known for high-energy storytelling, ambitious concepts, and culture-driven content that reaches hundreds of millions of viewers each month. Our team thrives on creativity, collaboration, and making a positive impact through content. If you love shaping stories, understand YouTube pacing instinctively, and want to create highly engaging content inside a fast-moving creative environment, we want to hear from you!

About the Role

The Story Editor is responsible for building the core narrative, pacing, and structure of videos before final polish. You’ll take raw footage, selects, and creative direction and turn them into highly watchable edits that maximize retention, clarity, emotional payoff, and entertainment value. Working closely with Lead Editors, Polish Editors, Assistant Editors, and Creatives, you’ll help shape both full-length videos and individual segments into compelling YouTube-first stories.

This role sits at the center of the creative editing process — balancing storytelling instincts, comedic timing, audience psychology, and emerging AI-powered workflows to create content that keeps viewers engaged from start to finish. This is an ideal role for someone who loves crafting story, understands what makes content perform on YouTube, and wants to grow creatively inside a high-performance post-production team that embraces new tools and technologies.

Who You Are

  • Strong storyteller with instincts for pacing, structure, and viewer engagement
  • Obsessed with retention, watchability, and making every moment count
  • Deeply familiar with YouTube content, creator culture, and fast-paced editing styles
  • Understands how to build tension, payoff, comedy, and momentum through editing
  • Collaborative, organized, and comfortable managing multiple projects
  • Curious about AI tools, creative technology, and workflow optimization
  • Proactive problem solver who thrives in fast-moving environments
  • Takes pride in improving content quality, speed, and efficiency

What You’ll Do

Build the Story

  • Assemble raw footage into engaging, narrative-driven edits
  • Shape pacing, structure, and scene progression for maximum retention
  • Identify the strongest moments, reactions, and comedic beats
  • Build compelling openings, transitions, reveals, and payoffs
  • Write and refine voiceovers that strengthen narrative structure, improve pacing, and help connect story beats throughout the edit
  • Edit both full-length videos and individual segments depending on assignment
  • Utilize AI-assisted workflows to improve story development, organization, and editing efficiency

Drive Viewer Engagement

  • Apply YouTube-first editing instincts to maximize watchability and retention
  • Tighten pacing and remove low-energy moments
  • Use music, timing, reactions, and visual rhythm to enhance engagement
  • Study high-performing content and apply insights into editing decisions
  • Collaborate with Lead Editors to refine edits using retention and performance feedback
  • Explore AI-enhanced workflows that improve speed, iteration, and engagement

Collaborate Across Post-Production

  • Work closely with Lead Editors, Polish Editors, Assistant Editors, and Creative teams
  • Implement notes and revisions quickly and effectively
  • Communicate project status, blockers, and timeline updates clearly
  • Request assets, graphics, selects, or coverage when needed
  • Help maintain consistency in tone, pacing, and storytelling style
  • Collaborate on testing and refining AI-powered workflows and tools

Support Workflow + Growth

  • Maintain organized timelines, project files, and versioning
  • Help projects move efficiently through post-production
  • Apply AI tools and automation to improve speed, organization, and creative efficiency
  • Stay current on editing trends, creator culture, and emerging AI workflows
  • Continuously improve storytelling instincts, comedic timing, and technical editing skills
  • Balance speed and quality across multiple deadlines
  • Take ownership of increasingly complex edits and creative responsibilities over time

Preferred Skills

  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Understanding of YouTube pacing, retention, and audience engagement
  • Strong storytelling and narrative structuring abilities
  • Experience editing fast-paced YouTube or social-first content
  • Familiarity with music syncing, sound design, and emotional pacing
  • Basic familiarity with After Effects, motion graphics, or VFX workflows
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted editing, automation, asset generation, or workflow tools
  • Comfortable using Slack, Monday.com, Google Drive, and Google Suite

Bonus Points

  • Experience editing high-performing creator-led or viral social content
  • Strong comedic timing, internet culture awareness, and retention-focused storytelling instincts
  • Experience with motion graphics, VFX, or AI-assisted creative workflows
  • Desire to grow into a Polish Editor role over time

The expected base pay range for this position is $85,000 to $110,000 per year. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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