Video Editor, Performance Creative

Job Description

About SocialScience

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SocialScience is a growth marketing agency in New York City that runs paid social campaigns for brands in fintech, education, consumer apps, and more. We work on Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

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About the Role

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We're hiring a Video Editor to own the video side of our performance creative. You'll report to our Creative Director. You'll turn raw UGC, creator, and interview footage into every ad the campaign needs, often dozens of files across hooks, CTAs, and platform sizes. Then you'll see the campaign through revisions and client feedback until every asset is final and ready to launch. If you're the editor who keeps a 200-file Premiere project spotless and still sweats where a caption lands, this role is for you.

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What You'll Do

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Build and deliver campaigns

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• Work from creative briefs and testing plans that define each ad's concept, hook, message, and CTA.
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• Edit short-form paid social ads (6–60 seconds) from UGC, creator, testimonial, and interview footage.
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• Produce every variation a test calls for, such as the same ad with different hooks, CTAs, music, or on-screen text.
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• Deliver finals in every aspect ratio and platform spec (9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 16:9) for Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
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• Manage high-volume deliveries in Premiere Pro, with project structure, versioning, and file naming that hold up across hundreds of assets.
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• Partner with the Creative Director on revisions, and apply client feedback across every affected asset, not just the one that was flagged.
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• QA each delivery before it ships so every variation is built, every note is addressed, and every file is exported correctly for the media team.
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What You're Good At

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• Getting people to watch: tight pacing, clean jump cuts, and strong opening seconds.
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• Choosing music and sound design that fit the brand and are cleared for paid use.
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• Placing headlines, captions, and text callouts where the eye already is, clear of the platform's UI.
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• Color-correcting footage so mixed sources look consistent on a phone screen.
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• Cleaning up audio: reduce noise, level dialogue, and balance voice against music.
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• Using eye-contact correction, motion tracking, and AI-assisted tools when they improve the result.
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What you Bring

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• 2–5 years of professional video editing, including at least 1 year editing paid social ads for an agency or a performance-driven brand.
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• A portfolio of short-form ads you edited, including variations of the same concept. This is required.
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• Experience delivering high-volume campaigns: dozens to hundreds of files per project, on deadline.
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• Expert-level Adobe Premiere Pro, including project organization, templates, and batch exporting.
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• Working skills in After Effects (or similar) for motion text, tracking, and simple graphics.
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• A solid grasp of direct-response fundamentals: hooks, retention, and clear CTAs, and what makes an ad feel native on each platform.
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• Strong color and audio fundamentals.
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• Organization and reliability: you hit deadlines, communicate status before anyone asks, and close every revision note.
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Nice to Have

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• Experience with CapCut and the TikTok and Instagram native editors
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• Familiarity with AI tools for captions, audio cleanup, voiceover, or b-roll
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• Experience with review tools such as Frame.io
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• A basic understanding of ad performance metrics (hook rate, hold rate, CTR)
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• Experience in fintech, education, or nonprofit marketing
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You'll Thrive If You

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• Get satisfaction from shipping a large, complete, flawless delivery
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• Like working within a clear creative direction and making it sharper
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• Treat revision notes as the job, not as criticism
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This Isn't for You If You

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• Want to concept campaigns or set creative direction yourself
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• Prefer polishing a few hero pieces over producing many variations
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• Need long timelines to do your best work
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