Video Editor

Summary

Join Ethos as a Video Editor and be part of a growing creative team. You will collaborate with marketing and creative teams to produce engaging video ads for various platforms. Your responsibilities include editing raw footage, brainstorming video content ideas, adapting edits for different platforms, and staying updated on video trends. You will work with paid social strategists and influencer managers to ensure alignment on messaging and creative direction. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of video editing experience, a strong portfolio showcasing DR ads, and a deep understanding of paid social formats. This role requires proficiency in video editing software and excellent communication skills. Ethos offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• Must have an understanding of best practices for video creative across the paid social landscape and know how to work within brand guidelines
• 3-5 years of video editing experience with a focus on using influencer, UGC, and stock footage to create DR focused ads and bring concepts to life
• Experience editing videos with conversion-oriented goals and a proven ability to create high-performing paid social ads
• Strong portfolio demonstrating your experience making DR ads, storytelling ability and how you’ve repurposed content to achieve performance related goals
• Experience editing existing content to create videos for Youtube
• Strong understanding of paid social formats, and online video delivery
• Experience making cuts and edits to existing TV content
• Excellent understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and composition
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to foster strong working relationships with team members and cross-functional partners
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Strong skills around critical thinking and storytelling
• Deeply knowledgeable in using Figma, FinalCut, After Effects and Premier Pro
• Receptive to feedback in an iterative design process
• Able to work independently, drive multiple projects at a time, and iterate quickly

Responsibilities

• Edit raw footage into polished DR videos with engaging cuts, transitions, graphics, captions, and sound design
• Collaborate to brainstorm and pitch ideas for short-form video content using UGC, influencer material, and stock assets that are optimized for conversion focused channels
• Adapt and optimize edits for different platforms (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, etc.), ensuring videos are formatted, captioned, and styled appropriately
• Make quick edits to existing tv content
• Edit and bring Youtube concepts to life leveraging b-roll and other content from an internal library
• Stay up to date on video trends, editing styles, and content formats to help guide fresh creative ideas
• Work cross functionally with paid social strategists, influencer managers and other stakeholders to get performance insights and align on messaging, tone, and creative direction
• Elevate and evolve Ethos influencer allowlisting and UGC videos helping to achieve ROAs goals
• Design a high volume of video edits working directly against a brief  or concepting and designing net-new creatives. In some cases you must be able to storyboard and clearly present ideas before moving into production

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideal candidate would have interest in art direction and identifying and pitching ideas that create business or user value
• Experience in DTC or financial services industry preferred