Lead AI Video Editor

This role combines hands-on video editing with creative team leadership in a fast-paced performance marketing environment.
You will create high-volume, short-form ads designed to capture attention and drive measurable results on Meta.
Using advanced AI video tools, you’ll transform scripts, briefs, and references into polished, authentic-looking creative.
You’ll experiment with emerging technologies while mastering AI-generated UGC, product integration, animation, hooks, pacing, and sound.
As the team grows, you’ll also lead editors, manage creative KPIs, coach performance, and help scale the editing function.
The role suits a highly driven editor who thrives under pressure, moves quickly, and stays ahead of AI video trends.
You’ll have significant influence over creative quality, production speed, and the performance of the video pipeline.

• 3+ years of experience editing short-form paid advertisements, particularly UGC, DTC, or performance-focused creative.
• 1+ year of experience managing editors or other creatives in a paid-media or agency environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with AI video tools such as Higgsfield, Runway, Kling, Flow, and Sora, with the ability to independently learn new platforms as they emerge.
• Proficiency with CapCut or Adobe Premiere, with After Effects experience.
• Demonstrated ability to combine AI-generated footage with real product assets so the final result appears natural and seamless.
• Strong understanding of short-form advertising principles, including hooks, pacing, captions, audio, visual storytelling, and audience retention.
• Ability to source footage, B-roll, and reference clips quickly and efficiently using online resources.
• Comfortable working at high speed under changing priorities, tight turnaround times, and same-day creative iterations.
• Strong written and spoken English, with the communication skills needed to lead meetings, provide feedback, and coach team members.
• Strong understanding of creative performance and, ideally, familiarity with advertising metrics.
• Experience personally editing videos that have received real Meta advertising spend is a plus.
• Reliable computer capable of handling demanding video rendering and editing workloads, along with a stable internet connection.
• Comfortable working with Slack, Google Drive, and project management tools such as ClickUp.