Freelance Video Editor

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Freelance Video Editor supporting Forbes Advisor's short-form content operation. Creating platform-native videos and collaborating with creative strategists while focusing on performance-oriented content.

Responsibilities:

  • Support our growing short-form content operation on an ongoing retainer basis
  • Produce high-volume short-form social content on Meta, focused on fast-moving, performance-oriented creative
  • Create platform-native content with strong pacing, hooks, retention, and storytelling instincts for social-first environments
  • Work directly with the Head of Creative Strategy and a team of Creative Strategists
  • Initially, this role is expected to be up to 4 days per week, though this may flex depending on workflow and fit as we establish processes together
  • Maintain consistency, responsiveness, and creative judgment over overly polished brand-style editing
  • Output expectations are flexible initially while workflows and creative processes are established

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of professional video editing
  • Strong experience editing for: Meta (Facebook / Instagram), TikTok, Other short-form social platforms
  • Strong understanding of: Hooks and retention, Platform-native pacing, Captions/subtitles, UGC-style editing, Social-first storytelling
  • Experience working with performance marketing or direct-response creative is a plus.
  • Tools & Workflow Required: Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Nice to have: Experience with AI-assisted creative workflows, Familiarity with: ElevenLabs Veo 3, Experience generating AI video assets, Comfort experimenting with emerging AI creative tools and workflows

Benefits:

  • Ongoing freelance / retainer arrangement
  • Flexible working setup
  • Potential pathway to a permanent in-house role over time