Video Editor — AI UGC / Ecom Ads

Type: Full-time, long-term
Pay: $1,000–$1,500/month retainer + leaderboard performance bonuses
Hours: ~40/week, Monday–Friday (weekends optional but encouraged)
Location: Fully remote


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WHAT THIS IS
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I'm hiring a direct response video editor to join our creative team. You'd come
in as an editor — but I do need someone who already has solid experience and a
strong skillset, not a beginner. Full-time and long-term for the right person,
not a one-off gig.


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ABOUT US
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You'll be working with a fast-growing health and wellness brand scaling hard in
the US market. We run a huge creative team that ships a high volume of paid ad
creatives every week, and we spend serious money on ads — so the work you make
actually goes out and gets tested at scale. You'll see real numbers on your
edits, not just upload and forget.


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WHO I'M LOOKING FOR
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A direct response editor who makes ads built to perform, not just look nice. If
you've only ever done pretty edits with no understanding of what makes an ad
convert, this probably isn't for you.

You should be able to cut these ad styles confidently:

- AI UGC ads
- Voiceover + b-roll style ads
- Greenscreen / AI avatar style
- Claymation / Pixar / 3D animation style
- Podcast-style ads
- And honestly, whatever style is winning right now

You'll be making a high volume of AI-generated creative — AI UGC, claymation,
Pixar-style, podcast ads, avatars, and more — so you need to be genuinely
comfortable producing and blending AI generative assets into ads that convert.


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THE ACTUAL EDITING SKILLS YOU NEED
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This is the part people usually leave vague, so let me be specific. Day to day,
you'll need to be genuinely good at:

HOOKS & RETENTION EDITING
You understand the first 3 seconds make or break an ad. You know how to open
strong, hold attention with pattern interrupts, zooms, jump cuts, and pacing,
and keep someone watching to the CTA.

PACING & RHYTHM
You cut to the energy of the voiceover/script — tight where it needs to be,
never letting a clip drag. Your edits feel fast and snappy without being messy.

STORYTELLING TO A SCRIPT
You can take a VO or ad script and build the visual story around it: matching
b-roll, on-screen text, and beats to what's being said so the message actually
lands.

B-ROLL SOURCING & SEQUENCING
You know how to find (or generate) the right supporting footage and place it so
it reinforces the message, not just fills space.

CAPTIONS & ON-SCREEN TEXT
Clean, readable, well-timed subtitles and kinetic text — styled to match the
brand, synced properly, and used to drive retention (not just slapped on).

SOUND DESIGN
Music selection that fits the mood, proper audio leveling, SFX and "whooshes"
on transitions, ducking music under VO. Bad audio kills good visuals.

BASIC MOTION GRAPHICS & TEXT ANIMATION
Simple, clean animated text, callouts, highlights, and transitions that look
professional.

COLOR & CLEANUP
Basic correction so clips match and look consistent, plus a clean, polished
finish (no jarring cuts, no random aspect-ratio jumps).

AI GENERATION
You can actually prompt and produce usable assets — AI UGC clips, claymation,
Pixar-style, avatars, b-roll, images — and blend them into a real ad so it
doesn't look obviously AI.

ORGANIZATION
Named files, tidy project structure, hitting deadlines. You make it easy for
the team to work with you.


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TOOLS YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW
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CapCut, ElevenLabs, HeyGen, Kling, Veo 3, Nano Banana, Higgsfield — and whatever
else is current in the gen-AI stack. This space changes every single week and I
need someone who actually keeps up, not someone I have to drag along.


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WHAT YOU'LL OWN (KPIs)
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DAILY OUTPUT: 1–3+ high-quality ad creatives per day, following our scripts
and styles.

70% FIRST-PASS APPROVAL RATE: At least 7 out of 10 of your submissions should
require no revisions — meaning they match the brief and are ready to test.

AVAILABILITY: Online and responsive Monday–Friday. Weekends are optional but
encouraged for the people who want to climb the leaderboard faster.


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WHAT MATTERS MOST (BEYOND THE SKILLS)
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- DTC experience is a must. You've already worked with one or more DTC / ecom
brands — this is non-negotiable. Show me the work.

- You use AI tools daily and stay updated as new ones drop.

- Mindset — this is the big one. Coachable, fast learner, growth-oriented, and
the type who tries to overdeliver instead of doing the bare minimum.

You don't have to be perfect on day one. But you should be good enough to hit
the ground running and hungry enough to keep leveling up. We've got a head editor
who'll guide you on frameworks, hook structures, and what actually makes an ad
win — so this is a genuine chance to learn ecom and direct response from the
inside while getting paid well to do it.


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COMPENSATION
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Base retainer: $1,000–$1,500/month, depending on your skill level and
experience. Retainers go up over time as your skills grow and you take on more
responsibility.

Leaderboard bonuses — on top of your retainer. Here's how it works: the editor
with the highest number of winning ads gets first place, and so on. The whole
team is ranked on a leaderboard each month, and the top 5 editors get paid
bonuses on top of their base. The better your creatives perform, the higher you
climb, the more you earn.

???? 1st place: $[500]
???? 2nd place: $[400]
???? 3rd place: $[300]
4?? 4th place: $[200]
5?? 5th place: $[100]

We spend at a scale where this adds up to real money for editors who
consistently ship winners. The leaderboard isn't just for show — it's there so
the people putting in the work actually get rewarded for it.


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THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR YOU IF
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- You make pretty videos but don't understand direct response. If you can't
explain why a hook works or what makes an ad convert, this isn't the role.

- You need hand-holding. You'll get guidance and frameworks from our head
editor, but you're expected to manage your own workload, hit deadlines, and
solve problems without constant check-ins.

- You're a one-tool specialist who resists learning new things. Our stack
changes weekly. If a new AI tool drops and the team adopts it overnight, you
need to pivot without frustration.

- You see this as "just a job." The people who win here are genuinely into
short-form, AI creative, and direct response — and want to grow with a
fast-scaling brand, not clock in and out.

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HOW TO APPLY
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In your proposal, include:
- The Names of the previous Ecom Brands/Companies you have edited for
- A short description of your current skillset.
- A few examples of past ad creative work (UGC, voiceover, animation —
whatever you've got) to back it up, including the DTC brand(s) you've worked
with.

Then answer these questions:

1. Pick one ad creative you've made that performed well. Break down WHY it
worked from a direct-response angle — the hook, pacing, offer, CTA, or any
specific editing choice that drove the result.

2. Tell me about a creative that underperformed. How did you use the
performance data to figure out why, what did you change in the next version,
and what happened?

3. Walk me through how you produce AI UGC or generative ads (claymation,
Pixar, podcast, avatar, etc.) so they don't look obviously AI. What's your
process and which tools do you reach for?

4. This role is high-volume — 1 to 3+ creatives a day. Describe your experience
working at that kind of pace and how you keep quality high while moving fast.

Include the code word 'ScaleMode' somewhere in your application. I only review
applications that include it — it tells me you actually read the post and pay
attention to detail.

Then submit the trial task after you send your proposal.

That's it. Looking forward to seeing what you can do.