Performance Video Editor - Remote

Role overview

📍 Full time, remote role ( CET-aligned schedule

💼 Creative Production Team

🎯 Output-driven

We are one of the fastest-growing DTC health & wellness brands in the U.S., and a high 8-figure business helping thousands of people feel better every day.

We’ve built strong acquisition systems and an obsessive culture of testing, speed, and excellence.

We’re hiring a Performance Video Editor to take ownership of transforming raw creator/UGC footage into high‑performing short‑form ads for TikTok, Meta, Pmax/Demand Gen, and YouTube Shorts. This is a hands‑on, high‑impact execution role for an operator who thrives on fast iteration, creative problem‑solving, and turning data into content that converts.

Your mission: deliver 20–40 new edited ad variations every week, ensuring constant creative velocity and zero bottlenecks.

Why you’ll love working with KNN Digital Media

• Join a high-performing team built by ex-Google leaders
• Be part of a fast-scaling global company with growth opportunities
• Highly autonomous, collaborate with a smart, international team
• 100% remote position, flexible hours within CET.
• Work on high-volume DTC performance campaigns where your creatives drive real results.

How you’ll contribute

This is a hands-on execution role focused on speed, quality, and performance.

Performance Video Editing (Core Execution)

• Edit 25–50 short-form ad variants weekly for Meta, TikTok, Pmax, and Demand Gen.
• Transform UGC into high-retention, conversion-focused video ads.
• Produce multiple variants: hooks, captions, overlays, CTAs, split tests.
• Add subtitles (auto + manual), sound syncing, emojis, punch-ins, zooms.
• Create multiple aspect ratios — 9:16 mandatory, 1:1 and 16:9 as needed.
• Build reusable editing templates to enable fast mass-creation.
• Rapidly iterate based on performance feedback.
• Maintain organized assets, project files, and workflow systems.
• Collaborate closely with media buyers, creative strategists, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, fast feedback loops, and seamless execution.

AI + Automation Integration

• Use CapCut templates for scalable editing.
• Leverage AI tools like Runway, OpusClip, Descript, Sora, Veo3.
• Automate captions, reframing, and batch production steps.

🎯 KPIs

Your success will be measured by speed, output, and winning creatives.

Weekly KPIs

• Edited ad variants delivered.
• Turnaround time from footage → test-ready.
• Reliability of output volume.
• % of videos hitting performance benchmarks.

What you’ll need to succeed in this role

• 1–3 years editing short-form paid social ads for DTC brands.
• Strong understanding of pacing, retention, and scroll-stopping openings.
• Skilled in editing tools: CapCut, Premiere, Final Cut, After Effects.
• Understands the structure of high-performing TikTok/Meta ads: Hook → Problem → Demo → CTA.
• Experience editing UGC into direct-response-style ads (not "pretty content").
• Fast execution speed with high attention to detail.

Nice to have:

• UGC editing for beauty, wellness, lifestyle, or health brands.
• Strong understanding of DTC performance KPIs.
• Experience scaling winning videos into mega-winners.
• Familiarity with Spark Ads / creator whitelisting.
• Experience optimizing creator/UGC assets.
• Experience with open‑source creative tools (online or local), such as Stable Diffusion or ComfyUI

This role is built for someone who lives and breathes fast iteration, performance editing, and content that sells, not just looks good.

If your superpower is turning messy raw footage into highly optimized direct-response videos — this is the role for you.