Video Editor - Contract

Jackbox is the mid-sized game studio behind the popular Jackbox Party Pack franchise. We're known for releasing five new party games every fall, including Quiplash, Trivia Murder Party, and drawing games. We've been featured on the Tonight Show, Polygon, Nintendo Direct, streams, PAX Live events, and in the living rooms, basements, and video calls of over 200 million users.

About the role

The Jackbox Games Marketing Team is expanding as more people discover our games. We are releasing more new games every year and aim to turn our IP into widely recognized and enjoyed games. We are looking for an experienced Contract Video Editor with 5+ years of professional experience editing high-end marketing materials to work with our marketing team on trailers, cutdowns, and promotional spots that inspire more people to play our games.

This role involves concepting, editing, and iterating marketing videos from first assembly through final deliverables, executing cutdowns of existing assets, and working with raw live-action footage to pull high-quality selects—all in both horizontal and vertical formats. Our games are built on comedy, and that spirit carries through into our marketing videos. You will report to the Senior Creative Producer and collaborate with the Chief Creative Officer for feedback.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation of promotional materials for our products and website
• Concept, edit, and iterate trailers and promotional spots, from first assembly through final deliverables
• Execute cutdowns of existing marketing assets (e.g., cutting a 60-second spot into 30- and 15-second variants with limited direction)
• Handle large stringouts of raw live-action footage, creating organized stringouts of gameplay recordings, and pulling high-quality selects
• Edit and deliver finished content in both horizontal and vertical formats
• Work with our Marketing Producer to ensure advertising videos receive approval from platform representatives and internal stakeholders

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience editing high-end marketing materials in both horizontal and vertical formats
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Premiere
• Proficiency in the full Adobe Creative Suite
• Basic motion graphics and design skills
• A strong feel for structure, timing, energy, and rhythm
• Comfort making bold creative choices
• A goofy, playful sense of humor
• Awareness of social media trends, with the ability to ideate and pitch new content that ties the brand to these trends
• A strong ability to prioritize varied workloads with long and short-term deadlines
• A team player mindset—our marketing department intersects with almost every other department in our company
• A roll-up-your-sleeves mentality—we have an entrepreneurial, get-it-done culture with a strong work ethic and low tolerance for micromanaging or posturing

Pay

Hourly Rate: $40–55/hr (dependent on experience)

Schedule

• Hours Per Week: 10 hours (with potential to scale up)
• Date Range: Early September – mid November