Video Optimization Editor

What You'll Do Here

• Receive raw influencer and creator video content, as well as existing cuts and reformat it to meet a designated set of brand criteria as well as platform-specific technical requirements across Meta, TikTok, YouTube,
• Recut and crop assets to varying aspect ratios (9:16, 4:5, 1:1) - by scratch when working with raw footage, and via tactics like letterboxing or pillarboxing with existing cuts.
• Ensure brand logos and visual identifiers appear within the first 1–2 seconds of every video asset.
• Add, retime, or replace text supers and captions so content is fully legible without audio - optimized for sound-off environments.
• Verify all text and graphic elements fall within platform-safe and brand-designated content zones, avoiding UI overlap areas on every placement.
• Trim video length to match platform-optimal durations per placement type (e.g., feed vs. stories vs. in-stream).
• Audit audio tracks and ensure active sound elements are present and appropriately mixed.
• Run pre-submission quality checks against a defined checklist before any asset is delivered for posting.
• Manage simultaneous asset versions across multiple brands, platforms, and markets with consistent output quality.
• Flag content that cannot be made compliant without reshooting or creator re-submission, and communicate that clearly to project leads.

What You'll Need To Have

• 2–5 years of video editing and optimization experience, with a significant portion in social-first or digital advertising contexts.
• Deep working knowledge of platform specs and UI behavior across Meta (Feed, Stories, Reels), TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro; After Effects a strong plus for motion supers and text animation.
• Demonstrated ability to work against technical compliance checklists, not just creative direction.
• Strong understanding of caption and subtitle workflows (SRT, burned-in captions, auto-caption correction).
• Ability to manage a high volume of assets simultaneously without sacrificing accuracy.
• Comfort receiving structured feedback and iterating quickly — this role operates in a review-and-revise workflow, not a solo creative one.

Additional Considerations

• Experience working within a brand compliance or creative quality framework at an agency or CPG brand.
• Familiarity with dynamic ad formats or DCO (Dynamic Creative Optimization) asset structures.
• Basic motion design skills for creating or adjusting lower-thirds and supers natively.
• Experience working with creator-generated content specifically (as opposed to studio-produced footage).

Submission of a strong portfolio demonstrating a diverse range of strategy-led social media content, campaigns and/or projects is required with application.

Pay

Compensation is structured, performance-led, and market-aligned. Pay decisions are intentional, based on role requirements, performance, and market alignment by country, and are set to maintain internal pay equity across comparable roles and levels.

Compensation Progression

Compensation progression is tied to demonstrated performance, expanded scope, and sustained contribution over time, not tenure alone. Employee compensation is reviewed regularly through formal performance reviews and check-ins to ensure alignment with role expectations and impact.

DEI Commitment

Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process.