Video Editor

About Huzzle

At Huzzle, we connect exceptional talent with top opportunities at leading companies across the UK, US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. Our clients include fast-growing startups, digital agencies, SaaS companies, and tech-enabled businesses across industries such as MarTech, FinTech, EdTech, and eCommerce. Unlike traditional outsourcing agencies, we place you directly with innovative companies where you become a valued member of the team.

About the Company

Our client is a rapidly growing, full-service digital marketing agency specializing in helping blue-collar and trades-based businesses grow through high-impact digital marketing.

The agency serves businesses across more than 45 U.S. states and multiple Canadian provinces and territories. Known for its energetic, collaborative culture and rapid growth, the company combines creative experimentation with a strong focus on measurable results.

You'll join an ambitious creative team where new ideas are encouraged, performance data informs creative decisions, and editors collaborate closely to continuously raise the standard of content.

Job Summary

We’re looking for an experienced Video Editor with a strong understanding of short-form social media content, organic virality, audience retention, and performance-driven editing.

This isn't simply a role for someone who can make videos look polished. We're looking for an editor who understands why people stop scrolling, why they keep watching, and why they engage.

You'll create high-impact content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, paid advertising, websites, and other digital channels. You'll use performance data to continually improve hooks, pacing, music, storytelling, and editing styles.

You'll also work closely with two other video editors, sharing creative insights and helping the team push its editing standards forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit engaging short-form video content that captures the authentic, hard-working personality of blue-collar and trades-based businesses.
• Create approximately 5–10 videos per day while maintaining strong creative and brand standards.
• Engineer content for organic reach and engagement using compelling hooks, fast-paced storytelling, trending formats, music, and retention-focused editing techniques.
• Analyze performance metrics to understand why content succeeds or underperforms and apply those insights to future edits.
• Continuously test and refine hooks, pacing, visual treatments, music choices, transitions, and storytelling techniques.
• Produce content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, social advertising, websites, and other digital channels.
• Introduce new editing styles and creative concepts that elevate both client content and the agency's own social media presence.
• Collaborate with two existing editors to exchange ideas, share best practices, and improve the creative team's overall output.
• Help train and mentor fellow editors through feedback, knowledge sharing, and creative workshops.
• Manage post-production workflows across both video and photo projects while meeting fast turnaround times.
• Collaborate with account managers, designers, editors, and other internal stakeholders to develop creative concepts and polished, high-converting visual assets.
• Maintain consistent branding and quality across multiple projects and clients.
• Stay current with social media trends, visual storytelling techniques, editing tools, AI-powered creative technology, and emerging content formats.

• 3–4+ years of professional video and/or photo production experience, ideally within an agency or working directly with businesses.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating successful short-form social media video editing, particularly TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
• Demonstrated understanding of what drives organic reach, virality, watch time, retention, engagement, and click-through rates.
• Strong analytical mindset, you use performance data alongside creative judgment to make better editing decisions.
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Creative Cloud, including Lightroom and relevant video/photo editing applications.
• Experience creating motion graphics and/or animation for short-form videos, social ads, and digital content.
• Familiarity with modern AI media creation and editing tools, such as Higgsfield or similar platforms, and an ability to incorporate AI into creative workflows.
• Ability to produce content quickly and efficiently without sacrificing quality.
• Comfortable working toward an expected output of 5–10 edited videos per day.
• Strong understanding of social media trends, trending audio, platform-native editing styles, hooks, pacing, and storytelling.
• Genuine interest in blue-collar and trades industries or the curiosity and initiative to quickly learn how these businesses operate and what resonates with their audiences.
• Collaborative mindset with the confidence to share feedback, train teammates, and contribute to the development of other editors.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Google Drive and Google Workspace, including Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively within a remote team.

🌎 Fully remote role with the flexibility to work from home.

🎬 High creative ownership with the freedom to experiment with new editing styles, formats, tools, and ideas.

📈 Performance-driven creative environment where you'll learn from real content data and continually improve your craft.

🤝 Collaborative creative team working alongside two dedicated editors who share ideas, feedback, and creative insights.

🧠 Professional development through continuous learning, mentorship, training, and career development opportunities.

🤖 Exposure to cutting-edge creative technology, including AI-powered media creation and editing workflows.