Video Editor — Performance Ads & Organic Social
Leapwave | Remote | Latin America preferred
Leapwave helps brands grow through paid advertising, creative, and digital marketing. We’re looking for a video editor who can turn creator footage, interviews, product clips, and B-roll into compelling paid ads and organic social content.
You should understand what makes someone stop scrolling, keep watching, and take action—and know how to adapt your editing to different brands, audiences, and goals.
What you’ll do
* Edit performance ads for Meta, TikTok, AppLovin, and other paid channels.
* Create organic content for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
* Turn existing footage into distinct concepts, hooks, stories, and variations.
* Add captions, sound design, music, graphics, and motion elements that strengthen the content.
* Adapt videos across lengths, aspect ratios, placements, and brand styles.
* Collaborate with our team on briefs, storyboards, feedback, and creative testing.
* Use performance results and audience feedback to improve future edits.
* Keep footage, project files, versions, and exports organized.
Working with our tools
Using Leapwave’s tools and workflows is a core part of this role. Our workflow includes AI-assisted footage discovery, video analysis, and creative planning to help you find relevant moments and produce stronger content efficiently.
You’ll be expected to learn these tools, use them consistently, and help improve the workflow. You should be comfortable working from AI-assisted briefs and storyboards while applying your own editorial judgment to the final result.
We’ll provide access and training on our internal tools.
What we’re looking for
* A portfolio showing both paid social ads and organic short-form content.
* Strong editing fundamentals: storytelling, pacing, sound, visual hierarchy, and attention to detail.
* Experience editing UGC and talking-head footage into natural, engaging videos.
* An understanding of hooks, offers, product benefits, social proof, and calls to action.
* Strong English comprehension, including the ability to select effective sound bites and write accurate captions.
* Proficiency in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, or a comparable editing tool.
* Comfort learning new software and using AI tools in your daily work.
* Reliable communication, consistent turnaround, and willingness to incorporate feedback.
* Availability for regular overlap with California working hours.
Nice to have
* Experience with direct-response advertising and structured creative testing.
* Motion graphics and After Effects skills.
* Experience working across multiple brands or in an agency.
* Familiarity with AppLovin video creatives or interactive end cards.
What success looks like
You consistently deliver polished, platform-appropriate videos, bring fresh ideas to existing footage, and turn feedback into better creative. Your work supports both measurable advertising outcomes and organic audience engagement.
Shortlisted candidates will complete a paid editing test using provided footage.
