Freelance Video Editor

The Forbes Advisor Creative Strategy Team is seeking a Freelance Video Editor to support short-form social content production, focusing on platform-native, performance-oriented videos for social media platforms like Meta and TikTok.

Location: UK or US-based preferred

Responsibilities

• Create platform-native short-form social videos with strong pacing, hooks, retention, and storytelling instincts.
• Work collaboratively in an iterative workflow to test and refine creative content.
• Produce approximately 4 batches of content per week, each with about 5 edits, mostly around 30 seconds long.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional video editing experience.
• Strong experience editing for Meta (Facebook/Instagram), TikTok, and other short-form social platforms.
• Understanding of hooks, retention, platform-native pacing, captions/subtitles, UGC-style editing, social-first storytelling, and creative testing workflows.

Additional Information

• Initially up to 4 days per week, flexible as workflows are established.
• Start date ASAP, ideally before end of June.
• Ongoing freelance/retainer arrangement with potential pathway to permanent role.
• Work hours: UK 9am–5pm, US 8am–4pm (local time).