Video Editor

FULL-TIME AD EDITOR (USA MARKET) — FEWER ADS, MORE THINKING. FOR THE EDITOR NOBODY HAS NOTICED YET.

Read this entire post before applying. If you skim it, you will fail the application in the first five seconds and we will both have wasted our time. That is not a threat — it's a favor. This job is not for most editors, and I'd rather you find that out now.

WHO I'M LOOKING FOR
You're good. Probably better than your portfolio shows. You've been stuck cutting volume for clients who never ask why an ad worked, and you notice things nobody pays you to notice: the first frame that's a beat too slow, the caption that says almost the right thing, the product shot that hides the one detail people care about.

Nobody has given you a seat where that matters. This is that seat.

WHAT THIS JOB ACTUALLY IS
We are a Swedish e-commerce company. One of our brands sells a funny, giftable product, and we are building it in the United States. Our ads already work in Sweden. Now we want ads made FOR Americans, not translated for them.

Your job: 1 to 3 new ad concepts per day for the US market, each with 3 hook versions. Some days fewer, if the concept deserves it. Never more just to hit a number.

A normal day:

• You get a brief built on real American customers: their own words from our comments and reviews, and the moments Americans give gifts — Secret Santa, white elephant, stocking stuffers, birthdays, the coworker who has everything.
• You build the concept from our footage, product shots and AI tools. You make 3 versions where only the first seconds change.
• You check the small things before anyone else has to: does the first frame stop the scroll, is every caption true and readable, is the text inside the safe area, does the sound fit, would an American say it this way.
• When one of your ads wins, you help figure out WHY — and the next version is built on that answer.
• When you see a better idea in the comments, you tell us. With the comment.

Hooks, captions, pacing, sound, story. Every detail, every day.

WHAT WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT, IN THIS EXACT ORDER
1. You show up. Monday to Saturday, every scheduled day. Not "most days."
2. You care about why. You can explain every cut you made.
3. You catch your own mistakes. Nothing reaches us that you haven't watched twice, with sound and without.
4. You stay. We are building a team, not renting a freelancer for two months.
5. Your editing skill — and how fast it grows.

Notice that skill is fifth. That is not a mistake. Skill we can grow: we have a whole system for briefs, hooks and learnings. And the person who reads this carefully and types "wasabi" as the first word of the subject line is already showing me the exact trait I'm hiring for. It is not mentioned in the subject line structure below, but it is supposed to be the first word, then the structure. What we cannot teach is a person who cares about the details when nobody is watching.

HOURS — NORMAL ONES
Monday to Saturday, 8 hours per day, Philippine time. Roughly 09:00–18:00 PHT with a break. We lock your exact hours together before you start.
No graveyard shift. No night work. You sleep at night like a normal human being.
Occasional Sunday pushes before a big launch. Paid extra, never assumed.
You keep your Philippine holidays. Tell us in advance.

If you cannot commit to six days a week, every week, do not apply.

PAY — READ THIS PART SLOWLY
A real monthly salary, not piece work. You are paid for great concepts, not for counting files.

Monthly salary: $520 USD. Paid twice a month, on time, every time. We have never missed a payment and we never will.

On top of that:
0.4% commission on the ad spend of every ad you made. Every month, uncapped. When your ad scales, you scale with it. This is the real upside: one ad that takes off can pay you more than your salary.
$60 USD consistency bonus every month with zero missed days.

The raise ladder, in writing:
Start: $520
After 1 month: $550
After 3 months: $580
After 6 months: $620

Every step is automatic as long as you deliver. It goes into your agreement on day one. You will never have to ask for a raise. The first one comes after ONE month, not six. Commission sits on top of every step.

Notice how the pay is built. The salary keeps you safe. The commission rewards exactly one thing: ads that work. That is why we don't need you to make 10 a day. We need you to make the one that wins.

What counts as done: follows the brief, correct format, captions clean and true, no technical errors, delivered on time. If I send something back, I tell you exactly why in one sentence, and it counts once you fix it.

WHO SHOULD NOT APPLY

• You want to push out as many clips as possible and not think about them.
• You are juggling other clients and this would be "one of them."
• You get defensive when a version doesn't work. Most versions don't. That's how we find the one that does.
• Your internet is unreliable and you have no backup connection.
• You have no plan for brownouts or power cuts.
• You cannot work six days a week.
• You are not comfortable recording a short video of yourself with your camera on.
• You want to negotiate the salary before you've proven a single month.

HOW TO APPLY — THIS IS THE FIRST TEST
Ninety percent of applicants will get this wrong. That's the point.

1. Subject line, formatted EXACTLY like this:
| [your main editing software] | [years editing short-form ads] | [hours/day you can work] | [days/week you can work] | [your download speed from speedtest.net]

Example: XXXXXX | CapCut | 2 | 8 | 6 | 45mbps

Wrong format, missing codeword or a missing field — deleted unread.

2. Your message contains ONE thing: a link to a Loom video. No cover letter, no CV.

It must be Loom ( ---------- ). The free plan is enough. Set it so anyone with the link can watch. Maximum 5 minutes. In English. Camera on, your face visible.

In the video, cover these six things, in this order:
1. Who you are, and the ad you're most proud of. Play it on screen.
2. Walk me through that ad: why that first frame, why that hook, why that order. If it performed, tell me what you think made it work. If you don't know whether it performed, say so.
3. One thing in that ad you would change today, and why.
4. Your setup. Computer, internet, backup internet, what you do when the power goes out. Run speedtest.net on screen. The number must match your subject line.
5. Longevity, and your breaking point. The longest you have stayed with one client and why it ended. Then: what would make you quit this job? I trust the person who names it far more than the person who says "nothing."
6. The last thing you say: a brief tells you to open on the product, but ten customer comments say the funny part is the moment someone opens the gift. What do you do?

Never show a client's private files, names or accounts on your screen.

3. If I message you, reply within 24 hours. Answering fast is part of the job, so it is part of the test.

THE THREE STAGES
Stage 1 — The Loom above. Most people won't do it.

Stage 2 — The concept test. Unpaid. I send you footage, a brief and real customer comments. You deliver ONE concept with 3 hook versions within 48 hours, plus a short Loom (max 3 minutes) explaining your choices. One detail in the brief is wrong on purpose. I'm watching whether you notice it.

Stage 3 — Paid trial week. Real briefs, real ads in our account, real feedback. This is where the seat is won.

WHAT YOU GET IF YOU WIN IT
One company, one market to own, the same people every day. Daytime hours. A salary on time, twice a month, and a raise on a schedule. Your ads running in the United States with real money behind them — you see exactly how they perform, and you earn on every one that scales.

And a real path. The editors who learn why ads win become creative strategists. We train you for it. That comes after months of great work, not instead of it.

If you're tired of being the editor nobody asks for an opinion — and you have one — this is that.

Show me you care about the details. That's the whole first test.