Performance Video Editor — DTC Direct Response (Remote, Full-Time Contractor)

Performance Video Editor — DTC Direct Response (Remote, Full-Time Contractor) $2,500/month base + uncapped bonuses. Top performers earn multiples of base. No ceiling. Read this first This role is not for most people. The hours are full. The pace is fast. The deadlines are aggressive and we will push you harder than any job you've had and if you're the person we're looking for, that sentence just made you more interested, not less. We're building a team of killers. People who watch an ad hit a 4x ROAS and immediately want to beat it. People who see a competitor's creative and think "I can do better than that and beat it." People who don't need motivating because the fire is already there. If you want a comfortable workload, predictable days and a quiet life… genuinely just close this tab now... This role it NOT for you. Still here? Good. What this role actually is We're a DTC brand running paid ads at serious scale on Meta and high converting creative is the whole game. We test relentlessly, kill losers fast, and pour fuel on winners. Your ads won't disappear into a folder, they'll get spend behind them within days, and you'll see exactly how good they really are. You'll take scripts and strategist briefs and bring them to life. Reading a script and seeing the finished ad in your head: the visuals, the pacing, the tone of voice, the emotion on the characters' faces. Then executing it at a speed most editors think is impossible. We operate like a sales floor, not a quiet studio. Everyone's on Slack, everyone's hyped, wins get celebrated loudly, and the energy is part of why people stay. If your style is going dark for hours and resurfacing with a file, this is NOT the team for you. We move together. What you'll be making The full arsenal of modern direct response: • UGC • AI UGC • Realistic AI avatars • Pixar-style animation — including animated songs • Claymation • AI Realistic drama ads • Whatever format wins next — because you'll be the one finding it You don't need to master all of these. You need to be lethal in at least two or three, hungry to learn the rest, and obsessed with finding the most efficient way to produce the highest quality at the fastest rate. That efficiency obsession isn't a nice-to-have — it's the job. Non-negotiables DTC experience. You've made ads that sold products… lots of them. Direct response in your blood. Hooks, hook rate, hold rate, ROAS, CPA, you edit for conversion and you know the first 3 seconds decide everything. Script-to-screen vision. Hand you a script, you hand back an ad that matches it perfectly — tone, emotion, visuals — without hand-holding. AI tooling fluency. Seadance, Runway, Kling, Veo, Midjourney, ElevenLabs, HeyGen or equivalents — plus a proper editing stack (Premiere / After Effects / CapCut). The tools change monthly. You keep up or you fall behind. UK hours, 8am–5pm minimum, wherever you are in the world. We are your ONLY client. Full stop. This is a full-time commitment and a hard condition of the contract. If you're planning to juggle us alongside other clients, don't apply. If we find you are, we will remove you from the team that second. The money • Base: Up to $3,500 for genuinely exceptional, proven DR editors • Uncapped performance bonuses. This is where killers get paid. The better your ads perform, the more you earn. Our best people don’t care about base because they know they will out-earn "safe" salaried roles by a distance. No cap. Ever. You're betting on yourself. That's the whole point. How to apply Send your 3 best ads across the styles above. For each one: 1. The brief or script you started from 2. Exactly what you did (edit, AI generation, both) 3. Performance numbers if you have them — even ballpark No ads, no reply. Shortlisted candidates do a paid test project. That's where we find out if you're actually who you say you are. If you read this whole thing with your heart rate slightly elevated — apply now.