Video Ad Editor for Direct-Response Creative - Captions, Motion Graphics & Sound Design (Premiere)

We run paid ads for high-ticket businesses. Our ads are the difference between a client's calendar staying empty and it filling with qualified, pre-sold calls. The edit is where a good script either lands or dies, so we are hiring an editor who treats every cut like it has a number attached to it. This is a paid test project first: 5 creative ad videos for $200. Each one is 45–90 seconds. If the work is strong and you get how direct-response ads actually function, this becomes steady, recurring work across our client roster. What you'll be editing - Short creative ads (45–90 seconds) for paid social, mostly Meta - Founder/UGC-style footage, talking-head, and supplied B-roll cut into a tight, scroll-stopping ad - Hook in the first 3 seconds, no wasted frames, momentum held to the CTA What we need you to handle - Captions (clean, on-brand, synced — no auto-caption sloppiness) - Motion graphics and animation that support the message, not decoration for its own sake - Pacing that respects how people actually watch ads on a phone - Sound design and music that carries emotion and energy without burying the voice - Cutting the fluff — spotting where the script drags and tightening it. You should be able to look at a rough script or raw footage and know what earns its place and what doesn't Who this is for You understand that a video ad is a sales argument, not a highlight reel. You know what a hook is, why pattern interrupts work, how a pain point gets agitated, and what a CTA needs to do. You've edited ads that sell, not just videos that look nice. You can read a script and feel where it loses the viewer. Be creative and think outside the box. You are fluent in English — written and spoken — because the message matters and you'll be cutting around copy that has to hit precisely. Requirements - Strong portfolio of short-form ads or direct-response creative (send links — not a generic reel of weddings and travel montages) - Proficient in your editing suite (we prefer Premiere Pro / After Effects) - Reliable turnaround and clear communication - Some marketing or copy instinct: you can identify weak script sections and cut them The opportunity We make our clients millions a month. The editors who become part of our pods don't get treated like vendors handed a brief and ghosted — they sit close to the strategy and the message. If you're good, the test turns into consistent volume and a long-term seat. We move fast and we hold a high bar, so this suits someone who wants both. To apply, answer these in your proposal: 1. Send 2–3 links to short-form ads or direct-response videos you edited. 2. Pick any ad in your portfolio — what was the hook, and why did it work? 3. What's your editing stack, and what's your typical turnaround on a 60-second ad? 4. Show me you read this: in one line, what's the difference between a video that looks good and a video ad that sells?