Job description
About Zabota
Zabota is a top-ranked global recruitment firm, recognized as a Top HR Staffing Company by Clutch in 2025. We specialize in helping high-growth U.S. brands build elite, remote-first teams. Our mission is clear: Connect world-class talent from LATAM, Europe, and beyond with the most ambitious companies in the world.
About Our Client
Our client is the #1 agency for newsletter growth, helping some of the largest personal brands, founders, and media companies in the world acquire subscribers at scale through Meta advertising.
They manage millions in ad spend and work with major personal brands, founders, and digital media companies. The team is remote-first, lean, fast-moving, and highly collaborative. Every team member has direct access to leadership, sees the impact of their work in real campaign data, and works on projects for brands most marketers only read about.
The company values ownership over process, speed over perfection, and results over politics.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Video Editor to produce high-performing Meta ad creatives for some of the biggest newsletter brands in the world.
You will work alongside senior growth marketers in a fast-paced, high-volume creative environment. We are looking for someone who can make strong creative decisions independently rather than relying on exhaustive briefs.
The ideal candidate understands show, don't tell. You should instinctively know how to source relevant B-roll, graphics, screen recordings, and visual elements that support what is happening in a script.
This role will involve producing approximately 50 concepts per month, often with multiple variations and hook tests.
Responsibilities:
- Edit UGC and B-roll content into engaging ad creatives for Meta (Facebook + Instagram) and other short-form platforms
- Add captions, text overlays, and sound design to make content thumb-stopping and conversion-focused
- Create assets in multiple dimensions (1:1, 9:16, 4:5) for Meta placements—familiarity is ideal, but we can train the right candidate
- Balance creative freedom and direction; sometimes you'll get rough cuts or scripts, other times a moodboard or raw footage to run with
- Collaborate closely with creative strategists and ad buyers to quickly iterate and test variations based on performance
Accept and implement feedback quickly while maintaining high quality
- Organize and manage projects to keep timelines tight and deliverables on track
Qualifications
- Strong experience editing short-form, social-first ad content (especially Meta)
- Proficiency in Premiere Pro, CapCut, or similar
- Experience with UGC content, social B-roll, and performance-driven edits
- Ability to create scroll-stopping hooks and dynamic pacing
- Portfolio showcasing ad work or short-form edits (ideally Meta or TikTok ads)
- Comfortable adapting to different brand styles and audiences
- Excellent communication and ability to overlap at least 4–5 hours with 9am–5pm EST
Bonus
- Familiarity with paid media best practices and what makes an ad convert
- Experience editing for DTC brands, mobile apps, or newsletters
- Motion graphics or -style editing skills
- Experience actively building AI-assisted tools or workflows rather than simply having familiarity with AI.
- Experience using tools such as Higgsfield, Claude skills, or similar platforms to build creative workflows
Preferred backgrounds: Performance marketing or growth agencies, paid social agencies, DTC brands, media companies, digital publishers, ad creative studios, or UGC production companies.
Offer Details
Location: Remote, with a preference for South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, or similar locations.
Working Hours: Significant overlap with U.S. Eastern Time is required. Ideally, 9 AM–5 PM ET, with flexibility for South American time zones.
Contract Type: Full-time remote contractor.
Salary:
$2,000–$2,500 USD/month for strong senior performance marketing editors.
$3,000-4,000 USD/month for exceptional candidates with significant hands-on AI-enabled creative experience and experience building AI-assisted workflows from a high output agency.
Hiring Steps
Initial Zabota Screening
Client Interview
Practical Task or Second Stage Interview
Offer
Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.