Anaheim Studios - Social Video Editor Contract

Video Editor is needed in Hawthorne, United States.

Client: Anaheim Studios

Location: Hawthorne, CA

Contract: Contract

Job Description

Our creative services agency is seeking a video editor for a contract position (1-2 months, starting immediately). The ideal candidate is fast, creative, detail-oriented, and deeply understands what makes content work on social platforms. This role is for someone who thrives in a high-volume environment - turning existing footage, stock, and user-generated content into engaging, social-forward edits with speed, instinct, and polish.

Our creative team is a small group of big thinkers that love collaborating and getting creative input from all members of the team. We value great ideas, respect hard work, and encourage cross-training in a chill atmosphere inside our creative studio in Hawthorne, CA.

Requirements

You should be able to:

• Create high-quality social content, short-form edits, sizzles, reels, and digital cutdowns from existing footage libraries, stock assets, and user-generated content (UGC).
• Create engaging edits that feel native to social platforms while maintaining brand tone and visual consistency.
• Work quickly and efficiently across multiple projects with fast turnaround times and shifting priorities.
• Digest creative feedback clearly and accurately, incorporating notes with strong attention to detail.
• Operate as a self-starter, staying aware of client feedback and project updates through email communication and proactively moving edits forward.
• Communicate clearly with producers and post supervisors when clarification or creative direction is needed.
• Pull selects and build compelling narratives from a wide range of footage types including interviews, events, lifestyle shoots, commercial footage, and creator content.
• Pair strong pacing, music, graphics, captions, and visual rhythm to create highly watchable social content.
• Maintain organized project files and update tracking spreadsheets/project grids with accurate links and status updates throughout production.
• Comfortably work independently or collaboratively within fast-moving creative teams.

Motion Graphics & Advanced Skills (Preferred)

• Execute clean text animation, motion graphics, captions, and platform-native graphic treatments that enhance storytelling.
• Design and animate titles, transitions, supers, and graphic elements with a polished social-first sensibility.
• Understand current social trends, pacing styles, and platform best practices across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, etc.

Required Skills & Tools

• Expert in Adobe Premiere and CapCut.
• Strong sense of pacing, comedic timing, music selection, typography, and visual rhythm.
• Experience editing social-first content in a fast-paced environment.
• Organized and detail-oriented with strong file management habits.
• Comfortable managing multiple edits and deadlines simultaneously.

Additional Information

To apply, please send a reel/portfolio, resume, and a short note about yourself. Know that the resume is the least important of the three. Some of our best editors studied history & political science. Let your work speak for itself.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour

Application Question(s): Can you comfortably edit in CapCut?

Experience: Adobe Premiere: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute: Hawthorne, CA 90250 (Required)

Work Location: In person