Freelance Video Editor

Role Summary

We're not looking for someone who makes things look pretty. We're looking for someone who makes things perform. As a Freelance Video Editor at Shook Digital, you'll take raw creator footage and turn it into scroll-stopping UGC ads - iterating fast, remixing creatively, and using every tool available, including AI, to ship assets that win.

✂ UGC PRODUCTION EDITING

• Edit raw creator footage into polished, script-accurate UGC ads. Maintain the native, platform-first feel that outperforms studio content on TikTok.

↺ PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN ITERATIONS

• Review ad results and iterate cuts based on what the data says. Swap hooks, recut bodies, and test new CTAs with speed and precision.

⚡ CREATIVE REMIXES

• Repurpose winning assets into fresh variants. Combine hooks from one ad with bodies from another. Build the modular library that fuels our testing engine.

🤖 AI VIDEO EDITING

• Use AI tools to localise and dub creator content across languages and AI voice overs. Stay ahead of what's possible with lip-sync workflows and apply it at scale.

01 – THE BRIEF

• 20 min call on our editing workflow and your UGC experience

02 – WORK TRIAL

• Paid, 2–3 hr editing tasks using a real campaign brief

03 – EDIT REVIEW

• Walk us through your cuts and your decisions

04 – FINAL CHAT

• Align on terms. We move from interviews to onboarding in days.

MORE DETAILS

Remote · Freelance · CET overlap preferred · Paid trial included

Requirements

• TikTok-native editing instincts — you know what a strong hook looks like in the first 2 seconds of raw footage, and you know how to build toward it.
• Speed without sloppiness — you're comfortable turning around multiple cuts in a short window. Fast doesn't mean careless.
• Performance mindset — you care whether your edits work, not just whether they look good. You read the results and apply them to the next cut.
• AI tool fluency — you've used tools like ElevenLabs, or equivalent for dubbing and lip-sync. You experiment and stay current.
• Modular thinking — you understand the hook / body / CTA structure and can edit to the module, not just the whole video.
• Autonomous execution — you read the brief, ask the right questions once, and deliver. You don't need to be chased.

About the Company

🧠 ABOUT SHOOK DIGITAL

At Shook Digital, we're building the production engine for the next generation of advertisers. High-performing UGC is no longer a "nice-to-have." It is the core of the modern ad stack. We help brands scale their TikTok presence by turning creative chaos into high-performing systems.

Founded in the era of short-form video, Shook has become the partner of choice for brands that need to move fast without losing creative quality. What unites our team is a relentless focus on learning speed, operational rigor, and a deep understanding of why people stop scrolling.

Our goal is to make Shook Digital the global standard for UGC. We want to build a system so efficient that "20-day delivery" feels like a law of nature, not a challenge. This role is central to that momentum, leading productions for our growing DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) client base.