Job Description

We’re looking for a versatile, high-performance Video Editor and Digital Designer who specializes in building paid social ads that convert. This contractor will play a key role in producing video and static content that fuels Thrive Market’s acquisition engine across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Snap. This is a role for a true performance-minded creative: someone who can edit compelling videos, design scroll-stopping statics, and—ideally—write sharp ad copy that drives clicks and conversions.

Responsibilities

• Edit video ads for paid social with a direct-response lens
• Design static ads and concept graphics
• Think like a strategist: Translate briefs into performance-driven creative
• Edit influencer and UGC footage into polished, high-converting ads
• Build ad variants for creative testing
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Contribute strategically
• Work fast, smart, and with precision
• Write copy that converts

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of experience editing paid social ads
• Proven experience creating ads for Meta, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Snap
• Strong portfolio showcasing direct-response video and static creative
• Deep understanding of visual storytelling, digital design principles, and conversion psychology
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively
• Skilled in Adobe Premiere (After Effects a plus)
• Skilled in Adobe Photoshop
• Strategic and collaborative thinker
• Proactive and flexible mindset
• Strong portfolio of direct-response social ads
• Strong typography, layout, and color theory skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Self-driven, adaptable, and eager to push creative boundaries
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strategic, growth-oriented creative self-starter
• Direct-response visual storyteller
• Fluent in platform-native content creation
• Experienced with influencer and UGC editing
• Strategic thinker
• Efficient operator
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Exceptionally skilled at image curation, visual storytelling, typography, layout, form and color
• Self-starter
• Comfortable articulating design choices
• Highly collaborative and vocal team player
• Bonus: You can write compelling social ad copy
• Familiarity with Motion, Triple Whale, or creative analytics platforms

Benefits

• No benefits