Direct Agents is looking for a contract Video Editor to support our Creative team. You’ll bring modern, scroll-stopping editing chops to everything from short-form social ads to long-form storytelling.
Compensation: This role pays $40-$50/hour, depending on experience.
What You'll Do
- Craft high-performing, visually engaging videos for social, CTV, and digital platforms
- Edit across styles—UGC, branded mini-docs, performance ads, sports content, and more
- Use motion graphics, compositing, and editorial techniques to elevate each project
- Collaborate closely with creative directors, producers, and designers to bring ideas to life
- Stay ahead of digital trends and apply best practices for modern storytelling
- Manage post workflows efficiently from ingest to delivery
Qualifications
- Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, with a strong sense of pacing, rhythm, and flow
- Experience designing and animating motion graphics and title treatments
- Familiarity with Photoshop and Illustrator for prepping and manipulating layered assets
- Ability to edit for multiple formats and aspect ratios (9:16, 1:1, 16:9, 4:5) for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, CTV, and web
- Knowledge of sound design and audio mixing to polish final cuts
- Comfortable working with voiceover, music licensing, and audio timing
- Experience editing for performance marketing—direct response, hooks, and CTA-driven creative
- Proficient in color correction, LUTs, and basic grading
- Skilled at applying brand guidelines, integrating logos, text overlays, and end cards seamlessly
- Bonus: experience with sports content, including highlights, sizzle reels, or doc-style athlete features
- Bonus: experience editing music-related content, such as music videos or studio sessions
- Highly organized with the ability to manage project files, versioning, and multi-platform exports
- A collaborative communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Familiarity with modern plugins, AI tools, and workflow accelerators like Frame.io, Red Giant, Topaz, and Runway
Direct Agents is not a traditional agency. We are an elite team of builders and operators—growth strategists,media architects, and creative thinkers—who partner with ambitious brands to drive measurable revenue growth. Backed by Kanopy AI, our proprietary intelligence platform, and exclusive partnerships with tech and media platforms, we deliver the kind of unfair advantage that helps clients dominate, not just compete.
We operate at the intersection of technology, media, and strategy—where AI meets human expertise to produce outcomes that neither can achieve alone. Our client roster includes brands like Tennis Channel, Marvel, NYSE, Morgan Stanley, Prologis, and DistroKid.
Location: This is a contract, remote position.
Please be aware of fraudulent recruiters and scams. If you move forward in our recruitment process, you will only be contacted by the Direct Agents HR team. Questions: [email protected]
Skills Required
- Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
- Experience designing and animating motion graphics and title treatments
- Familiarity with Photoshop and Illustrator for prepping layered assets
- Ability to edit for multiple formats and aspect ratios (9:16, 1:1, 16:9, 4:5) for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, CTV, and web
- Knowledge of sound design and audio mixing to polish final cuts
- Comfortable working with voiceover, music licensing, and audio timing
- Experience editing for performance marketing (direct response, hooks, CTA-driven creative)
- Proficient in color correction, LUTs, and basic grading
- Skilled at applying brand guidelines, integrating logos, text overlays, and end cards
- Manage post workflows efficiently from ingest to delivery, including project files and versioning
- Familiarity with modern plugins, AI tools, and workflow accelerators like Frame.io, Red Giant, Topaz, and Runway
- Experience with sports content (highlights, sizzle reels, doc-style athlete features)
- Experience editing music-related content (music videos, studio sessions)
- Highly organized and able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Direct Agents Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Direct Agents and has not been reviewed or approved by Direct Agents.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is positioned as relatively expansive, including PTO that scales by level/tenure, separate sick/safe leave, a paid birthday day, volunteering time, and seasonal schedule perks like Summer Fridays. Company-wide closure days such as Wellness Reset Days and quarterly self-care days are also described as part of the time-off approach.
-
Healthcare Strength — Medical/dental/vision and mental health benefits are described, including access to services like One Medical, Talkspace, KindBody, and Health Advocate. Employer-verified listings also include items like mental health care, supplemental life insurance, and FSA.
-
Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described in job-posting benefits language, with maternity/paternity leave also appearing in employer-verified benefit listings. This indicates at least some formal family-leave coverage within the overall benefits package.
Direct Agents Insights
What We Do
Direct Agents is an independent, minority-owned digital marketing agency that specializes in performance-driven customer acquisition solutions. Founded by first-generation immigrants, Direct Agents celebrates its 19th year in business this year. Our agency goes beyond the standard marketing toolbox through innovation in Paid Media, Enterprise SEO, Strategy, Amazon, Creative, Inclusive Marketing Strategy, Analytics, & Paid Social. Direct Agents is built to help clients achieve success through a diverse and passionate group of experts based in NYC, LA, and beyond. We’re breaking the industry mold and leading with a diverse mindset. Here at Direct Agents, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it’s in our DNA. • 5x Winner of Crain’s Best Places to Work (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018) • 42% Diversity • 57% Female / Male ratio • ‘WoDA’ is Direct Agents’ women powered employee resource group which works to pave the path to leadership for all women through monthly workshops • ‘State of the World’ helps provide an open forum to discuss the social movements of our time and how we can have an impact on them • Team and company-wide bonding events (ask us about our puppy breaks!) • Opportunities to get involved with the community through mentorship and pro bono marketing services • A work family that is as committed to its work as it is to having fun Our culture offers more than just happy hours; we're fueled by excellence, collaboration, and growth opportunities. At Direct Agents, you are empowered to create your own career journey through cross-channel learning opportunities and mentorship. If you’re looking for a new role with space to directly influence the business and company culture, visit our Careers page and apply to become a “Shaper of Change!” To learn more about our services visit www.directagents.com or email [email protected].
