Creative Video Editor (Paid Social)

About DROOL
DROOL is a fast-growing e-commerce startup that has become one of the world’s leading platforms for contemporary art prints. Over the last 3 years we have seen exceptional year-on-year profitable revenue growth, have been featured in leading publications (GQ, Architectural Digest, Vogue), and have amassed a community of 1M+ IG followers along the way. Our growth is supported by the backing of a US VC firm with considerable domain expertise scaling startups like Ruggable, Dr Squatch and Fabletics into e-commerce powerhouses.

Role Summary
We’re hiring a paid social editor with strong instincts for creating high-converting, scroll-stopping content. Your core strength should be editing best-in-class content for paid social, but you should also be comfortable picking up a camera (usually an iPhone) to shoot new content.

This is an execution-led role focused on speed, clarity, and impact. The ideal candidate can turn briefs into assets that convert.

• A fast-moving video creative who understands what performs on paid social and why
• Confident shooting on iPhone comfortable balancing scrappy content with clean, elevated results
• Strong editing instincts for Meta and TikTok, with experience in short-form formats that use motion text, kinetic typography, and bold transitions to drive scroll-stopping impact
• Proficient in CapCut and Premiere Pro. Bonus points if you’ve explored or other emerging tools or AI that speed up the workflow
• Detail-oriented editor who can take a performance brief and deliver strong assets
• Able to manage a content pipeline independently, from ingesting raw files to final delivery, while staying reactive to what’s working in performance data
  

What You’ll Be Doing

• Execute against creative briefs provided by the Creative Strategist
• Shoot and edit performance content built for paid social, across product, creator, and brand angles
• Lead content production from raw shoot footage to final edited deliverables
• Take internal shoot footage, creator UGC, and campaign assets and turn them into high-converting ads
• Continuously evolve editing styles and formats based on results
• Maintain a clean pipeline of working files, exports, and content tagging
• Support internal shoot logistics where needed filming, lighting, and setup for iPhone
• Handle weekly creative editing load across Meta and TikTok testing priorities
  

Must-Have:

• 2+ years of experience editing video ads for DTC brands (in-house, agency)
• Portfolio featuring high performing video ads
• Proven experience editing 30–120 second performance-driven ads
• Strong shot selection instincts when working with large asset libraries
• Exceptional attention to visual quality and detail
• Ability to deliver fast turnaround times without sacrificing quality
• Understanding of what makes direct response ads convert

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working (3 office days per week in Shoreditch, London)
• 25 days holiday + your birthday + a duvet day + bank holidays
• Work a week from abroad
• Monthly health & wellness budget (for fitness class, gym, meditation, therapy)
• Company retreat: trip once a year
• Learning budget: for courses, books etc
• 60-75% employee discount for you + friends & family