Performance Video Editor (E-commerce)

**Performance Video Editor** ---------------------------- **Exchange Life · Fully Remote · Full\-Time Contractor · \~40 hrs/week $10–20 USD/hour depending on experience \+ uncapped performance bonuses** **About Exchange Life** ----------------------- **Exchange Life is one of the fastest\-growing e\-commerce travel jewellery brands in the US. We sell collectible country charms for traveller's, with new products launching soon. Our content machine has generated over a quarter billion views across TikTok and Instagram.** **This role is video, end to end. You'll concept and cut short\-form video ads for paid media across TikTok, Reels, and Meta placements, where every edit is judged on what it does to hook rate, retention, and spend. You're not making brand films or organic filler. You're making the creative we put budget behind.** **We're looking for an editor who can own their output and be creative within proven marketing fundamentals, not just execute tasks. This is not a gig; it's a long\-term partnership. Many of our editors have been with us 2\+ years, and the people who now set our creative direction started as editors here.** **You'll work closely with our Content Lead and Marketing team. We're a small, high\-output team that moves fast, communicates daily, and invests in the people who show up.** **Where You'll Be in Six Months** --------------------------------- **Senior Performance Video Editor.** **That's the next title, and it's within reach inside your first six months if your work earns it. At that level you have full creative autonomy: you own video concepts end to end, you decide which angles we test next instead of receiving briefs, your creatives are the ones we put real spend behind, and you start reviewing other editors' cuts and shaping how they work.** **It's decided by performance, not time served. Move faster if your work moves faster.** **Compensation \& Earning Potential** ------------------------------------- * **Base: $10–20 USD/hour depending on experience** * **Performance bonuses: Uncapped, paid per winning creative. Every video that hits our performance thresholds or scales on paid ads pays out.** * **Rate reviews: Revisited as you take on more, not on an annual calendar** **Our top editors earn meaningfully more than their base because they produce winners consistently. That's the whole design: we'd rather pay a lot for creatives that work than a little for creatives that don't.** **What Success Looks Like** --------------------------- **After 3–6 months, a successful hire is consistently producing short\-form video ads that scale on paid and perform organically, hitting 50%\+ thumb\-stop rates and 30%\+ hold rates, and iterating on winning formats without needing direction from the marketing team. You'll be a trusted creative partner, not just an executor.** **Core Responsibilities** ------------------------- * **Concept and edit short\-form video ads for TikTok, Reels, and Meta,