FREELANCE Commercial Video Editor (Portfolio Required)

We’re a fast-paced advertising agency looking for a talented freelance Commercial Video Editor to bring our video ads and commercials to life—especially for restaurant and automotive brands . You’ll be provided with the core assets (footage, script, and voiceover) and will be responsible for transforming them into compelling, polished, high-impact video content under tight timelines.

What You’ll Do

• Edit and produce short-form and long-form video ads for restaurant and automotive clients

• Turn provided footage, scripts, and VO into dynamic, engaging commercial content
• Add motion graphics, text treatments, and light animation to enhance storytelling
• Maintain strong pacing, clean transitions, and a high level of polish
• Adapt creative for multiple platforms (paid social, web, streaming, etc.)
• Work efficiently in a fast-moving agency environment with shifting priorities and deadlines
• Collaborate closely with creative, strategy, and account teams to deliver on-brand results
  
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience editing commercial video content, ideally within an advertising agency

• Experience working on restaurant and/or automotive brands is strongly preferred
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects (required)
• Strong understanding of ad storytelling, timing, and performance-driven creative
• Comfortable taking direction, iterating quickly, and elevating work independently
• Highly organized, responsive, and able to manage multiple projects at once
• Thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  
  
  

Portfolio Requirement

• A portfolio is required showcasing relevant commercial or video ad work
• Restaurant, automotive, or lifestyle brand examples are a major plus
  
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience editing for paid social and performance marketing
• Familiarity with agency workflows and multiple client brands
• Strong motion graphics or animation skills beyond basic templates
  
  
  

This is a freelance role with the potential for ongoing work for the right fit.