Performance Video Editor - Contract

Skylight is a technology startup building the OS of the family. We make Skylight Calendar, the smart calendar loved by millions of families (plus Wired and the Wirecutter). Our latest product is Calendar 2, which just launched to rave reviews.

Our mission is to connect loved ones by creating the world’s simplest products and services that improve family life. Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs who have scaled this business to $300M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped and profitable. We get to grow a happy, healthy company focused on making products our customers love without investors breathing down our necks.

Smart, hardworking people who care about making actually meaningful products love working here. People like you. We’re busy inventing new ways to simplify family life and help parents raise great kids – and we need your help! Come invent something new with us.

A portfolio of work is required for consideration for this role, and it must contain paid Meta or TikTok ad samples.

Responsibilities:

• Working with our Paid Social Creative Team to cut videos into high-performing ads.
• Staying entrenched in day-to-day performance results, understanding the data, and converting those insights into creative iterations.
• Keeping up-to-date on trends across social media platforms and proactively proposing opportunities to the team.
• Strategically and proactively adding in video elements, formats, or styles to diversify content and increase performance metrics including ROAS and thumbstop

• Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of experience
• Experience in Adobe Premiere, with bonus points for experience in After Effects and the broader Adobe Creative Suite
• Background in creating and working with high-quality user-generated content, and a portfolio to demonstrate those skills
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Highly collaborative, a self-starter, and low ego

Nice to Have:

• Experience creating content for our demographic: parents of younger children
• Experience working on paid social in a high-growth company or agency environment
• General knowledge of Figma, Notion, Adobe Suite, and Google Suite

• Hours: 20 hours guaranteed with up to 40 hours per week.
• Pay: $50/hr