Video Editor

Kandy is an all-in-one ecommerce growth partner that scales high-potential brands through paid advertising, performance-driven creatives, email marketing, landing page optimization, and strategic guidance. The team has a proven track record of rapidly growing both client and in-house brands from early stages to significant monthly revenue. Kandy’s world-class in-house creative team includes videographers, copywriters, designers, and media buyers who manage large-scale budgets with a focus on efficiency and profitability. The company emphasizes structured processes, continuous idea generation, and data-backed experimentation to drive results. Team members benefit from strong mentorship, scalable training, and exposure to a diverse portfolio of ecommerce brands across multiple markets.
Mid/Senior AI Video Editor
We’re looking for a Senior AI Video Editor who can take ownership of a creative and turn it into an ad that actually performs.
Not just something visually nice. Not just “aesthetic.” And definitely not someone who needs to be told what to do at every step.
You should understand why an ad works, why it doesn’t, and what needs to change to make it better.
What makes this role different?
Most of what we produce is generated, not filmed.
AI UGC. AI avatars. AI animation. AI voice. AI B-roll.
Real actors and traditional shoots are the exception, not the default.
We’re looking for someone who can combine strong editing fundamentals, performance marketing thinking, creative judgment, and AI tools to produce ads that feel real, relatable, and scroll-stopping.
If that sounds exciting rather than overwhelming, keep reading.
What you’ll actually be doing
• Own paid social creatives from brief to final export for Meta, TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms.
• Create and direct AI UGC — choosing the right characters, environments, voices, delivery, and visual style for the target audience.
• Build AI talking heads that actually feel human — casting the face, voice, personality, movement, and delivery instead of settling for the first acceptable generation.
• Generate realistic, organic-looking AI B-roll, product demonstrations, animations, and motion graphics instead of relying on generic stock footage.
• Prompt, re-prompt, and problem-solve until AI output looks believable enough to ship — not simply “good enough for AI.”
• Edit short-form and long-form performance ads, including talking heads, VSLs, UGC, animation-heavy concepts, and hybrid formats.
• Make independent creative decisions when something in the brief, script, or generated material doesn’t work visually.
• Work closely with Creative Directors and understand the strategy behind the creative instead of blindly following instructions.
• Use hooks, pacing, sound design, captions, B-roll, and visual structure intentionally to improve retention and conversion.
• Review your own work critically and catch problems before someone else has to point them out.
• Test new AI models, tools, and workflows — and turn successful experiments into repeatable processes.
• Deliver consistently and on time without sacrificing quality.
What we expect from a Senior
• Strong video editing fundamentals and a portfolio that proves it.
• Ability to work independently without constant direction or detailed feedback.
• Strong creative judgment. You should immediately notice when an avatar looks generic, a voice feels lifeless, B-roll doesn’t match, pacing feels weak, or an AI generation looks uncanny.
• Understanding of performance marketing fundamentals — hooks, retention, audience awareness, pain points, objections, and conversion.
• Ability to explain why a creative works or doesn’t work, rather than simply whether you like it.
• Strong Premiere Pro skills. After Effects and other creative tools are a big plus.
• Hands-on experience with AI image, video, and voice generation — and the ability to adapt quickly as better models appear.
• Ability to create scroll-stopping first 1–3 seconds and understand how important the opening is to the entire ad.
• Strong sense of pacing, sound design, and storytelling.
• High quality standards. You don’t ship something just because the AI technically generated it successfully.
• Speed and consistency without becoming careless.
• Clear communication and the ability to raise problems early.
• Ownership. If something looks bad, you fix it. If something doesn’t make sense, you ask. If you see an opportunity to improve the creative, you act on it.
Bonus points if you
• Have experience with tools like Higgsfield, Veo, Kling, Runway, Midjourney, ElevenLabs, HeyGen, or similar.
• Have worked specifically with DTC, performance marketing, or paid social advertising.
• Understand how Creative Directors and Media Buyers evaluate and iterate ads based on performance.
• Can study winning competitor creatives, understand why they work, and apply those principles without simply copying them.
• Have strong sound design and motion graphics skills.
• Can build new AI workflows and help raise the quality bar for other editors.
• Stay up to date with new AI models, advertising trends, and creative formats without someone telling you what to test.
This is NOT the right role if
• You need detailed instructions for every creative decision.
• You consistently miss deadlines or only communicate after something has already gone wrong.
• You blindly follow the brief even when something clearly doesn’t work.
• You submit AI generations with obvious mistakes because “that’s what the AI generated.”
• You focus only on making videos look cool instead of understanding the audience and what makes them convert.
• You settle for the first acceptable avatar, voice, or generation instead of pushing for something better.
• You see AI as a shortcut that replaces editing skill and creative judgment.
• You wait for reviewers to QC your work instead of reviewing it yourself.
The Deal
Monthly salary starting from €1,600+, depending on experience and skill level.
For exceptional candidates with strong performance marketing + AI experience, we’re open to discussing higher compensation.
We give our editors a lot of creative freedom — but that freedom comes with ownership and responsibility.
We work based on strategy, data, testing, and performance. As a Senior, you’re expected to contribute to that process, not just execute tasks.
If you’re a strong editor who understands performance, loves experimenting with AI, and wants to help define what the next generation of paid social ads looks like — let’s talk.

Work arrangement
Yes