Craighill
Craighill is hiring: Performance Creative Video Editor (Paid Social) in New York
Craighill, New York, NY, US, 10261
Reports to: Head of Marketing
Salary: $75,000–$85,000, commensurate with experience
Craighill is hiring a Performance Editor / Ads Creative Lead to run our paid social engine and capture the daily creative pulse of our studio.
About Craighill
Craighill is a Brooklyn-based design studio creating enduring, beautiful, and useful objects with a deep commitment to ingenuity, curiosity, and long‑term creative ambition. From our Greenpoint studio, we’ve built one of the largest design‑focused organic social accounts in our category, with more than half a million followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. We’re building an independent company meant to endure for generations — focused on durability in product, culture, and creative integrity.
Over the past year, our organic videos have fueled rapid growth. Our next chapter is building a performance creative machine that honors our design principles while producing high‑volume, high‑quality output. The goal is to reach the people already paying attention — and bring them more fully into our world.
Key Responsibilities
Edit paid social ads with strong pacing, motion instincts, and narrative clarity
Produce 10–20 weekly creative assets (70 percent iterations, 30 percent new tests)
Build structured test matrices across hooks, pacing, framing, overlays, and sound
Recut and adapt existing assets for platform‑native performance
Capture and post 1–2 behind‑the‑scenes Stories most days, independently
Develop BTS captures into Reels as our system matures
Maintain light, consistent engagement in comments and DMs
Turn community insights into ads, including comment‑response formats
Use Premiere, After Effects, and Figma; apply light design and copywriting skills
Keep assets organized and workflows crisp
Balance speed, rigor, and Craighill’s design‑forward ethos
Qualifications
2–4 years of experience editing short‑form paid social content, ideally with Meta/TikTok exposure
Demonstrated ability to produce high‑volume variations and recuts for active campaigns
Strong instincts in pacing, rhythm, motion, and narrative clarity
Experience analyzing early performance signals (thumbstop, hold curves, top‑performing structures)
Baseline fluency in Premiere, After Effects, and Figma
Light graphic design and copywriting ability
Comfortable operating within weekly testing cadences
Low‑ego, collaborative, energized by in‑person creative work
Genuine interest in design, craft, and building something enduring
Why Craighill
We’re an independent brand with long‑term ambition: building a company meant to outlive us. Our creative choices, cultural values, and direction are entirely our own. You’ll edit alongside a team that cares deeply about performance and design integrity, taking a long view on creative excellence.
Our culture is defined by curiosity, ingenuity, and endurance, with a friendly, high‑performing in‑person energy. Being together in our Greenpoint studio is a real creative advantage. If you want to make high‑performing ads while helping shape a lasting design brand, this is a rare opportunity.
How to Apply
Send the following to jobs@craighill.co:
Resume
Creative Portfolio with paid social examples
Two professional references
Salary request
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Design Services
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