Senior Social Content & Video Editor

The role

We are a global socially-led creative agency, with unrivalled social media and influencer marketing expertise. With over 1,200 people in four continents, we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.

We’re proud to be a multi award-winning agency, with Cannes Lions, One Show, Webby and Shorty Awards, to name but a few. Our most recent work has seen us help Amazon Music, Activision and Adidas deliver some of their biggest and most innovative campaigns to date.

As well as creating for clients, we help educate the wider industry. Our Instagram publication The Feed tracks culture at the speed of social. 6,500 people registered or tuned into our events last year, and our reports garnered more than 20 million views.

Requirements

The Opportunity
Do you live and breathe social?

Are you obsessed with understanding and executing on the social-craft that gets dm-worthy videos ranked on the algorithm?

Do you want to create award-winning social-first creative content for iconic brands?

This is a hands-on, technical role for a hybrid Social Editor and Motion Designer who excels at the art of the social remix. You are someone who goes beyond standard cut-downs to craft playful, visually-arresting content ranging from lo-fi to premium, mindful of platform-native hacking. You will take full ownership of this discipline and daily execution, transforming assets into unexpected, hook-driven stories that define the level of our social-first output.

What You’ll Have Delivered Elsewhere

• Previously worked as a Senior Social Editor, Motion Designer, Senior Content Creator, or similar, with a strong track record of transforming existing assets into engaging, social-first content.
• Demonstrated success in generating both reactive and proactive creative ideas, remixing shot footage, edited campaigns and brand assets into high-performing Reels, Stories and carousels.
• Moved beyond traditional cut-downs and horizontal edits, creating visually distinctive, platform-native content designed to maximise engagement.
• Built a portfolio showcasing a broad range of remixed social video, incorporating motion graphics, native platform UI elements and, where appropriate, light CGI techniques.
• Delivered everything from rapid-turnaround lo-fi edits to complex, large-scale content projects, often managing multiple outputs simultaneously.
• Produced a consistent stream of high-quality social-first content and assets tailored to the unique requirements of each platform.
• Applied performance-led editing principles, creating and testing content variations to improve engagement and campaign effectiveness.
• Leveraged a strong understanding of motion design to elevate creative concepts and translate big campaign ideas into compelling social executions.
• Demonstrated mastery of hooks, pacing, transitions and visual storytelling to create thumb-stopping content that drives attention and action.
• Taken ownership of the post-production process from concept through to final delivery.
• Identified and amplified hook-worthy moments within existing content, reimagining assets to resonate with new audiences and social behaviours.
• Owned the content creation and production workflow, building scalable systems that support efficient, high-volume output.
• Maintained advanced proficiency across Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and mobile-first editing tools such as CapCut.
• Developed and maintained templates, asset libraries and file structures that enable teams to produce content consistently, efficiently and at scale.

What Else Are We Looking For?

• A solution-oriented self-starter who combines creative autonomy with hands-on execution.
• A strong understanding of how to adapt and remix social formats to create content that taps into culture, trends and audience behaviours.
• Proven ability to lead the creative transformation of brand assets, ensuring all content is culturally relevant, platform-native and ready for distribution.
• An original thinker who can independently generate compelling video concepts, rather than simply responding to a traditional edit brief.
• Deep expertise across design disciplines, including layout, typography and motion design.
• Confidence using AI-powered tools to enhance creative development, asset production and workflow efficiency.
• A maker mindset, with the ability to develop ideas from scratch or unlock opportunities from existing footage while remaining aligned to brand strategy.
• Experience mentoring and upskilling cross-functional teams, fostering excellence in social-first creative thinking and remix culture.
• A passion for introducing new processes and ways of working that strengthen collaboration and contribute to a positive team culture.
• Data-literate, with the ability to use performance insights to refine hooks, storytelling and pacing.
• Naturally curious and highly engaged with the fast-moving social media landscape, emerging platforms and evolving content trends.

Benefits

Our Culture and the Nice Stuff

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion runs in the water here at We Are Social. We are transparent about the changes that are needed, we are focused on making real strides, both internally and within the industry and we strive to truly be a workplace that represents, supports and advocates for ALL. Our Charter for Change in the UK  can be found here which details our focus areas across People, Work and Culture in 2026.

Inclusion at every level is crucial to creative innovation and success, and we want to create a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome and encourage talent from ALL backgrounds and are committed to creating a representative team that can deliver creative excellence. If you require any support, adjustments or accommodations for any reason whatsoever during the recruitment process, please let us know via [email protected]

So let’s get to the good stuff,  we offer all those things you would naturally expect; 25 days holiday, pension scheme & life assurance. But what we love most is connection, so we have our WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes which allow you to truly connect to colleagues all over the world! 

But what’s life around here really like day-to-day? Well, we ask our people regularly what they think about us/their role and here are some of the most common things they say:

• I value my manager we have a good relationship
• We love to ‘get social’ with the people I work with
• Trusted to get on with the job, without ‘micro-management’!

If this all sounds like the place you have been waiting to find then apply now! What are you waiting for?