Job Description
Job Description
VIDEO EDITOR (Short-Form & Long Form Viral Ads) — Motherferment / Beau Bottles / Jar Joy
Location: Remote
Type: Full-time or long-term freelance
Industry: Dessert Manufacturer / E-commerce champagne wraps / Post-toxic consumer brand (WE OWN ALL THREE COMPANIES AND YOU WILL BE WORKING FOR ALL THREE)
Comp: Competitive + performance bonuses + opportunity to grow into Creative Lead
ABOUT MOTHERFERMENT / BEAU BOTTLES / JAR JOY
Motherferment is a post-toxic cleaning brand redefining what “clean” means in the modern world. Our biofermented technology is a breakthrough—industrial-strength cleaning without petrochemicals, toxins, or greenwashing.
We are building a movement, not a product.
Our ads are bold, subversive, comedic, intelligent, and incredibly scroll-stopping—and we need an editor who can keep up with that level of ambition.
If you love Raindrop-style storytelling, edutainment, fast paced cuts, punchline timing, and creating moments that make people say “WHAT did I just watch?”—you’re our person.
Jar Joy is a dessert company
Beau Bottles is a champagne wrap company
ROLE OVERVIEW
We’re looking for a world-class short-form video editor who specializes in:
- TikTok / Reels / Shorts ad editing
- Narrative hooks that land instantly
- Visual comedy timing
- Meme-layering + subtle satire
- Pacing, punch-ins, punchlines, and scroll-stop momentum
- Integrating founder personality + brand mythology into every cut
Your work will directly shape the Motherferment brand and be seen by hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of people.
YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Editing 15–60 second high-impact ads
- Taking raw footage and turning it into scroll-stopping virality
- Implementing hooks that peak at second 0–2
- Polishing narrator-guided sequences
- Adding captions, kinetic text, cutaways, punch-ins, SFX
Maintaining brand personality
- Dark humor + rebel tone
- Edutainment pacing
- Premium look without losing authenticity
Experimenting relentlessly
- Testing alternate hooks
- Creating micro-edits for split testing
- Iterating based on performance data
Supporting concept development
- Suggesting angles, transitions, memes, and narrative punches
- Helping structure ads like Raindrop-style “chaos first” stories
WHAT YOU BRING
Required
- 3+ years in short-form editing for DTC brands, creators, or agencies
- Proven track record of viral-capable editing
- Mastery of pacing and storytelling
- Strong comedic timing
- Fluency in Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci, or CapCut Pro
- Understanding of UGC ads and founder-led ads
- Ability to add subtle sound design, timing cues, and energy
Bonus Points
- Experience editing Liquid Death, Dr. Squatch, or Raindrop-style ads
- Ability to direct micro-shoots / advise on framing and pickups
- Keen eye for color, sound, and premium aesthetic
- You love consumer psychology and narrative structure
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE LOOKS LIKE:
- You live in TikTok/IG Reels like it's your native language
- You understand “thumb-stopping power” instinctively
- You enjoy smart humor, satire, and breaking industry norms
- You think traditional cleaning ads are boring and stupid
- You want to build something culturally iconic, not just “make edits”
WORKFLOW
- We provide footage (founder, actors, UGC, scripted scenes)
- You cut 5–20 versions depending on the concept
- We iterate together daily
- Fast-turnaround environment—no bureaucratic bottlenecks
- Freedom to be creative and pitch your own hooks
WHY JOIN MOTHERFERMENT / BEAU BOTTLES / JAR JOY
- You get to help spark the post-toxic movement
- You’ll make work that actually shakes an industry
- Your edits will be the face of the brand
- Massive room for growth as we scale
- Fun, irreverent, creative, high-speed environment