Junior Editor, Content & Performance

About the role

OluKai, a footwear brand for the ocean lifestyle, is looking for a creative, fast-moving Junior Editor, Content & Performance to join its in-house creative team. Reporting to the Content Studio Manager, the role focuses on editing high-performing video content for paid media, organic social, UGC and digital platforms, turning raw footage and campaign assets into short-form creative. It is a hands-on editing position for someone who wants to grow their craft within a growing in-house team.

Key responsibilities

• Edit performance-focused video for Meta and other paid platforms, including product ads, UGC-style creative, campaign cutdowns and short-form advertising.
• Create multiple hooks, cutdowns, messaging variations, aspect ratios and iterations of paid creative for ongoing performance testing.
• Turn YouTube content into short-form organic content for Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and other platforms, identifying hooks, stories and soundbites.
• Edit campaign and production footage into additional social, paid, product and digital assets, and work with UGC and creator footage.
• Apply editing fundamentals such as pacing, shot selection, music, sound design, basic color correction, typography, captions and simple motion graphics.
• Resize and adapt creative across platforms and aspect ratios, and help organize the growing library of video assets with clean project structures.
• Manage multiple edits at once and meet fast-moving social and paid-media timelines, staying current on social formats and trends.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or a related field.
• 2-4 years of professional video editing experience in an in-house creative team, agency, production company, freelance environment or similar.
• Experience editing for Meta, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and other digital platforms; UGC or creator-style content experience strongly preferred.
• Strong organizational skills, comfort with multiple projects and deadlines, and ability to take creative direction and iterate quickly.
• In-office hybrid: 4 days per week in the Irvine, CA office, with the option to work from home 1 day per week.

Required skills

• Strong proficiency in DaVinci Resolve.
• Working knowledge of After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Understanding of short-form video storytelling, hooks, pacing, composition, music and sound design.
• Understanding of how paid social creative differs from traditional brand content.

What we offer

• Salary of $70,000-$80,000 plus an opportunity for an annual bonus.
• Complimentary chef-prepared breakfast and lunch Monday to Thursday, and a generous product gift program with brand discounts.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life insurance, and a 401k with employer match.
• 15 days of PTO plus an extra day each anniversary year and 3 floating holidays, plus paid beach and giveback days.
• Company bonus program, anniversary gifts, dog-friendly office and a Certified B Corporation with paid service days.