Reels Editing Jobs in Park Ridge, IL (NOW HIRING)

We're looking for a fast, fearless, and deeply creative Video & Content Editor who loves social media and gaming and has the fire in the belly to make a lot of content very well, very quickly.

You'll be the primary editor in a small social team, crafting native, thumb-stopping video for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, X/Twitter, Facebook, Twitch highlights, and more. You combine elite editing craft with a marketer's mindset: you care about retention graphs, watch time, and shares just as much as transitions and color grading.

Alongside the Content, Insights & Planning Manager, you'll be a key navigator for the Social Media Director, Community Manager, and Esports & Influencer Managers-helping them see what formats, hooks, and stories are truly working and what we should scale globally. You treat attention as something you "day trade" every week: constantly cutting, testing, and iterating in response to what audiences are actually responding to.

What You'll Own & Drive

High-volume, high-quality editing

• Edit a high volume of platform-native videos with speed and precision-multiple pieces per day/week-while maintaining a consistently high bar for quality and brand voice.
• Produce videos optimized for mobile-first, sound-on and sound-off viewing (9:16, 4:5, 1:1, etc.) with strong hooks in the first seconds, tight pacing, and clear storytelling.
• Rapidly turn live streams, gameplay, product reveals, sponsor moments, and creator collaborations into short-form highlights and longer-form cutdowns when needed.

Creative testing & data-informed iteration

• Partner closely with the Content, Insights & Planning Manager to test hooks, intros, formats, captions, and thumbnails; use performance data to decide which edits to scale, tweak, or kill.
• Treat analytics as creative feedback: you're excited to change your edit style based on watch-time drop-offs, replay rates, or comment sentiment.
• Help the team build a culture of constant, low-friction experimentation rather than chasing one "perfect" hero asset.

Trend and culture-native storytelling

• Stay deeply plugged into gaming culture, memes, slang, platform-native humor, and niche sub-communities (competitive players, casual gamers, streamers, etc.) and reflect that fluently in your edits.
• Ensure we show up authentically on each platform and for each region-respecting local nuances while protecting the core SteelSeries brand voice.

Systems, templates & speed for the whole team

• Curate and maintain a library of editable project files, templates, lower-thirds, color presets, motion graphics, SFX, and music beds that make it easier and faster for you and others to execute.
• Build repeatable systems and checklists that shorten production cycles and allow the team to scale content output without losing consistency.
• Collaborate with the broader social, creative, and influencer teams to define best practices for shooting, framing, and delivering footage so downstream edits are faster and cleaner.

Quality, compliance & organization

• Implement platform best practices for captions, on-screen text, motion graphics, and sound design to maximize view-through and engagement.
• Ensure all edits meet accessibility, copyright, and brand safety standards (e.g., captioning, subtitles, music licensing).
• Maintain clean project structure, version control, and documentation so other editors can easily pick up your work.

What We're Looking For

Experience & craft

• Extensive experience editing social-first content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, X/Twitter, Facebook, and similar platforms, with a portfolio that proves it.
• Deep proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro (or equivalent) and strong skills in After Effects/motion graphics, basic color correction, and audio mixing.
• Demonstrated ability to work fast at scale-delivering multiple strong edits per week without losing narrative clarity or brand consistency.
• Experience with captioning, subtitles, sound design, and accessibility best practices across platforms.

Mindset & behaviors

• You see yourself as a marketer-editor: you care about the numbers and the storytelling equally.
• A passion for making: your instinct is to open the timeline and start cutting, not to over-theorize. You ship, learn, and ship again.
• Data doesn't offend you-it excites you. If a format you love underperforms, you're the first to propose a new hook or structure and test it.
• You speak the language of gaming communities while keeping us on-brand; you know when a meme will land and when it will backfire.
• You're comfortable giving and receiving feedback quickly and directly, and you actively help the rest of the team improve their video instincts.

Bonus points

• Experience with 3D text/graphics, motion templates, or web-native templates that speed up re-edits.
• Familiarity with clipping workflows from livestreams, VO/ADR coordination, or sponsor integration.
• Evidence that your edits have moved the numbers (e.g., projects where your approach increased CTR, watch time, or shares).