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SteelSeries

Video and Content Editor

Reposted 8 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Chicago, IL
Mid level
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Chicago, IL
Mid level
We're seeking a Video & Content Editor with a passion for social media and gaming, responsible for crafting high-volume, high-quality videos for various platforms while leveraging data analytics to inform creative decisions.
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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). 

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