Role Description We're looking for a creative and detail-oriented Video Editor to join our growing Creative & Brand team. This role sits at the heart of our new products creative engine — supporting IUL, annuities, and new product lines as they launch. You'll be focused primarily on short-form content across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, editing high-performing assets using UGC, influencer content, and stock footage. The creative challenge here is unique: making complex financial products feel simple, human, and worth acting on. - Edit raw footage into polished DR videos with engaging cuts, transitions, graphics, captions, and sound design optimized for Meta, TikTok, and YouTube. - Adapt and optimize edits for different platforms and formats, ensuring videos are formatted, captioned, and styled for each channel's distinct language and culture. - Edit and bring YouTube concepts to life, including longer-form content leveraging b-roll and assets from our internal library. - Elevate and evolve our influencer allowlisting and UGC videos to help achieve ROAS goals. - Help translate complex product stories into clear, compelling short-form video that makes new financial products feel approachable. - Work at high volume directly against briefs as well as concepting and designing net-new creatives — in some cases you'll storyboard and present ideas before moving into production. - Stay current on video trends, editing styles, and content formats across paid social and bring fresh ideas to the team. - Collaborate cross-functionally with paid social strategists, influencer managers, and other stakeholders to get performance insights and align on creative direction. - Apply motion graphics and animation to elevate creative across formats. - Use performance data to inform editing decisions and iterate quickly on what's working. Qualifications - 3+ years of video editing experience with a focus on UGC, influencer, and stock footage for DR-focused paid social ads. - Strong portfolio demonstrating DR ad experience, storytelling ability, and how you've repurposed content to achieve performance goals. - Deep fluency across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube — you understand what performs on each platform and why. - Experience editing UGC and influencer content specifically, you know how to make creator content feel native and convert. - Strong understanding of paid social formats, hooks, and direct response best practices. - Bonus: experience editing creative for complex or considered-purchase products where the edit has to do more storytelling work. - Excellent understanding of design principles, typography, color theory, and composition. - Motion graphics and animation experience. - Proficient in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut, Figma, and Frame.io. - AI-forward: you're already using AI tools in your editing workflow and excited to push further. - Fast, independent, and iterative — you can drive multiple projects at once and respond quickly to feedback. - Genuine curiosity about advertising, culture, and what makes people stop scrolling. Requirements - The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $105,000 - $185,000. - Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. - Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. - Compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits. Benefits You can find further details of our US benefits at Ethos Careers . Company Description Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.

Role Description We're looking for a Senior Video Editor to join a brand-new, dedicated creative team supporting a global enterprise B2B technology client. In this role, you'll help define the editing standards, workflows, and quality processes for a high-volume video program while producing polished, platform-ready content across multiple campaigns. You'll partner closely with the Director of Digital Production, Art Director, Motion Designers, and cross-functional teams to create engaging video content while mentoring editors and helping shape the team's post-production foundation. - Set the Creative Standard: Edit premium video content with exceptional pacing, storytelling, shot selection, and structure that establishes the quality bar across the team. - Build Editing Systems That Scale: Develop project templates, file structures, naming conventions, handoff processes, and quality control standards that enable efficient, reliable post-production at scale. - Lead Through Craft: Provide guidance, creative feedback, and mentorship to fellow editors, helping elevate storytelling, technical execution, and consistency across every deliverable. - Deliver Platform-Ready Content: Own technical quality across every project, ensuring assets meet platform specifications, delivery requirements, and client standards for a wide range of digital channels. - Collaborate Across Creative Teams: Partner with the Art Director, Motion Designers, Copywriters, Creative Strategists, and Project Managers to transform briefs into compelling video experiences. - Optimize Creative Workflows: Leverage AI-assisted editing tools, templated workflows, and efficient media management practices to streamline production while maintaining exceptional creative quality. - Champion Operational Excellence: Help build scalable post-production processes that improve collaboration, strengthen quality assurance, and enable the team to deliver consistently across a high-volume content program. Qualifications - 5+ years of professional video editing experience with a portfolio or demo reel showcasing polished, platform-native work. - Advanced expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and working proficiency in Adobe After Effects. - Strong understanding of storytelling, pacing, shot selection, audio mixing, color correction, and post-production best practices. - Experience building editing workflows, templates, project organization systems, and quality assurance processes for high-volume creative production. - Experience mentoring editors or leading creative reviews within collaborative production teams. - Deep knowledge of video delivery specifications, codecs, aspect ratios, file management, and platform requirements. - Strong organizational, communication, and collaboration skills with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset. - Experience leveraging AI-powered editing tools and emerging technologies to improve creative workflows and production efficiency. Requirements - Bonus Points If You Have: - Experience supporting enterprise technology, SaaS, or B2B brands. - Motion graphics or animation experience using Adobe After Effects. - Experience with AI-assisted editing workflows and high-volume content production. - Experience working across multiple campaigns in a fast-paced agency or studio environment. Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life/AD&D - 401k - Employer match - HSA - Employer contributes - Flexible Vacation & PTO plan - Paid Maternity / Paternity - Paid Holidays - Remote/Flex day schedule - Laid back office environment - The coolest team ;) - Fun company events & off-sites - Salary Range: $63,000 - $72,000

Executive Editor - NEWSWELL Chicago Location: IL Oak Park Job Description: Executive Editor - NEWSWELL Chicago NEWSWELL Chicago publishes four deeply rooted local news organizations serving Chicago’s West Side and near western suburbs: Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review, Riverside-Brookfield Landmark and Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest. In early 2026, NEWSWELL Chicago acquired these storied community newspapers. That transition brought new stability, expanded resources and renewed momentum to a trusted local news operation. NEWSWELL Chicago seeks an ambitious, community-minded Executive Editor to lead one of the Chicago region’s strongest portfolios of local news organizations and help build what comes next. This leader will oversee editorial strategy and day-to-day newsroom operations across NEWSWELL Chicago’s portfolio of trusted local publications, strengthening each title while building a more connected, impactful newsroom. The Executive Editor will be responsible for producing exceptional journalism, growing audience, deepening community engagement and helping shape the next chapter of local news in the communities we serve. This is a hands-on leadership role for an editor with strong news judgment, excellent editing skills and a genuine belief in the power of community journalism. The Executive Editor will collaborate across teams, coach reporters, guide coverage priorities, edit news copy and serve as a visible ambassador in the communities we cover. The Executive Editor will also play a meaningful role in audience development, newsletters, digital publishing, fundraising support and expansion initiatives as NEWSWELL Chicago continues to grow. This is a hybrid position based in Oak Park, IL, combining remote and in-person work. The pay rate for this role is $90-$120k annually. What you’ll do - Lead day-to-day editorial operations across NEWSWELL Chicago’s newsroom, setting priorities, managing workflows and maintaining a strong culture of accountability and excellence - Direct editorial strategy across print, digital, newsletters and emerging platforms - Assign, shape and edit stories with an emphasis on quality reporting, strong storytelling, fairness and accuracy - Edit a significant volume of copy while maintaining high editorial standards and efficient production rhythms - Recruit, manage, coach and develop newsroom talent, including reporters, editors, audience staff, fellows, interns and freelance contributors - Oversee and collaborate closely with senior editorial and audience leaders, including the senior adviser/associate editor and senior audience manager - Use analytics, listening and newsroom instinct to guide coverage decisions and better serve community information needs - Represent NEWSWELL Chicago publicly at events and community gatherings and through partnerships and media appearances - Collaborate with leadership on fundraising efforts, donor engagement, editorial impact reporting - Help identify and develop opportunities to expand NEWSWELL Chicago’s reach, impact and editorial footprint - Champion community journalism, strong newsroom values and an ambitious and collaborative culture - Foster an inclusive, respectful and collaborative newsroom culture that values diversity, encourages belonging, empowers staff and celebrates both individual and team successes. - Uphold and model NEWSWELL’s values of fairness, inclusion, transparency and trust, and promote civil, solutions‑minded public discourse through editorial decisions and leadership. Relevant qualifications - An experienced editor and newsroom leader with excellent news judgment - A strong line editor who makes stories sharper, clearer and more impactful - A thoughtful people manager who knows how to coach, challenge and support talent - Audience-minded, digitally fluent and comfortable leading across platforms - Comfortable balancing daily journalism demands with longer-range editorial strategy - A visible and credible public representative for a newsroom Required education and experience - 10+ years of journalism experience, including meaningful newsroom leadership experience - Strong editing background with demonstrated excellence in story development and copy editing - Experience managing reporters, editors, freelancers or cross-functional teams - Strong understanding of digital publishing, newsletters, audience engagement and modern newsroom tools - Demonstrated commitment to fairness, accuracy, ethics and inclusion in journalism Preferred education and experience - Experience working in a newsroom or print publication environment. - Knowledge of Chicago and its surrounding communities preferred, but not required - Familiarity with Chicago neighborhoods and community‑focused journalism. Preferred skills and abilities - Spanish fluency is a plus. Submission Requirements Please put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order: - Your resume (one to two pages). - A cover letter that highlights your strengths and explains why you make a strong candidate for the position. - Three to five samples that demonstrate your editorial leadership. These may include project overviews, edited packages, newsroom initiatives, audience or workflow improvements, or other work that reflects your role, decision‑making and impact. For each sample, include a one‑ to two‑sentence description of what you did and how you did it. - Please assemble these materials into a single document and upload them in a PDF format. Benefits - Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance - 401(k) plan with matching employer contribution - 22 days of vacation time - 11 holidays, including your birthday - Parental leave - Significant tuition reductions - Professional development is highly valued at ASU Enterprise Partners, where employees are encouraged to look across the organization and nurture new areas of interest - $30 bi-weekly cell phone reimbursement NEWSWELL is an Equal Opportunity Employer

• Produce 30 to 45 second vertical (9:16) video ads from brief to final delivery • Build lightweight scenes and minigames in Unity to stage and record footage. This is how most of the footage in the role gets made • Generate hook variations quickly and iterate on the concepts that work, paying close attention to the first three seconds • Use the best-performing ads in the genre as your quality benchmark • Bring provided 3D character assets into the engine, then stage, animate, and composite them into hooks that drive installs