Video Editor – Trailer Focused

143 Studios is an award-winning media production company headquartered in Boston, MA focused on creating, producing, and publishing first-of-its-kind audio and visual content that inspires and empowers millions of people globally. We are the team behind the Golden Globe-nominated show The Mel Robbins Podcast, which is #1 most-followed show on Apple Podcasts. We’re also the same team behind The Let Them Theory, a cultural phenomenon with almost 10 million copies sold, six #1 Audible Originals, and professional development education for many of the largest companies in the world.

Every day, our work reaches more than 40 million online followers around the world.

We’re seeking a Promo and Trailer Focused Video Editor whose primary responsibility is creating high-impact promotional content that drives episode launches, campaigns, partnerships, and audience growth.

This role will focus heavily on crafting compelling trailers, marketing assets, and promotional videos, while also supporting long‑form/short‑form episode editing as needed. The ideal candidate understands how to identify the hook, build emotional momentum, shape narrative arcs, and deliver tight, strategic edits that move audiences to watch, listen, and take action.

You should be equally passionate about storytelling and performance — someone who thinks in story but edits with retention, engagement, and conversion in mind.

• Identify powerful hooks, emotional beats, and standout moments from long‑form content
• Create compelling episode trailers, launch promos, and campaign‑driven assets
• Edit marketing materials including pre‑roll ads, website feature videos, paid social creatives, and partnership campaigns
• Craft concise, high‑impact promotional cuts designed to maximize engagement, retention, and conversion
• Enhance edits with music, sound design, pacing, captions, motion graphics, and animation
• Version content across multiple formats, aspect ratios, and distribution platforms
• Collaborate closely with producers, marketers, and creative teams to align promotional content with campaign strategy and brand voice

• Edit full‑length podcast and video episodes as needed
• Tighten pacing and strengthen narrative structure across conversational content
• Manage multi‑cam edits, syncing, and timeline organization
• Apply audio cleanup, mixing, and basic color correction
• Incorporate branded graphics, templates, and visual systems
• Deliver polished final exports optimized for distribution platforms
• Exceptional editorial instincts with a deep understanding of narrative engineering, emotional pacing, audience psychology, and retention strategy
• Knows how to build compelling narrative arcs, create emotional payoff, and structure edits that keep audiences engaged from start to finish
• Thinks strategically about storytelling within short‑form content, understanding how every cut, beat, and moment influences audience behavior
• Fluent across the Adobe Creative Suite and complementary creative tools, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Cinema 4D
• Curious, analytical, and confident integrating AI into creative workflows — not just testing tools, but embedding them meaningfully into the editing process
• Strong understanding of You Tube Studio, Tik Tok Analytics, and third‑party performance platforms, including retention curves, CTR, CVR, and audience drop‑off analysis
• Balances creative instinct with data‑informed decision‑making, knowing when to trust the numbers and when to challenge them
• Thinks in story and edits in stats — passionate about emotionally driven storytelling while equally obsessed with retention, pacing, and performance structure
• Sees AI as a creative partner and actively explores smarter, faster, and more effective ways to enhance workflow and creative output
• Understands that storytelling and performance are not opposites — high‑performing content is built through intentional creative craft
• Brings positive energy, strong collaboration, and a team‑first mentality while maintaining accountability to deadlines and delivery
• Moves with urgency and ownership — proactive, focused, and composed under…