VSL Video Editor – Direct Response E-commerce Ads

VSL Video Editor – Direct Response E-commerce Ads

We’re a fast-growing hair care brand in Central & Eastern Europe, building one of the most recognized beauty brands in the region.

We are already a well-known brand in Hungary and rapidly expanding in Poland. We work with celebrities, professional hairdressers, experts and other authority figures to produce high-performing direct response advertisements.

We are now looking for a VSL Video Editor who already has some experience editing direct response e-commerce ads.

You do NOT need to be a senior editor with years of experience.

We are also very open to talented junior editors who started editing ads like ours within the last 6+ months, already have relevant work to show us, and are hungry to become much better.

If you have strong fundamentals, good visual judgment and understand this type of advertising, we will help you improve.

You will receive a lot of feedback, clear direction and repeated opportunities to improve your work. We are looking for people who want to learn fast, take feedback well and become excellent direct response editors.

This is not a general video editing position.

We specifically need someone who understands or has already started working with authority-style VSLs, voiceover advertisements and performance-driven e-commerce creatives.

Check out the ads we are running right now and see if your experience is relevant:

Hungarian market:https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&is_targeted_country=false&media_type=all&q=%22thesilkyway.hu%22&search_type=keyword_exact_phrase&sort_data[direction]=desc&sort_data[mode]=total_impressions

Polish market:https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&is_targeted_country=false&media_type=all&q=%22thesilkyway.pl%22&search_type=keyword_exact_phrase&sort_data[direction]=desc&sort_data[mode]=total_impressions

Please check these examples before applying. If you have never edited advertisements similar to the examples above, please do not apply.

What you’ll do

You will be editing direct response video advertisements for Meta and other platforms, primarily longer-form VSL-style creatives.

• A typical project may include:
• A 2–3+ minute core VSL
• 5–10 different hooks for the same advertisement
• Multiple iterations and remakes of winning ads
• New versions based on performance data
• Re-editing existing concepts with new footage, hooks, pacing or angles

We currently produce a minimum of 2 new core videos per week, alongside hooks, iterations and remakes.

Our volume is high and increasing.

You will work closely with our creative team and receive clear briefs, scripts, footage and references.

The goal is not simply to make the video look good.The goal is to make people stop, watch and buy.

• You need to understand things like:
• Pacing
• Pattern interrupts
• B-roll selection
• Visualizing what the speaker is talking about
• Captions and text emphasis
• Product visualization
• Before/after imagery
• Sound design
• Retention editing
• Direct response storytelling

What we’re looking for

• Minimum 6 months of experience editing direct response advertisements
• Previous experience editing VSLs, authority ads or voiceover-driven e-commerce creatives
• A portfolio containing work similar to the advertisements we produce
• Strong understanding of TikTok, Meta and short-form content styles
• You naturally consume TikTok / Reels / social media content and understand modern editing patterns
• Strong visual judgment
• Good understanding of pacing and viewer retention
• Comfortable working with a high volume of creative
• Comfortable producing multiple hooks and iterations from the same core video
• Comfortable receiving direct feedback and quickly implementing changes
• Able to work independently and consistently hit deadlines

Again: you do NOT need five years of editing experience.

We would rather hire a talented junior with 6–12 months of highly relevant experience, strong taste and a great attitude toward feedback than someone with five years of unrelated editing experience.

We care much more about whether you understand this specific style of advertising and whether you can learn quickly.

Important

This is a high-output performance marketing environment.We produce a lot of advertisements. Videos are frequently iterated based on feedback and performance.Sometimes your manager may send an edit back once or twice because we believe it can be better.

You need to be comfortable hearing: “This isn't good enough yet. Let's improve it.” and then immediately getting back to work and making the next version better.

This feedback is also a major part of how we train our editors.

If you are ambitious and want to improve quickly, you will receive a lot of practical feedback that can make you a significantly better direct response editor.

If you dislike revisions, repetitive iterations or high-volume editing, this position will probably not be a good fit.

If you enjoy improving creatives, testing different versions and seeing your advertisements generate real revenue, you will probably enjoy working with us.

Examples of the ads we create

Please review the Hungarian and Polish Ads Library links above before applying. These are representative of the type of videos you will be expected to edit. If you have never edited anything similar to these ads, please do not apply.

We are specifically looking for editors who already have a portfolio containing direct response VSL / e-commerce advertisement work similar to ours.

What we offer

• Full-time remote position
• Competitive salary + bonuses
• Work aligned with the Budapest time zone
• Join a growing creative team of 9+ video editors
• Work with celebrities, hairdressers and professional talent
• High-quality footage and professional productions
• Large volume of creative work
• Clear briefs and frequent hands-on feedback to help you improve
• Opportunity to develop rapidly as a direct response video editor
• Opportunity to work on advertisements reaching millions of people across Europe
• Long-term opportunity inside a rapidly growing European e-commerce brand
• Performance-driven environment where great editors can grow quickly

⚠️ How to apply

If you are seriously interested in this position, send us your portfolio by email.Send your application to: hr@thesilkyway.hu

Email subject:VSL Video Editor

Please include:

• Your video editing portfolio
• Direct links to advertisements similar to the ads we run
• A short introduction about your previous direct response editing experience
• Applications without relevant advertising examples will not be considered.