Short Drama Creative Editor Intern

NewsBreak
Mountain View, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in short-form video editing and a curiosity for performance data.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with short-form video editing experience and a data-driven mindset
    — “willing to look at CTR and CPI and edit accordingly, not just for looks”
  • Recent graduates or current students in film, media, or design fields
    — “Currently enrolled or a recent graduate in film, media, design or a related field”
  • Individuals familiar with AI editing tools and ad platform compliance
    — “Familiarity with AI editing, subtitle and voice tools is a plus”

Things to consider

  • The role requires at least 24 hours per week for 3–6 months
    — “This is a 3–6 month internship (at least 24 hours per week)”
  • The internship runs in parallel with hiring in Beijing
    — “hiring in parallel in the SF Bay Area (Mountain View) and Beijing”

How to stand out

  • Showcase your ability to optimize hooks and beats in short-form video
    — “understands hooks and beat-matching, and can explain why an ad creative makes people stop”
  • Highlight your experience with at least one video editing tool from the list
    — “Proficiency in at least one of Premiere, CapCut, or DaVinci Resolve”
  • Emphasize your familiarity with international ad guidelines and subtitles
    — “Able to read and write English subtitles; familiarity with overseas social ad guidelines is a plus”
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What success looks like

  • cutting short dramas into trailers
  • running quality checks on creatives
  • producing creative variants based on data
Typical background
film or media studiesshort-form video editing experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Video EditingShort-form VideoCreative EditingAI Tools UsageAd-platform Policy Compliance

Preferred

Motion GraphicsData Analysis

Stack & domain

Short-form Video EditingPremiereCapcutDavinci ResolveAI ToolsCuriousCreativeData-drivenMediaFilmDesign

About the role

Original posting from NewsBreak via Greenhouse

About NewsBreak

Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.

Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.

Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.

If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

About the role

NewsBreak is building ReelBee, an open short-drama distribution platform where any qualified creator or studio can self-publish, earn a transparent revenue share, and get real US audience insights. This is a CEO-sponsored, company-level initiative. As a Creative Editor Intern you will cut the trailers and paid-social creatives that bring viewers to great short dramas, and learn directly from performance data what makes people stop scrolling. This is a 3–6 month internship (at least 24 hours per week) with 2 openings, hiring in parallel in the SF Bay Area (Mountain View) and Beijing.

Pay: $22–$30 per hour (US), depending on experience and location.

What you'll do

Cut short dramas into 15–60 second trailers and acquisition creatives (9:16, hook in the first 3 seconds) for Meta, TikTok and Google ads and in-app recommendations, mainly for titles whose partners did not supply creatives or supplied ones that fall short

Run quality checks on creatives submitted by content partners (specs, subtitles, hook, ad-platform policy compliance) and lightly re-edit those that do not pass

Each week, produce batches of creative variants (different hooks, end CTAs, subtitle styles) per the growth team's test plan, and iterate based on CTR/CPI data

Run TikTok / YouTube Shorts / Instagram short-drama channels: edit highlight clips and commentary-style content and keep a steady posting rhythm

Use AI tools (auto-subtitles, voice-over, translation, smart editing) to raise output and build reusable creative templates

What we're looking for

Currently enrolled or a recent graduate in film, media, design or a related field, with short-form video editing work to show (please include portfolio links)

Proficiency in at least one of Premiere, CapCut, or DaVinci Resolve; After Effects or motion graphics a plus

A heavy user of short dramas or vertical video who understands hooks and beat-matching, and can explain why an ad creative makes people stop

Curious about data: willing to look at CTR and CPI and edit accordingly, not just for looks

Able to read and write English subtitles; familiarity with overseas social ad guidelines is a plus

Familiarity with AI editing, subtitle and voice tools is a plus

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Source: NewsBreak careers (Greenhouse)

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