Content Editor & Social Media Executive

Alyke is a friendship discovery app — think Hinge, but for finding friends. We pair people 1-on-1 based on true interests and personality. We are now making short-form video our primary growth channel, and this role builds that engine from day one. You will be the first person to own it — there is no existing playbook debt, no legacy content, and full room to make it yours.

You will take our existing content — UGC-style videos, ads, reaction videos — and turn each piece into multiple edited variations with different hooks, captions, and thumbnails, then post and iterate across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts (3 posts/day). Content direction and approvals are provided; your job is fast, high-quality execution of the editing and posting loop, and making each video perform better than the last.

•     Edit: cut and re-edit videos into short-form variations: different first-3-second hooks, pacing, lengths, and endings

•     Add: captions/subtitles, text overlays, trending audio, and platform-correct 9:16 formatting with safe zones

•     Create: thumbnail frames and on-thumbnail caption text, and test variations of both

•     Publish: 3 videos/day across Instagram, TikTok, and Shorts using a scheduler, at researched optimal times

•     Write: captions and pinned comments per our playbook and test different caption styles per video

•     Monitor: each video's retention curve; cut or trim sections where view-through drops, and re-upload improved versions

•     Track: views and traction signals daily, and flag winning hooks/formats for further variations

•     Research: trending formats, sounds, and meme templates weekly and adapt them to our content

•     Grown an Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube account/page yourself (any niche) — you will be asked to show the account and its analytics

•     1–3 years editing short-form content (Reels/TikTok/Shorts) — portfolio required

•     Proficiency in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or VN; comfortable with fast turnaround (multiple edits per day)

•     Hands-on experience posting and managing Instagram/TikTok accounts, not just editing for them

•     Understanding of hooks, retention editing, and why videos do or don't hold viewers

•     Comfortable using analytics (retention graphs, view-through rates) to decide what to change

•     Fluent written English for captions and comments

•     Familiarity with trial reels, A/B testing thumbnails/captions, and upload schedulers (Metricool, Buffer, Later)

•     Basic motion graphics / After Effects

•     Experience creating content for US/international audiences

Applications are accepted through our Google Form only. The form asks for your portfolio, the account you grew, and one short written answer. Applications without a portfolio and a grown account will not be considered.