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Video Editor (Sports & Athlete Content)
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Video Editor (Sports & Athletes)
Salary: £30,000-40,000
Type: Full-time - Hybrid
About the Role
Our client is looking for a Video Editor to join their growing creative team, working across content within the world of sport and athletes.
The role will have a particular focus on taking long-form content and turning it into engaging, social-first edits that grab attention and keep audiences watching.
What You'll Do
- Edit long-form content into engaging short-form and social-first cuts
- Create content for platforms including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
- Turn raw footage and existing content into fast-paced, engaging edits
- Use pacing, graphics, music, captions and sound to maximise audience retention
- Work closely with the wider creative and social teams
- Adapt edits for different platforms, formats and audiences
- Take feedback and implement amends quickly and accurately
- Stay on top of social trends, editing styles and emerging content formats
- Manage project files, footage and assets effectively
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What We're Looking For
- Strong experience taking long-form content and turning it into engaging social edits
- Confidence using Adobe Premiere Pro
- A strong understanding of digital and social content
- A great eye for pacing, rhythm and storytelling
- An understanding of audience retention and how editing decisions influence performance
- A good eye for graphics and other visual elements that elevate an edit
- Strong attention to detail
- The ability to take feedback and work at pace
- A portfolio or showreel demonstrating your editing ability
- Someone who can ideally start immediately
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A genuine interest in sport and athlete-led content would be a big plus.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience editing sports, creator or lifestyle content
- After Effects or motion graphics experience
- Wider Adobe Creative Suite skills
- Experience editing specifically for YouTube, Instagram and TikTok
- An understanding of social analytics and audience retention
This is a great opportunity for a talented junior editor who wants to develop their craft while working on engaging digital content within sport.
You’ll be expected to work from the office a minimum of three days per week.
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