Video Editor

Your mission is to help create first-class content to be viewed by millions. With a focus on news reporting, longform and vertical shortform, the ideal candidate will have multi-platform experience and the editing skills to match. We’re looking for someone comfortable in a fast-paced newsroom, able to apply platform-specific editing strategies to ensure every video we upload achieves its full potential.

From elevating our suite of podcasts to identifying shortform opportunities, this role has a variety of responsibilities but with consistent narrative crafting at its core. We are at the forefront of royal, celebrity and lifestyle news. As a weekly publication, we look to give our readers and viewers an experience that sets us apart. We’re a brand which is part of the movement for a kinder world.

Key Responsibilities:

• Curating and editing news stories plus magazine exclusives to live across all platforms.
• Help the brand to react to breaking news through video effectively.
• Utilising platform knowledge and experience to inform editing style.
• Work with publishing editors to identify trends, stories and create original videos to complement our trusted coverage.
• Helping scale our YouTube output, both shortform and longform, to meet modern audience habits.
• Audio mixing capabilities and podcast editing for our growing suite of channels.
• Quickly assemble edits and implement notes.
• Stay organised and ensure all finalised video assets are stored correctly within our servers with the accompanying correct metadata.
• Ensure subtitling is turned around quickly and correctly.
• Get involved in the creative process, contribute ideas and creative solutions where relevant and be across industry trends.
• Keep up to date with editing workflow and AI innovations to ensure we’re adopting the best procedure and workflow.
• Build edit and graphic templates for our recurring series.

Your profile:

• Passionate about news, editing and building a narrative.
• You are an active listener and you love teamwork and collaboration.
• Can take feedback well even if an idea ends up on the cutting room floor.
• Creative, curious and constantly learning and evolving.
• You’ll bring an idea to the table and know how to execute it.
• You know that the devil is in the detail and you’re a guardian of quality.
• Tight deadlines don’t worry you, you’re organised and you know how to manage your time effectively.
• High production value within a narrative is part of your DNA.
• You know when to get the balance right however to ensure you hit a deadline.
• Changes in production plans and schedules don’t faze you.
• You work well independently and equally with a team.
• Possessing great communication skills and able to give and receive feedback in a tight-knit team environment.
• You can hit the ground running and are proactive in your approach.

Experience:

• Experience gained working in a fast turnaround environment with a digital publisher, newsroom or agency.
• You understand the big picture but equally being happy to perform some of the more basic tasks such as screen grabs and organisational housework.
• Happy working the odd weekend and evening when the need arises.
• You are well organised, you can manage your own time effectively and quote accurately when asked how long a piece of work will take you.
• You are very social media savvy and keep up with what content is king across multiple networks.
• You’ve created successful content across social media which has brought in the views.

Qualifications:

• Advanced level using Adobe Creative Cloud apps but an expert in Premiere Pro, great with Photoshop and you have a solid grasp of After Effects.
• Understanding of usage and clearance requirements for music, images and footage.
• You have an understanding of colour correction using Premiere Pro/ Da Vinci.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year (for full time employees).
• 1 birthday day per year.
• Private Medical Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Life Assurance currently 6 x salary.
• Generous Employer Pension contributions.
• Group Income Protection Scheme.
• Plus all of the perks of working for a fun media company!

About Us:

To influence and inspire with relevant, exclusive and entertaining content in a positive, celebratory and kind environment via stringent editorial integrity. HELLO! is a market-leading lifestyle and celebrity publication, known for its positive and celebratory reporting and unrivalled showbiz exclusives which have been entertaining audiences since 1988. Over the years, its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website.