Video Editor - Sun Originals

Location: London Bridge

Company Overview: An iconic, dynamic storyteller with a rich heritage and a global audience in the millions, The Sun is now focusing on an exciting, video-focussed strategy to engage new audiences, putting video at the heart of The Sun’s journalism. This is your chance to join a talented team at a pivotal moment, contributing to fast paced, agenda setting video output that drives traffic and revenue, as we redefine how a historic brand tells stories in the fast-paced digital world.

Role Overview: As a Video Editor in Sun Originals, you will be a key player in crafting compelling proactive video content for our sport, showbiz and Fabulous content strands that drive views and engagement across digital platforms. You will work closely with commissioning editors, producers, and the social team, ensuring that the longer-format stories we create captivate and engage our growing digital audience. This is an opportunity for a passionate editor who can work quickly and bring creative flair to content that resonates in the digital age.

• Key Responsibilities:
• Video Editing & Production: Edit daily video content for our sport and Fabulous content strands in a quick and efficient manner. Demonstrating versatility by editing everything from narrative documentary-style pieces and game show formats to short, graphics-driven social videos. Projects will range from quick-turnaround clips to longer-form stories, demanding both high editorial quality and speed.
• Platform-Specific Optimization: Tailor content for multiple platforms, particularly YouTube, our website, and social media channels, optimising for views, shares, and overall audience engagement.
• Collaboration: Work closely with video producers and social media teams to understand the editorial direction and ensure video content supports wider newsroom goals.
• Post-Production Technicals: Manage media, handle multi-camera projects, create and animate graphics, perform color grading, and execute advanced audio design. Leverage these technical skills to maintain efficiency and uphold brand consistency throughout the post-production process.
• Audience Engagement: Stay on top of what drives audience interest online and incorporate that knowledge into video edits, optimising content for clicks, views, and engagement.

Ideal Candidate:

• Experienced Video Editor: You have hands-on experience editing in a large, fast-paced television or digital media environment. You understand how to balance speed with quality and are an expert narrative teller.
• Digital Native: You’re immersed in the digital landscape, with a strong understanding of YouTube, social media platforms, and how audiences engage with video content online.
• Platform-Savvy: You know how to edit for different platforms, particularly YouTube, and understand how to optimize content for each one to increase traffic and engagement.
• Creative Storyteller: You have a passion for storytelling and can bring creativity to every project, whether it’s a breaking news clip or a deep dive into a sports feature.
• Fast & Agile: You’re capable of working quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced newsroom, juggling multiple tasks without compromising on quality. You will be required to work a rolling shift pattern of days and evenings across seven days.

Why Join Us:

• Transformational Opportunity: Be part of a legacy brand’s digital evolution, helping to shape its future with innovative, impactful video content.
• Creative Freedom: Get the opportunity to experiment with new formats and editing techniques while working on a diverse range of news and sports stories.
• Fast-Paced & Exciting: Work in a dynamic newsroom environment where no two days are the same, editing everything from breaking news to feature-length stories.
• Collaborative Team: Join a talented and driven team of producers, editors, and journalists who are all passionate about creating top-tier digital content.
• Career Growth: With the expansion of our video strategy, there’s room for personal growth and advancement within a forward-thinking, innovative media company.

How to Apply: If you’re a video editor with a passion for digital storytelling and a track record of creating content that drives traffic and engagement, we want to hear from you. Apply today and be part of a team that’s redefining how a legacy brand engages with audiences in the digital era!

This job description is designed to attract candidates who are not only technically skilled but also passionate about the intersection of digital content, audience engagement, and journalistic integrity.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News: Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits: Some of our benefits include: Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks, wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access, private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes, ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme, up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books, access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times, weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities, access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling, a generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%, 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year.

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