High-Impact Social Video Editor - Short-Form Mastery

Daily Mail; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Daily Mail is seeking a Mid-weight Social Video Editor to turn studio-based content into polished, platform-ready videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Working from our London newsroom, you’ll edit high-volume, fast-paced content, from briefs to publish-ready finishes, often within the same day.

You’ll collaborate with creators, producers and videographers to deliver social-first, presenter-led formats across features and investigations, with a focus on pacing, timing and

Qualifications

• Experience creating short-form video for social media across TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
• Ability to manage edits independently and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience in a newsroom or fast-paced digital publisher environment.
• Strong eye for pacing, timing and visual storytelling.
• Motion design and After Effects/graphics skills are a strong bonus

Responsibilities

• Edit presenter-led, explainer and other short-form social videos from studio rushes through to final delivery.
• Work with creators, producers and videographers to create compelling social-first and presenter-led content across deep-dive, feature, investigative and other formats.
• Follow established templates and brand guidelines while maintaining pace, creative flare, structure and visual storytelling.
• Edit commercial and editorial content across the Daily Mail portfolio of pages
• Add graphics, captions, subtitles and branding to elevate storytelling
• Help shape post-production workflows and editing practices from ingest to delivery, ensuring a consistent and efficient editing process
• Prepare templates and guides, and help allocate tasks to editors
• Respond clearly and efficiently to feedback, often working to tight or same-day deadlines.

Skills

Social video editing

Motion design

After Effects

Subtitles

Brand templates

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Job description

Daily Mail is seeking a Mid-weight Social Video Editor to turn studio-based content into polished, platform-ready videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Working from our London newsroom, you’ll edit high-volume, fast-paced content, from briefs to publish-ready finishes, often within the same day.

You’ll collaborate with creators, producers and videographers to deliver social-first, presenter-led formats across features and investigations, with a focus on pacing, timing and