London Junior Video Editor - Platform-Savvy & Creative

Hearst UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Cycle to Work scheme

Location flex

Holiday Exchange

Charity Day

Hearst ERG Groups

HAPI app discounts

Job summary

Hearst UK is seeking a Junior Video Editor to craft high-quality, platform-native video content across our portfolio of premium brands. You will work closely with producers, editors, journalists, directors and art directors to deliver engaging content across editorial features, social campaigns and branded partnerships.

You’ll own edits from brief to final delivery, using creative judgement to elevate narratives with pace, music, graphics and colour for multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience editing high-quality video content for consumer-facing brands or media organisations.
• Strong understanding of video storytelling, pacing and visual narrative.

Responsibilities

• Edit a diverse range of premium video content across Hearst UK's brands, including editorial features, social-first content, branded partnerships, events and campaigns.
• Collaborate with producers, journalists, directors, art directors and commercial teams to translate briefs into compelling video content.
• Take ownership from ingest to final delivery, ensuring edits meet creative, technical and brand standards.
• Shape engaging stories through pacing, narrative structure, music, sound design and motion graphics.
• Create platform-optimised edits for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and emerging channels.
• Apply colour correction, audio balancing and quality control for broadcast-quality results.
• Manage multiple editing projects with tight deadlines and attention to detail.
• Use audience insights and video performance data to refine creative decisions.

Skills

Creative storytelling

Time management

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

Hearst UK is seeking a Junior Video Editor to craft high-quality, platform-native video content across our portfolio of premium brands. You will work closely with producers, editors, journalists, directors and art directors to deliver engaging content across editorial features, social campaigns and branded partnerships.

You’ll own edits from brief to final delivery, using creative judgement to elevate narratives with pace, music, graphics and colour for multiple platforms.