Midweight-Senior Video Editor

Spitfire Audio; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sound creation is seeking a Midweight-Senior Video Editor to join their London office. The successful candidate will focus on creating engaging short-form content for social media, utilizing their expertise in Adobe Creative Suite. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including private healthcare and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life insurance policy

Income protection policy

Mental health support service

25 days holiday plus UK Bank Holidays

Employee Benefit Membership Discounts

National Cycle to Work scheme

Health & fitness app ClassPass

Company social events

Qualifications

• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite with a focus on video editing.
• Experience or interest in music creation or related fields is a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality social media content.
• Develop assets and animations based on brand guidelines.
• Work closely with the Creative Director and Marketing team.

Skills

Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

After Effects

DaVinci Resolve

Audio editing and mixing

File management and organisation

Understanding of video best practices

Strong storytelling abilities

Ability to work to tight deadlines

Experience capturing video content

Job description

Midweight-Senior Video Editor
Salary: 30-40k depending on experience
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Based: London office
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

We're looking for a highly skilled video editor with a strong focus on short-form content designed for social media. The ideal candidate will be an expert in the Adobe Creative Suite and have a keen eye for storytelling, pacing, and visual impact. Experience or an interest in the music creation—or related creative fields—a strong plus.

Working within our marketing team you will support from the initial brief through to delivering a wide range of assets which bring our creative ideas to life. The scope will vary day-to-day from quick social ads, reels, to full scale video campaign teasers and cut downs. We’re also looking for someone who can step in to create organic social content when needed.

You must be able to work in a fast-paced work environment and be comfortable working with typography and varying lengths of footage.

Key Skills:

• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve
• Audio editing and mixing for social content
• File management and organisation
• Deep understanding of video best practices across platforms (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, LinkedIn, X/Twitter)
• Strong storytelling and visual narrative abilities
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and quick turnarounds
• Experience capturing video content using an iPhone for social media
• Experience on set shooting with Cine and Mirrorless cameras

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge of 3D (Blender, Cinema 4D etc)
• Motion graphics and animation basics (After Effects)
• Audio cleaning (RX/Noise removal)
• Grading experience (Understanding LUTS and Log footage)
• Audio Recording (2-3 person interview)

Key Responsibilities:

• Keep up to date with latest social trends

• Ensure delivery of all creative work is on time and to a high standard
• Understand and inform adhere to brand guidelines
• Create high-quality social media content
• Develop assets and animations based on brand guidelines, ensuring a consistent visual style across all projects.
• Work closely with the Creative Director and Marketing team to execute concepts, from initial ideas to final renders.

About Us
At Spitfire Audio, our vision is to make the world sound exceptional. We are on a mission to bring the true character of sounds, instruments, and spaces to as many people as possible. As the leading creator of sounds and sample libraries for music makers, Spitfire Audio specialises in recording real instruments played by top musicians in the world’s leading recording studios to create the best sounding virtual instruments. Our products are developed in collaboration with groundbreaking partners, including exceptional composers, musicians, and recording studios. Users gain access to the sounds of iconic institutions such as Abbey Road Studios, AIR Studios, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Our products are utilised by music makers worldwide, with our sounds featuring prominently in 9 out of the top 10 Hollywood films, as well as numerous Oscar, Emmy, BAFTA, and César award-winning projects.

Apart from joining a wonderful team and friendly company culture, you'll have access to a range of benefits, including a Pension scheme, Private healthcare, including a range of pre-claim benefits, Life insurance policy, Income protection policy, WeCare 24/7 mental health support service, 25 days holiday a year plus UK Bank Holidays, Employee Benefit Membership Discounts, National Cycle to Work scheme, Health & fitness app ClassPass, and lots of Company social events.