Senior Creative Editor at Project Slingshot

Creative Boom Ltd.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Pension contribution

Job summary

Project Slingshot, a global non-profit, is seeking an experienced creative editor to shape raw material into compelling narratives across documentaries, campaigns and social content. You will own edits from concept to delivery and guide pacing, structure and rhythm to grab audiences.

Based anywhere in the UK with remote work, the role reports to the Chief Creative Officer and offers GBP 45,000-50,000 per year plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating storytelling judgement and technical craft.
• Highly experienced in Premiere Pro and confident in After Effects.
• Understands great long-form editorial and social content pacing.
• Strong instincts around music, sound design, colour, typography and pacing.
• Able to work independently with large material and set clear direction.

Responsibilities

• Find and shape stories from interviews, rushes, archive and content to build strong narrative arcs.
• Own creative edits from conception to delivery.
• Collaborate with communications, creative and marketing teams.
• Bring references, trends and ideas to the team.
• Create work that grips audiences with hooks, emotion and rhythm.
• Maintain contemporary, culturally relevant and ambitious editing styles.
• Provide craft in shot selection, pacing, music, sound design, graphics and grade.
• Explain editorial decisions clearly to senior leadership.
• Develop an editorial style that is distinctive and hard to ignore.

Skills

Storytelling judgement

Editorial sequencing

Independent working

Feedback & critique

Cultural awareness

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

About Project Slingshot

Project Slingshot is a global non-profit working to end factory farming through campaigning, storytelling, culture and creative communications. Our work ranges from social content and celebrity partnerships to documentaries, outdoor advertising and global campaigns.

The Role

As part of the creative team, you will help to produce high quality content and assets that effectively communicate with our audiences. We're looking for an experienced creative editor who can take a body of raw material, understand what's really there and find the strongest story within it.

You'll have a point of view on narrative, structure and pace. You'll spot the moment that changes the work for the better, knowing when an opening isn't gripping enough, identifying gaps in the story and suggesting what we need to make it stronger.

Sometimes that means shaping a poignant documentary from hours of footage. Other times it means finding the sharpest 30 seconds for social and making every second earn its place.

We're not looking for someone who waits to be told where the great moments are. We're looking for someone who finds them.

What You'll Do

• Find and shape stories from interviews, rushes, archive and existing content, building strong narrative arcs rather than simply following a prescribed edit
• Own creative edits from conception to delivery
• Collaborate with communications, creative and marketing teams
• Bring references, trends and ideas to the team
• Create work that grips people, using hooks, emotion, tension, revelation, rhythm and payoff appropriately for each format
• Keeps an eye on emerging creators, editing styles and formats, ensuring our work feels contemporary, culturally relevant and creatively ambitious
• Bring exceptional craft to shot selection, pacing, music, sound design, graphics and grade
• Move confidently between documentaries, campaign films, social content, at times with a fast-turnaround Bring a point of view, improve the story and explain editorial decisions clearly and confidently to senior leadership
• Create strong motion graphics, typography and titles in After Effects, while recognising when specialist sound, grade, VFX or motion support will make the work better
• Get under the skin of Project Slingshot and our objectives to help develop an editorial style that feels distinctive, contemporary and difficult to ignore

Requirements

We'd love someone who:

• Has a portfolio or reel that demonstrates storytelling judgement as well as technical craft.Is highly experienced in Adobe Premiere Pro and confident in After Effects.
• Understands what makes great long-form editorial and what makes social content stop the scroll.
• Has strong instincts around music, sound design, colour, typography, composition and pacing.
• Can work independently with large volumes of material and turn ambiguity into a clear creative direction.
• Is open to feedback, confident enough to challenge when it matters and able to explain creative decisions with authority and objectivity.
• Is curious, culturally aware and excited by work that can genuinely make a difference.
• Is excited to join our mission to end factory farming.

Location & Working Pattern

Project Slingshot is a fully remote organisation with flexible working. This role can be based anywhere in the UK. Candidates should have a reliable internet connection. There will occasionally be opportunities and expectations to travel for shoots, team meet-ups and planning sessions.

The Practical Details

• Location: UK, remote, with some travel for in-person meetings
• Reports to: Chief Creative Officer
• Compensation: Annual base salary within the range of GBP 45,000-50,000.
• Benefits: Paid time off, paid holidays, pension contribution

Equal Opportunity

Project Slingshot is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and harassment-free environment where everyone feels valued and supported to do their best work. If you are interested in this role but do not meet every requirement listed, we still encourage you to apply.