Senior Trailer Editor: Craft Emotionally Charged Story Trailers

Major Players | B Corp™; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Major Players in London is seeking a Senior Trailer Editor to craft emotionally powerful trailers that grow the brand’s shows and shape their voice. You will own edits from brief to delivery and collaborate with the Social team to strengthen audience engagement.

You’ll work with Premiere Pro, After Effects, and AI-assisted workflows, balancing storytelling with data insights to raise retention and impact. This hybrid London role requires living in London.

Qualifications

• Strong grasp of story structure and emotional progression.
• Advanced skills in Adobe Premiere Pro and confidence in After Effects, Audition and Photoshop.
• Technical understanding of codecs, sequence settings, colour management and audio.
• Understanding of how YouTube/Instagram performance data should shape edits.
• Growth mindset; receptive to feedback and pushing creative boundaries.
• Comfort with structured workflows and storytelling systems.

Responsibilities

• Own trailer and teaser edits from assembly to final delivery, maintaining pacing, story clarity, music, and emotional build.
• Shape narrative arcs that hold attention and drive viewer retention.
• Deliver edits that meet creative and technical standards across sound, graphics and export workflows.
• Use performance data (retention curves, AVD, click-off points) to improve future edits.
• Apply and help develop internal references, templates, and storytelling frameworks, and bring new ideas to the team.
• Work within Premiere Pro, After Effects, and AI-assisted workflows, and suggest process improvements.
• Use AI tools like Runway, Firefly and Descript where they enhance speed and quality.
• Collaborate with Producers and Senior Editors to ensure trailers align with show mission, tone, and goals.
• Join edit reviews and guide freelancers with references and direction.

Skills

Story structure

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Audition

Photoshop

Color management

Audio editing

Performance data

AI editing tools

Tools

Runway

Firefly

Descript

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Major Players in London is seeking a Senior Trailer Editor to craft emotionally powerful trailers that grow the brand’s shows and shape their voice. You will own edits from brief to delivery and collaborate with the Social team to strengthen audience engagement.

You’ll work with Premiere Pro, After Effects, and AI-assisted workflows, balancing storytelling with data insights to raise retention and impact. This hybrid London role requires living in London.