Video Editor - Fixed Term Contract

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club; Enfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent football club in London is seeking a mid-level Video Editor to join their post-production team. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating engaging content for social media, collaborating with various stakeholders, and maintaining the media library. Candidates should have strong storytelling instincts, advanced skills in video editing software, and a passion for football is desirable. A portfolio of previous work is required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience editing video in a creative environment, preferably in sports.
• Strong portfolio showing diverse editing styles and storytelling techniques.
• Expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and proficiency in After Effects.

Responsibilities

• Edit various short and mid-form content for social platforms.
• Collaborate with senior team members to ensure content quality.
• Maintain organization of the media library and project files.

Skills

Video editing

Storytelling

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Job description

Who We Are

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham’s transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change — creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

We’re at our brightest when we’re all together. Our Club, our teams, our community.

There is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

The Role

We’re currently recruiting a mid-level Video Editor to be part of our busy post-production team delivering world-class content for Spurs' social platforms and commercial partners. We’re looking for a talented, creative editor with a can-do attitude, who's excited to contribute to some of the world's most viewed football content.

Reporting to the Senior Editor & Post Production Manager, the successful candidate will be involved in cutting a variety of short and mid form content including behind-the-scenes features, podcasts, match highlights, PR events, commercial projects and much more. They will also play an important role in maintaining the organisation of our media library and the sharing of video assets with key stakeholders.

IMPORTANT: To be considered for this role, applicants must provide a portfolio of video editing work. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

Due to the nature of football, the role will occasionally require out of hours working commitments to support specific events.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit a variety of short and mid form content, applying advanced skills for storytelling, colour grading and sound design.
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Editor & Post Production Manager, Producers and Content Leads to ensure brand consistency and content quality across platforms.
• Work effectively within our busy post-production team by maintaining our extensive media library (ingesting rushes, logging footage, managing project files and archiving our finished content).
• Deliver final assets optimised for multiple platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and SPURSPLAY, adapting aspect ratios and formats as needed.
• Ensure all edits align with the Club’s tone, brand guidelines, and messaging, maintaining a high standard of visual and editorial consistency.
• Edit highlights of our Academy team matches (evening/weekend remote work required).

About You

• Organised, reactive and reliable under deadlines.
• Values collaboration, quick to learn, and embraces creative feedback.
• Strong storytelling instincts with awareness of how editing choices impact viewer engagement and emotion.
• Understand the nuances of tone and pacing in different video genres (promo, commercial, documentary, hype reels, behind-the-scenes, etc.).
• Good ability to multitask projects in the post-production pipeline.
• Able to work autonomously within a supportive team.
• A keen eye for detail, specifically around the accuracy of information and file names.
• Professional and discreet with confidential football business.
• An interest and passion for football desirable but not essential.

Key Requirements

• Experienced editing video in a creative environment, preferably for a football club, sport institution or sports media agency.
• Strong portfolio/reel showcasing a range of video editing styles and storytelling techniques.
• Expert in Adobe Premiere Pro, with advanced grading and sound mixing skills.
• Proficient in Adobe After Effects.
• Advanced understanding of video aspect ratios and codecs.
• Good understanding of media management tools and a willingness to learn more.
• Experience working with studio multicam footage and syncing audio.
• Comfortable editing under time pressure and with quick turnarounds.
• NOTE: An encyclopaedic knowledge of football is not essential, however, the ability to accurately research details about the Club, our players and staff, and our football activity is crucial.

The Tottenham Hotspur Way

Is to push harder, rise higher and forge greater. We involve, inspire and elevate one another to be our best selves, to produce exceptional on and off the pitch. Every day brings us opportunities to improve and make the impossible, possible.

Our values that bind us

DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE – Impossible made possible when we think outside the box

DARE TO CHANGE THE GAME – Relentlessly strive for glory and leave our mark on the world

DO IT OUR WAY – Win the right way, never at all costs.

Our Responsibility to you

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS, and reference checks for this role.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.