Video Editor

Global Sports Jobs Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to DAZN

15 days paid time off

Health benefits

Parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

DAZN seeks a mid-weight Video Editor to join Balboa Global's US arm and craft high-impact campaign content across NBA, MLB, and NHL. You will cut social-first hype edits, campaign hero assets, and broadcast promos, shaping raw game footage into fast-paced, emotionally charged narratives that fit sport fan rhythms.

With 3–5 years of experience, you will collaborate with Motion Designers, Designers, and Copywriters, ensuring edits align with DAZN brand direction and game schedules while delivering

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional video editing experience.
• Strong reel demonstrating sports or high-energy campaign editing.
• Expert proficiency in Premiere Pro.
• Strong sense of pacing, rhythm, and story structure, with an ear for music and sound design.
• Experience working with sports footage, broadcast feeds, stat graphics, and archival/league content.
• Ability to juggle multiple fast-turnaround edits tied to live sports calendars.
• Comfort taking direction from Art Directors/Creative Directors while bringing own editorial point of view.
• Strong organisational skills and file management habits.

Responsibilities

• Edit campaign and social promo content for NBA, MLB, and NHL teams that features across DAZN US, including paid marketing video assets, hype reels, social cutdowns, digital ads, and broadcast-adjacent promos.
• Cut from raw game footage, league-supplied feeds, B-roll, and original shoot footage to build compelling sports narratives.
• Build assets to platform-specific specs (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, CTV) with attention to pacing, hooks, and sound design.
• Collaborate closely with the local creative team to bring concepts from brief to finished cut.
• Align with global DAZN brand direction and tone of voice and collaborate with global Balboa leadership.
• Sync and integrate motion graphics, titles, lower thirds, and stat overlays from design team.
• Manage multiple concurrent edits across leagues and teams with fast turnarounds tied to game schedules.
• Organise and manage footage libraries, project files, and version control across concurrent live projects.
• Ensure all edits comply with league, team, and player-likeness usage guidelines and brand standards.
• Support pitch and pre-sale decks with polished sizzle edits when needed.

Skills

Sports editing

Pacing & rhythm

Sound design

Collaboration

Deadline-driven

Tools

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

About the Role

DAZN is seeking a mid-weight Video Editor to join the newly created US arm of Balboa Global, its in-house creative agency. The role's primary remit is to cut high-impact campaign content across NBA, MLB, and NHL. The editor will work across social-first hype edits, campaign hero assets, broadcast promos, sponsorship and brand-partner deliverables, and highlight-driven storytelling. They will shape raw game footage, league feeds, and shoot footage into fast-paced, emotionally charged content built for how fans watch sports today. The role requires fluency in each league's storytelling rhythm and the ability to deliver sharp, on-brand edits under tight, game-driven deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit campaign and social promo content for NBA, MLB, and NHL teams that features across DAZN US, including paid marketing video assets, hype reels, social cutdowns, digital ads, and broadcast-adjacent promos.
• Cut from raw game footage, league-supplied feeds, B-roll, and original shoot footage to build compelling sports narratives.
• Build assets to platform-specific specs (DAZN wholly-owned inventory, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, CTV, stadium/jumbotron) with attention to pacing, hooks, and sound design.
• Collaborate closely with the local creative team, comprising Motion Designers, Designers, and Copywriters, to bring concepts from brief to finished cut.
• Align with global DAZN brand direction and tone of voice and collaborate with global Balboa leadership.
• Sync and integrate motion graphics, titles, lower thirds, and stat overlays delivered by the design team.
• Manage multiple concurrent edits across leagues and teams with fast turnarounds tied to game schedules, playoffs, trade news, and other real-time sports moments.
• Organise and manage footage libraries, project files, and version control across concurrent live projects.
• Ensure all edits comply with league, team, and player-likeness usage guidelines and DAZN brand standards.
• Support pitch and pre-sale decks with polished sizzle edits when needed.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional video editing experience.
• Strong reel demonstrating sports or high-energy campaign editing.
• Expert proficiency in Premiere Pro.
• Strong sense of pacing, rhythm, and story structure, with an ear for music and sound design.
• Experience working with sports footage, broadcast feeds, stat graphics, and archival/league content.
• Ability to juggle multiple fast-turnaround edits tied to live sports calendars (game days, playoffs, trade deadlines, etc.).
• Comfort taking direction from Art Directors/Creative Directors while bringing own editorial point of view.
• Strong organisational skills and file management habits (version control, naming conventions, media management).
• Comfortable incorporating new AI and automation tools into workflow to enhance creativity and efficiencies.
• Fluency in each league's storytelling rhythm (NHL pace and physicality, NBA style and swagger, MLB drama and tradition) and ability to translate that into sharp, on-brand edits under tight, game-driven deadlines.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with sports, entertainment, or live-event content.
• Experience editing for NBA, MLB, NHL, or similar leagues/sports brands.
• Working knowledge of After Effects for basic titling/comp work.

Benefits & Perks

• Access to DAZN
• Up to 15 days of paid time off
• Health benefits (including dental & eye care)
• Sick time package
• Parental leave offering
• Voluntary benefits (such as basic life term, personal accident and short and long-term disability covering)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Family friendly community
• Learning and development resources