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About the Role

Hearst Canvas is seeking a creative Video Editor to contribute to new social channels and launches. This role is crucial for content creation, planning, and delivery, involving the editing of full episodes and talent rushes into engaging video content optimized for viewer retention and sharing. The editor will manage the entire process from raw footage to polished episodes, ensuring compelling pacing, storytelling, and visual appeal across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

Create and edit short-form video content for social platforms, optimized for performance and engagement.
Identify strong moments and narrative beats to create exciting and visually compelling videos.
Understand social media trends and how factual content performs across platforms.
Collaborate with Producers and Talent to manage edit workflows.
Organize media, timelines, and project files, and sync multi-camera footage.
Perform color correction, audio balancing, captioning, and graphics for a professional finish.
Maintain consistent branding, tone, and visual style.
Establish and uphold an efficient editing workflow.
Deliver clean exports in required social-first formats.

Requirements

Proven experience editing video content for social platforms.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Solid understanding of storytelling, pacing, and viewer retention.
Experience editing multi-camera setups.
Confident working with both audio and video.
Familiarity with social-first content formats and trends.
Ability to incorporate feedback and amend edits promptly.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Understanding of major social media platforms and their best practices.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
Experience editing complex stories and sensitive subject matter.
A proactive mindset and willingness to learn and develop.

Skills

Adobe Premiere Pro
Video Editing
Social Media Content Creation
Storytelling
Pacing
Viewer Retention
Multi-camera Editing
Audio Editing
Color Correction
Captioning
Graphics
Branding
Workflow Management
Exporting
Social Media Trends

Location

Hammersmith office

Work Type

3 month Fixed Term Contract
Freelance Contract
Hybrid working

Experience Level

Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro
Proven experience editing video content for social platforms

About the Company

Hearst Canvas is Hearst Networks’ digitally native content studio, focused on developing original, scalable brands across social media, audio, and emerging digital platforms, particularly YouTube.
The studio combines creative ambition with platform-first storytelling, covering editorial development, talent, publishing, and partnerships to create distinctive unscripted content.
Hearst Canvas operates with a hybrid working model, with team members working from the Hammersmith office two days per week.

Equal Opportunity

We encourage and welcome applications from people from under-represented backgrounds and are committed to making our recruitment process inclusive and accessible to all.
If you are invited to interview, please let us know if you require any adjustments or assistance for interviews or communications with us.