About the Role
Whisper is seeking talented and hard-working video editors with a proven ability to create engaging and effective football videos for major sports organizations. The role involves making high-quality, creative sports edits that evoke strong audience reactions and provide industry-leading video content for a major football brand's channel to help them exceed strategic targets. You will also become Whisper's in-house expert on social video editing best practices, sharing knowledge with junior editors and the wider team, and using analytics and trends to refine edits.
Responsibilities
- Make high-quality sport edits bursting with creativity that provoke strong reactions from your audience.
- Provide industry-leading video content for a major football brand’s channel that helps them to not only meet, but exceed, their strategic targets.
- Become Whisper’s in-house expert on best practice for social video editing, sharing information with junior football video editors and the rest of the football and digital teams.
- Use analytics and trends to improve your edits, dropping your ego and using data insights to deliver perfect edits for the platform.
- Cut sport compilations, match highlights, and social clips in a variety of aspect ratios.
- Cut entertaining interview edits from two-camera shoots.
Requirements
- Must have a very strong working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Must be constantly consuming content and seeking inspiration from content creators and publishers.
- Must be comfortable cutting sport compilations, match highlights and social clips in a variety of aspect ratios.
- Must be adept at cutting entertaining interview edits from two-camera shoots.
- Must understand how YouTube works and what the best practice is for all types of content for that platform.
- Must be an open-minded person who works well with others and is willing to listen to feedback and advice from several different stakeholders.
- Must be able to track their own progress and deliverables and communicate them to a wide group of stakeholders.
- Must be comfortable using project management software and spreadsheets to track and communicate progress on edits and projects.
- Must be extremely comfortable following workflows and delivering your content to a content management system using metadata.
Skills
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Media management
- Mac experience
- PC experience
- Attention to detail
- Quality control skills
- Project management software
- Spreadsheets
- World class football knowledge
- Confident people skills
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Passion for digital and social platforms
- Understanding of YouTube content
- Understanding of Instagram content
- Understanding of TikTok content
- Staying close to trends and platform developments
Location
- Kew, London
Work Type
- Office based
- Full-time
- 12-month FTC
Experience Level
- Based on experience
About the Company
- Whisper is a leading global production company, specialising in sports, unscripted and branded entertainment.
- Our diverse team of over 285 international employees produce top-level sports such as Formula One, UEFA and The Paralympics, as well as branded content, prime time documentaries, and entertainment quiz shows for a raft of broadcasters.
- Whisper’s creativity and storytelling are BAFTA-winning and Emmy International-nominated.
- It is also a Sunday Times Best Places to Work.
Equal Opportunity
- Whisper is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
- We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, communities, and lived experiences.
- We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
