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Video Editor xe2x80x93 Sun OriginalsLocation:LondonDepartment:The SunSalary Details:Not Specified**Advertising End Date:**30 Mar 2025**Video Editor xe2x80x93 Sun Originals****4 positions available****Company Overview:**An iconic, dynamic storyteller with a rich heritage and a global audience in the millions, **The Sun** is now focusing on an exciting, video-focussed strategy to engage new audiences, putting video at the heart of The Sun's journalism.This is your chance to join a talented team at a pivotal moment, contributing to fast paced, agenda setting video output that drives traffic and revenue, as we redefine how a historic brand tells stories in the fast-paced digital world.**Role Overview:**As aVideo Editor, you will be a key player in crafting compelling video content for our news, sport, showbiz, TV and Fabulous content strands that drives views and engagement across digital platforms. You will work closely with journalists, producers, and the social team to quickly create videos optimised for maximum traffic, with a focus on page views and YouTube plays. Your role will be central to our daily video output, editing both breaking news and longer-format stories to captivate and inform our growing digital audience.This is an opportunity for a passionate editor who understands the fast-paced nature of a modern publishing newsroom and can bring creative flair to content that resonates in the digital age.**Key Responsibilities:**

• Video Editing & Production: Edit daily video content for our news, sport, showbiz, TV and Fabulous content strands in a quick and efficient manner. This will vary from short clips to longer-form stories, ensuring high editorial quality and fast turnaround.

• Platform-Specific Optimization: Tailor content for multiple platforms, particularly YouTube, our website, and social media channels, optimising for views, shares, and overall audience engagement.

• Breaking News: Work efficiently with Senior News Video Editors to produce high-quality, engaging video content for breaking news stories, ensuring rapid turnaround without sacrificing editorial integrity.

• Collaboration: Work closely with journalists, video producers, and social media teams to understand the editorial direction and ensure video content supports wider newsroom goals.

• SEO & YouTube Best Practices: Implement SEO strategies and metadata management for videos to ensure maximum discoverability and ranking on YouTube and search engines.

• Audience Engagement: Stay on top of what drives audience interest online and incorporate that knowledge into video edits, optimising content for clicks, views, and engagement.

• Graphics & Visual Enhancements: Enhance videos with necessary graphics, lower thirds, captions, and animations to increase visual appeal and engagement.

• Data-Driven Decisions: Use data and analytics to inform editing choices, continually refining content to improve performance across platforms.

**Ideal Candidate:**

• Experienced Video Editor: You have hands-on experience editing in a large, fast-paced newsroom or digital media environment. You understand how to balance speed with quality to meet tight deadlines and maximise breaking news potential.

• Digital Native: You're immersed in the digital landscape, with a strong understanding of YouTube, social media platforms, and how audiences engage with video content online.

• Editorially Minded: You have a solid understanding of journalistic practices and can create video content that is both engaging and adheres to editorial standards.

• Platform-Savvy: You know how to edit for different platforms, particularly YouTube, and understand how to optimize content for each one to increase traffic and engagement.

• Creative Storyteller: You have a passion for storytelling and can bring creativity to every project, whether it's a breaking news clip or a deep dive into a sports feature.

• Fast & Agile: You're capable of working quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced newsroom, juggling multiple tasks without compromising on quality. You will be required to work a rolling shift pattern of days and evenings across seven days.

• Results-Driven: You understand the importance of data in today's digital landscape and use performance metrics to shape your approach to video content.

**Why Join Us:**

• Transformational Opportunity: Be part of a legacy brand's digital evolution, helping to shape its future with innovative, impactful video content.

• Creative Freedom: Get the opportunity to experiment with new formats and editing techniques while working on a diverse range of news and sports stories.

• Fast-Paced & Exciting: Work in a dynamic newsroom environment where no two days are the same, editing everything from breaking news to feature-length stories.

• Collaborative Team: Join a talented and driven team of producers, editors, and journalists who are all passionate about creating top-tier digital content.

• Career Growth: With the expansion of our video strategy, there's room for personal growth and advancement within a forward-thinking, innovative media company.

**We are News UK** **:** **One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.****Life at News**Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , which focuses on three main priorities xe2x80x93 attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have13 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.**Benefits**Some of our benefits include:+ Maternityleave up to 18 weeks full basic salary &paternityleave up to 2 weeks+ Wide range oftrainingavailable, plus full LinkedIn Learning access+ Private medical insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions+ Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes+ 'Bikes for Work'and 'Electric Car' scheme+ Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books+ Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities+ Access towellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling+ A generouspensionscheme with employer contributions of up to 5%+ 25 daysholiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4volunteeringdays per yearWe want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected] .

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