Football Video Editor: Data-Driven Highlights

Job Position(s): Football Video Editor: Data-Driven Highlights

Whisper is hiring a Football Video Editor for a 12-month fixed-term contract based in London. This is a post-production role sitting within the sports content team, producing match highlights, interview packages, and social media cuts across football programming. It suits an editor who is comfortable working to broadcast deadlines and understands how platform analytics shape editorial decisions.

About the Role

The Football Video Editor works inside Whisper’s production workflow, cutting content that spans match coverage, player interviews, and short-form social clips optimised for specific platforms. Day-to-day work involves managing a schedule of deliverables, maintaining metadata accuracy across the post-production pipeline, and coordinating with the wider team to hit turnaround times. The role is fully on-site in London, which reflects the live and near-live nature of the sports content output.

Key Responsibilities

• Cut match highlights and interview packages to broadcast standard using Adobe Premiere Pro, adhering to the editorial style of each output platform.
• Produce short-form social clips with an awareness of platform best practices and performance analytics to inform editorial choices.
• Manage metadata workflows across the post-production pipeline, ensuring assets are correctly logged, labelled, and archived for retrieval.
• Track deliverables against a production schedule, flagging any risks to turnaround times with the relevant team leads.
• Apply data-driven thinking to the editing process, using audience and performance metrics to shape how highlights are structured and paced.
• Contribute to planning sessions across the sports content team, helping to set realistic timelines for multi-platform delivery.

What You Bring

• Proven editing credits in sports broadcast or sports content production, with a showreel that demonstrates clean, well-paced cuts.
• Hands-on proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro as a primary editing tool within a professional post-production workflow.
• Experience managing metadata and asset organisation within a team environment, not just on solo projects.
• Familiarity with social media platform specifications and how analytics feed back into editorial decisions.
• An understanding of football specifically, enough to make instinctive editorial choices about moment selection in match footage.

Why This Role

Whisper is a well-regarded UK sports production company with a track record across major broadcast partnerships, making this a credible credit for anyone building a career in sports television. The 12-month fixed-term contract offers a defined run of work on a proper production slate, with real scope to develop skills in data-informed editing. The on-site setup in London means genuine integration with the production team rather than remote isolation.

If the Football Video Editor role at Whisper matches where you are in your career, submit your application through the link on this page.