Mid Weight Video Editor – Sport

Handle Recruitment is hiring a Mid Weight Video Editor with a sport specialism, based in London. This is a post-production role sitting inside a creative agency, focused on editing sports content across social-first formats, branded campaigns, YouTube features, and longer-form athlete films. It suits an editor with agency or production company experience who understands how sports audiences consume content across digital and social platforms.

About the Role

You’ll be embedded in a creative team working across a varied sports content portfolio, handling everything from fast-turnaround match highlights and event coverage to branded campaign edits and behind-the-scenes films. The post-production workflow here spans short-form vertical video through to longer features, with the editor taking ownership from brief through to final delivery. Day to day, you’ll be cutting alongside designers, communications specialists, and a Creative Director, managing multiple projects at pace with real editorial responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit sports content for social-first platforms including Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, adapting format and pacing to suit each channel’s audience behaviour.
• Produce fast-turnaround event and match highlights, working within rights restrictions as required, alongside longer athlete stories and interview-led features.
• Cut branded content and campaign edits for commercial partnerships, applying strong narrative structure and sound design across a range of deliverables.
• Create motion graphics, captions, and finishing elements using established brand templates in After Effects, maintaining consistency across the post-production pipeline.
• Manage footage ingest, media organisation, and delivery specifications across concurrent projects, keeping post-production workflows clean and accountable.
• Use platform performance data and audience insights to inform editorial decisions and improve content effectiveness over time.

What You Bring

• Two to four years of video editing experience within an agency, production company, or similarly output-heavy creative environment.
• A demonstrable track record editing sports content, with a showreel that reflects range across formats and platforms.
• Advanced working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, with solid understanding of post-production workflows and delivery specifications.
• Experience editing social-first content including reels, vertical video, and YouTube, with platform-native editorial instincts.
• Strong organisational skills for managing multiple briefs and deadlines without dropping quality or detail.

Why This Role

The agency has an established presence in sports content production and a growing creative team, which means the Mid Weight Video Editor coming in will work across a genuine mix of projects rather than a single account. The role offers real editorial ownership and proximity to senior creatives, which is useful for an editor looking to develop their craft within branded and campaign work. The position is hybrid, requiring two days per week in the London office, with visa sponsorship not available.

Apply now for the Mid Weight Video Editor role at Handle Recruitment and submit your CV and showreel for consideration.