Video Editor

Cole & Yates, based in Redditch, Worcestershire, is hiring a Video Editor to join their in-house marketing team. This is a post-production role focused entirely on short-form social content, turning raw footage into finished edits optimised for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. It suits someone who understands the social video workflow end to end, whether that experience comes from professional credits, freelance work, or a strong self-built portfolio.

About the Role

The Video Editor sits within a small marketing team at a growing consumer e-commerce business, where video is central to how the brand reaches its audience. Day to day, you are cutting content from footage supplied by internal teams and external creators, shaping it into platform-ready edits that hold attention from the first second. Turnaround times are quick, output is consistent, and you will be able to track how your edits perform once they are live.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit short-form video content for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, adapting pacing, format and structure for each platform.
• Build strong openings that capture viewer attention within the first two to three seconds, in line with current short-form content conventions.
• Add captions, text overlays, music, sound effects and transitions that feel native to each platform rather than imported from a broadcast post-production workflow.
• Use AI-assisted editing, captioning and versioning tools to support faster turnaround without sacrificing the quality of the finished edit.
• Review published content performance data and apply those findings to improve future editing decisions.
• Support filming days on the ground, handling basic camera operation, lighting set-up and B-roll capture as required.

What You Bring

• A portfolio of short-form social video content, produced through any combination of professional, freelance, educational or independent work.
• Confident working knowledge of at least one editing platform, CapCut, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
• A genuine feel for what makes social content perform, grounded in regular use of TikTok, Instagram and similar platforms.
• Good organisation and the discipline to deliver finished edits to agreed deadlines.
• Experience with motion graphics, AI-assisted video tools, or TikTok Shop content production is useful but not required.

Why This Role

Cole & Yates offers a full-time, permanent position with a salary of up to £28,000 per year depending on experience, along with real creative ownership over the content formats you develop. This is not a support role, you are the editor, and the work goes out under its own results. For a Video Editor looking to build credits in social commerce content production while seeing the direct impact of their output, this is a practical next step.

Apply now for the Video Editor position at Cole & Yates and submit your portfolio for consideration.