Social Video Editor

dmg media is hiring a Social Video Editor based in London to join the Social Production team at DMG New Media’s HSK headquarters. This is a post-production role focused on turning studio-based, presenter-led footage into publish-ready short-form content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. It suits an editor who is already comfortable working at volume in a newsroom or digital media environment and understands the specific demands of social video workflow.

About the Role

The Social Video Editor sits within DMG New Media’s Social Production team, working alongside senior editors, producers, and creatives to deliver short-form social video at pace. The output includes explainers, straight-to-camera formats, and recurring series such as Mail Talks, all cut from studio rushes through to final delivery. On a typical day, you are managing your own edit queue, hitting same-day turnarounds, and handing off fully subtitled, correctly formatted files across multiple platform specs.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit presenter-led and explainer content from raw studio rushes through to final, platform-ready delivery across TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
• Create accurate, well-timed subtitles and on-screen text as a standard part of every edit, not an afterthought.
• Deliver correctly formatted cutdowns to spec for each platform, maintaining consistent file naming and organised delivery folders throughout.
• Work within established brand templates and style guidelines while applying genuine editorial judgment around pacing, opening moments, and viewer retention.
• Manage an edit queue of approximately 8 to 10 edits per week, prioritised daily in coordination with producers.
• Turn around clear, efficient responses to feedback, often within the same working day, as part of a high-volume social post-production workflow.

What You Bring

• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro with a proven, organised editing workflow suited to quick-turnaround social video production.
• Demonstrable experience cutting short-form content for social platforms, with a practical understanding of what performs on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
• Confidence handling subtitles, music, sound mixing, graphics, and basic visual effects within a single post-production pipeline.
• After Effects experience is an advantage, and openness to AI-assisted editing tools is expected where they improve efficiency.
• Familiarity with DMG New Media’s brands and existing social video output is a genuine plus.

Why This Role

This role is a freelance position paid at a day rate, with the potential to convert to a full-time role from October, giving it a clear path that most short-term edits contracts lack. DMG New Media operates at significant scale within UK digital media, and this position puts you inside a working newsroom alongside experienced social producers rather than on the periphery of a production. For an editor looking to build credits in high-volume social video production, the throughput here is genuine.

Apply now for the Social Video Editor role at dmg media and bring your short-form editing experience to one of the UK’s most active digital newsrooms.