Social Video Editor (Freelance)

Location: dmg New Media Headquarters, HSK, London

Contract Type: Freelance, paid at a day rate, with the potential to become a full-time role from October

About the Role

DMG New Media is looking for a Social Video Editor to turn our studio-based and presenter-led content into polished, platform-ready videos for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.

Working from our London newsroom, you’ll edit a high volume of short-form content at pace, including explainers, straight-to-camera videos and recurring formats such as Mail Talks. You’ll take edits from raw studio footage through to fully subtitled, publish-ready delivery, often within the same day.

You’ll join our Social Production team and work closely with senior editors, producers and creatives. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a busy newsroom environment, gradually taking on more in-depth edits and complex formats as you grow in the role.

Main Responsibilities

• Edit presenter-led, explainer and other short-form social videos from studio rushes through to final delivery.
• Create clean, accurate and well-timed subtitles and on-screen text as standard.
• Deliver cutdowns and correctly formatted versions for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts.
• Follow established templates and brand guidelines while maintaining a strong sense of pace, structure and visual storytelling.
• Manage your own edit queue around daily priorities agreed with producers, delivering approximately 8–10 edits per week.
• Respond clearly and efficiently to feedback, often working to tight or same-day deadlines.
• Keep project files, file names and delivery folders tidy, organised and consistent.

Person Specification

• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and a fast, organised editing workflow.
• Experience creating short-form video for social media, with a good understanding of what works across TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
• A strong eye for pacing, selecting engaging opening moments and keeping viewers’ attention.
• Confident working with subtitles, music, sound mixing, graphics and basic visual effects.
• Comfortable working at volume in a quick-turnaround environment.
• After Effects experience is an advantage but not essential.
• Open to using AI-assisted editing tools where they can improve speed and efficiency.
• Familiarity with DMG New Media’s brands and social video output.
• Reliable, communicative and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in a busy newsroom.

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process