Job Description
Podcast Video Editor (Off Air with Jane and Fi)
Duration: One Year Fixed-Term Contract
The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.
Your Role: The Times is seeking a talented and creative Podcast Video Editor to lead the visual production of Off Air with Jane and Fi, one of the UK’s most popular podcasts. This role will be responsible for shaping the show’s video presence across digital platforms, enhancing audience engagement, and extending the podcast’s reach through high-quality, compelling visual content.
You will work closely with the presenters, producers, and digital teams to deliver engaging video content that reflects the tone, authority, and warmth of the podcast.
Apply with your CV and Cover Letter by 22nd March.
Day to day you will:
1. Edit high-quality video content for Off Air with Jane and Fi
2. Edit full-length video episodes to tight deadlines, as well as clips, and social-first content for platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and X
3. Develop creative formats and visual ideas to grow the show’s digital audience
4. Collaborate with audio producers, presenters, and editorial teams to ensure alignment with editorial standards
5. Oversee post-production workflows, including graphics, and subtitling
6. Monitor performance and analytics to inform content strategy and optimisation
What we’re looking for from you:
7. Excellent knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, including AutoPod; some understanding of Adobe After Effects is also desirable
8. NCTJ or equivalent qualification
We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
9. Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
10. Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
11. Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
12. Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
13. ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
14. Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
15. Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
16. Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
17. A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
18. 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.
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