Senior Video Editor: Sun News Factual

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news, entertainment, and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades, we are dedicated to providing accurate, insightful, and engaging content across print and digital platforms.

The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.

Your team: An iconic, dynamic storyteller with a rich heritage and a global audience in the millions, The Sun is now focusing on an exciting, video-focussed strategy to engage new audiences, putting video at the heart of The Sun. This is your chance to join a talented team at a pivotal moment, contributing to fast paced, agenda setting video output that drives traffic and revenue, as we redefine how a historic brand tells stories in the fast-paced digital world.

Your role: As a Senior Video Editor for Sun News Factual, you will be a key player in crafting compelling, high-impact video content for our Royals, Showbiz and Factual content strands, driving views and engagement across digital platforms.

This role is tailored for a seasoned editor with a sharp journalistic instinct. You will be responsible for the edit and post-production of multiple fast-turnaround vodcast shows, while also diving deep into narrative-driven long-form strands and premium, documentary-style edits.

Day to day you will:

• Edit video content across all content strands in an efficient manner. Demonstrating versatility by editing everything from narrative documentary-style pieces, to short, graphics-driven social videos. Projects will range from quick-turnaround clips to longer-form stories, demanding both high editorial quality and speed.
• Tailor content for multiple platforms—particularly YouTube, our website, and social media channels—optimising for retention, views, shares, and overall audience engagement.
• Work closely inside a small team of producers and journalists across multiple projects. You will also work independently. Use these insights to set and uphold the technical and editorial standards across the wider Post-Production team.
• Manage media, handle multi-camera projects, create and animate graphics, perform colour grading, and execute advanced audio design. Leverage these technical skills to maintain efficiency and uphold brand consistency throughout the post-production process.
• Stay ahead of digital video trends and what drives audience interest online, incorporating that knowledge directly into your edits to optimise for clicks, watch time, and engagement.

What we’re looking for from you:

• News & Current Affairs Background (Must-Have): You have proven, hands-on experience editing in a fast-paced news and/or current affairs environment. You understand journalistic integrity, legal sensitivities, and how to cut footage that hits the cultural pulse.
• Narrative-Driven Edit Producer (Must-Have): You don’t just push buttons; you are a storyteller. Experienced in producing and shaping a strong narrative arc out of raw interviews.
• Master of Diverse Formats: You are equally comfortable crafting an hour-long, narrative-driven interview, a cinematic documentary-style short, or cutting a fast-turnaround vodcast show on a tight deadline.
• Technical Expertise: Advanced, expert-level working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and After Effects. As well as having a working knowledge of motion graphics.
• Digital Native & Platform-Savvy: You live and breathe online video. You have a deep understanding of YouTube algorithms, thumbnail/hook strategy, and how audiences consume factual content across social media.
• Fast & Agile: You thrive under pressure and excel at managing multiple projects simultaneously, delivering clean, high-impact edits on tight news cycles.

News UK is 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 and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local 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 multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

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.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and Next Gen.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• 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
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.