Social Video Editor - FOS Tonight

Application Deadline: 8 September 2026

Department: Multimedia

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York, New York

Reporting To: Manager, Social Media

Compensation: $66,500 - $78,000 / year

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Clip, edit, and package social-first video from Front Office Sports studio shows, interviews, news segments, explainers, podcasts, live events, and other multimedia programming
• Identify the strongest moments from longer-form video and TV-style news content, turning them into shareable clips built for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms
• Edit vertical, square, and horizontal video assets that feel native to each platform and align with audience behavior
• Create strong openings, hooks, pacing, captions, headlines, lower thirds, on-screen text, thumbnails, and visual treatments that help clips perform in-feed
• Work closely with the Social Media Manager and Social Programmer to prioritize clips based on editorial value, timeliness, platform fit, and audience engagement potential
• Support the day-to-day social publishing process by delivering clean, accurate, properly formatted video assets ready for programming, posting, and distribution
• Understand and apply platform-specific best practices, including video length, aspect ratio, captioning, pacing, thumbnail style, title/headline approach, tagging, and posting format
• Help translate Front Office Sports’ TV-style and studio programming into social-first video moments that are clear, accurate, fast-moving, and highly shareable
• Partner with editorial and social teammates to ensure clips are factually accurate, properly framed, and aligned with the Front Office Sports voice
• Maintain Brand Excellence: ensure edits reflect consistent voice, typography, color, layout, pacing, and visual identity.
• Monitor trends in social video editing, platform formats, creator-style packaging, news clipping, and sports media distribution
• Respond quickly to breaking news, trending topics, and timely editorial moments by producing fast-turnaround clips and edits
• Collaborate with design and video teams on graphics, templates, thumbnails, overlays, and other recurring visual systems
• Help organize, name, export, archive, and deliver video assets in a clear and consistent workflow
• Use performance feedback and platform analytics to understand what types of edits, hooks, formats, and clips are driving engagement
• Ad hoc projects and other operational/administrative support as needed

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• 1–3 years of experience editing social video for a brand, publisher, sports media company, entertainment company, news organization, creator, or digital media platform
• Strong understanding of sports news and the cultural and business impact of major headlines
• Experience clipping and editing from longer-form content, including studio shows, interviews, podcasts, explainers, live programming, or TV-style news segments
• Strong editorial judgment and the ability to identify the most compelling, timely, and shareable moments from a larger piece of content
• Strong understanding of platform best practices across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms
• Ability to edit for pace, clarity, retention, and engagement across short-form and social-first formats
• Experience creating or supporting captions, headlines, hooks, on-screen text, thumbnails, and other social video packaging elements
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro; experience with Photoshop, After Effects, CapCut, or other editing/design tools is a plus
• Comfort working in fast-paced news, sports, entertainment, or social-first environments
• Ability to take feedback, make quick revisions, and deliver clean edits on tight deadlines
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, visual hierarchy, caption readability, and social video design.
• Detail-oriented, process-oriented, solutions-oriented
• Ability to balance creative editing instincts with brand standards, editorial accuracy, and platform performance
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Perks & Benefits

• Generous PTO policy to use as you please, plus sick time and company holidays
• Employer-sponsored health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision
• An annual professional development stipend and endless development opportunities at a growing startup
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan, complemented by a 3% company match. We believe in supporting your long-term financial goals
• Thrive in a dynamic environment with endless development opportunities at our growing startup