Video Editor

Description

Summary: The Video Editor (Editorial) is responsible for the end-to-end post-production of premium sports content across digital, social, and OTT platforms, requiring strong narrative storytelling and technical expertise. Highlights: 1. Execute high-quality video edits for diverse sports content formats. 2. Collaborate with Producers, Journalists, and Creative Directors. 3. Operate within a high-velocity editorial environment for global sports. ### **Description** The **Video Editor (Editorial)** is responsible for the end\-to\-end post\-production of premium sports content across DAZN’s digital, social, and over\-the\-top (OTT) platforms. With a minimum of **four years of professional editing experience**, the successful candidate will possess strong narrative storytelling skills and technical expertise. Operating within a high\-velocity editorial environment, you will translate raw footage, live feeds, and archival assets into highly engaging short\-form, long\-form, and promotional sports content. This role will be based in Lisbon, Portugal. Please note, our Talent Acquisition team and some Hiring teams are based in the UK so parts of the recruitment process will be in English. Please also upload your resume in English, thanks!### **What You'll Be Doing:** **1\. Post\-Production \& Content Creation*** Execute high\-quality video edits, including match highlights, analytical packages, features, promotional campaigns, and reactive social media content. * Manage the full post\-production workflow, including video cutting, basic color grading, sound design, audio mixing, and basic motion graphics. * Optimize all output for various platforms (OTT platform, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X), ensuring adherence to correct aspect ratios, formats, and compression standards. * Implement localization, subtitling, and versioning protocols for global distribution **2\. Collaborative \& Editorial Alignment*** Partner closely with Producers, Journalists, Social Media Leads, and Creative Directors to conceptualize and execute visually compelling narratives. * Maintain a deep understanding of DAZN’s editorial voice, ensuring all content aligns with brand guidelines, tone, and strategic objectives. * Rapidly adapt and respond to breaking sports news and live events to deliver timely, high\-impact reactive content. **3\. Operational Excellence \& Compliance*** Navigate media asset management (MAM) systems to source, organize, and archive footage efficiently. * Ensure strict adherence to sports rights restrictions, licensing, copyright laws, and internal compliance protocols. * Deliver all assets on time and to exact technical specifications in a fast\-paced, deadline\-driven environment. ### **What You'll Bring:** * Minimum of 4 years of professional video editing experience within sports media, broadcasting, a digital agency, or a major streaming/OTT platform. * Advanced proficiency in **Adobe Premiere Pro**. * Strong working knowledge of **Adobe After Effects**, **Photoshop**, and **Audition** (or equivalent audio post\-production tools). * Demonstrated familiarity with cloud\-based collaborative editing workflows and Media Asset Management (MAM) systems. * Deep understanding of the global sports landscape, digital media trends, and platform\-specific algorithms/best practices (especially for short\-form social video). * Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, aligned with the live sports calendar. ### **Benefits** Benefits include access to DAZN, medical insurance, daily meal allowance paid through a meal card, refer a friend scheme, learning and development resources, opportunity for hybrid working and access to our internal speaker series and events.### **About DAZN** At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game\-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no\-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world\-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. **DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:** Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to **Make It Happen.** Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, **Focusing On Impact.** Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to **Win As One.** At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience. Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can. We look forward to hearing from you.