Junior Video Editor

Job Description

Job description

Who We Are

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world class facilities. In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham’s transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

We’re at our brightest when we’re all together. Our Club, our teams, our community.

There is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

The Role

We’re currently recruiting a Junior Video Editor to join our post-production team

delivering world-class content for Spurs' platforms and commercial partners. We’re looking for a talented, creative editor with a can-do attitude, who's excited to contribute to some of the world's most viewed football content. This is an exciting opportunity for an early career editor looking to develop their skills in a fast paced, high profile creative environment.

The successful candidate will support the editing of a variety of short and mid form content including behind the scenes features, social media content, podcasts, match related footage, PR events, commercial projects and much more.
They will also play an important role in maintaining the organisation of our media library and the sharing of video assets with key stakeholders.

IMPORTANT: To be considered for this role, applicants must provide a portfolio or showreel of video editing work. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

Due to the nature of football, the role may occasionally require out of hours working commitments to support specific events.

Key Responsibilities

  • Edit a variety of short and mid form content, applying advanced skills for storytelling, colour grading and sound design
  • Collaborate closely with the Senior Editor & Postproduction Manager, Producers and Content Leads to ensure brand consistency and content quality across platforms
  • Work effectively within our busy post-production team by maintaining our extensive media library (ingesting rushes, logging footage, managing project files and archiving our finished content)
  • Deliver final assets optimised for multiple platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and SPURSPLAY, adapting aspect ratios and formats as needed
  • Ensure all edits align with the Club’s tone, brand guidelines, and messaging, maintaining a high standard of visual and editorial consistency

About You

  • Organised, reliable and eager to learn in a fast-paced creative environment
  • Comfortable receiving feedback and developing skills through collaboration
  • Strong interest in storytelling and how editing impacts audience engagement
  • Good attention to detail, particularly around file management and accuracy
  • Able to manage multiple tasks within the postproduction workflow
  • Proactive and willing to support the wider team when needed
  • Professional and discreet with confidential football business
  • An interest in football or sport is desirable but not essential

Key Requirements

  • Experienced editing video in a creative environment, preferably for a football club, sport institution or an agency
  • Experience creating or contributing to content for YouTube and digital platforms, with an understanding of audience engagement and platform formats
  • Exposure to producing content within sport, football, culture, fashion, music, media or entertainment, or similarly fast paced creative industries
  • Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, with a good working knowledge of editing workflows
  • Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects is desirable
  • Understanding of video formats, aspect ratios and exporting content for multiple platforms including social media
  • Familiarity with media management practices and postproduction workflows
  • Comfortable working to deadlines and adapting to quick turnaround requests
  • A proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and develop both creative and technical skills

NOTE: An encyclopaedic knowledge of football is not essential. However, the ability to accurately research details about the Club, our players and football activity is important.

The Tottenham Hotspur Way

Is to push harder, rise higher and forge greater. We involve, inspire and elevate one another to be our best selves, producing exceptional work on and off the pitch. Every day brings opportunities to improve and make the impossible possible.

Our values that bind us

Dream the Impossible – Impossible made possible when we think outside the box
Dare to Change the Game – Relentlessly strive for glory and leave our mark on the world
Do It Our Way – Win the right way, never at all costs

Our Responsibility to You

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates will be subject to background, DBS and reference checks.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.