Social Video Editor - FOS Tonight

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
Front Office Sports is seeking a Social Video Editor focused on our new show FOS Tonight, with a background in sports, business media, entertainment, or digital publishing to help turn our growing slate of multimedia programming into sharp, shareable social video.

This role will be focused on clipping, editing, packaging, and optimizing video from Front Office Sports studio shows, interviews, TV-style news segments, explainers, podcasts, live events, and other original programming. The ideal teammate knows how to identify the strongest moments from longer-form content and turn them into platform-native clips for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, and other emerging platforms.

The ideal person for this role understands the pace of sports and news, has strong editorial instincts, and knows how to make a clip work in-feed. This person should be comfortable editing quickly, writing or supporting strong captions and on-screen text, understanding platform best practices, and working within a fast-moving social publishing operation.

Our Social Video Editor will report to the Social Media Manager and work closely with the Social Programmer, editorial, design, video, and production teams to help ensure Front Office Sports content is consistently turned into high-performing social assets.

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

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