Job Title: Senior Video Editor

Location: New York

Company: BritBox International

Reporting to: Creative Director

Contract Type: Full Time/Permanent

About Us

Welcome to BritBox, the ultimate streaming destination for British TV. We bring you an unparalleled collection of thoughtfully curated entertainment, cleverly crafted and brimming with the kind of charm, wit and heart only the Brits could deliver.

Born from the BBC, we’re on a mission to share authentically British stories with audiences across the world. Since our launch in 2017, we've quickly expanded to seven markets including North America, Australia, and the Nordics. We are a small but mighty streamer that punches above our weight, available on every major platform and even shining among the bright lights of Times Square—and we’re just getting started!

Now, here’s where you come in: if you’re passionate about entertainment, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to play a meaningful role in our remarkable growth story, this is your chance. Join our team and help us bring the best of British TV to fans everywhere.

Job Purpose:

The Senior Video Editor is responsible for creative execution of standout trailers, TV spots, sizzles, and social content that elevate the BritBox and BBC Select brands, and drive audience engagement. Blending sharp storytelling instincts with deep technical expertise, this role translates strategic objectives into compelling, platform-aware edits across broadcast, digital, and social. Working cross-functionally with producers, creatives, and marketing partners, the Senior Video Editor ensures every asset reflects BritBox’s modern British sensibility, brand standards, and high production value.

Responsibilities:

• Craft, edit, and deliver compelling spots in various video formats, including TV, digital, trailers, sizzles, OOH, and social content.

• Edit bespoke videos to promote new scripted series, thematic collections, and brand campaigns.

• Translate strategic objectives into culturally relevant and visually distinctive spots, to elevate BritBox’s market perception and reflect a modern British sensibility. Leverage the brand system - but be unafraid to try new things.

• Identify and clip social-optimized scenes to be posted on BritBox’s social accounts.

• Ensure BritBox and BBC Select brand guidelines, design system and tone-of-voice is cohesive across edits.

• Drive concepting at early creative stages. Present script options, music routes, and innovative ‘ways in’ before presenting rough cuts.

• Maintain and provide regular updates to BritBox’s motion graphics suite and Premiere Pro template

• Partner cross-functionally, with the support of BritBox producers, to ensure alignment across teams, including Press, Paid Media, Editorial, and Lifecycle Marketing.

• Provide creative feedback on edits to external freelancers and agencies with clear rationale.

• Stay deeply attuned to the evolving world of Entertainment, video editing, and new technologies, with relentless curiosity for new video creative tactics.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Professional editing experience

• Entertainment/streaming industry post-production experience preferred.

• A strong reel of promotional editing work that demonstrates range and polish. Highlighting: narrative instincts, pacing, music taste, sound effects editing, sound mixing, and motion graphics skills.

• Exceptional collaborator with experience working alongside producers, designers, writers, and marketing executives.

• Strong understanding of video formats, ranging from broadcast standards to vertical video.

• Expert knowledge of Mac OS and Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop.

• Some knowledge of Figma.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

What You’ll Bring:

• Passionate about the craft of video editing, streaming and the future of SVOD.

• Someone who lives and breathes TV marketing and understands how audiences discover new shows.

• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to visual consistency.

• Ability to give and receive critical feedback, in a collaborative team environment. Foster a ‘one team’ mindset in which critique makes the work - and the creator - stronger.

• Curiosity, taste, and drive to elevate marketing beyond the expected.

• Ability to balance multiple creative projects, meet deadlines, and prioritize when needed. You thrive at a fast pace.

• Proactive problem-solver with a positive, can-do attitude in a fast-paced, KPI-driven environment.

• A developing knowledge and love for British Television
  
  
  Salary Range: $100-105k base salary + competitive benefits + bonus potential

Please note that the salary range is intended to give as an indicator of the salaries that could be attributed to the breadth or experience for a given role. All candidates will be measured based on their level of experience.

Our Values

Our BritBox Global Values not only represent our culture but also ensure that we have principles that shape everything we do. Defined by our employees, they are not just words on a page, but the foundation of how we work together, every day.

Our values have been cascaded into specific behaviours, which are embedded into all of our people processes, including hiring, onboarding, performance evaluation and feedback.

We are proud of our values and seek to hire people who resonate with them

This job spec is not exhaustive and may change from time to time in line with the evolving nature of a dynamic and growing business.