Top Editor Jobs in London

Designs visual assets for employee communications and social media across presentations, documents, digital signage, web, and video. Develops branded templates, reusable tools, visual guidance, and collateral libraries while maintaining the company’s visual identity. Partners with Events, IT, HR, and other employee-facing teams, translating briefs into timely designs and exploring animation, video, and interactive communication formats.

Manage commercial non-fiction titles from manuscript through publication, including structural editing, copy-editing, proofreading, copywriting, cover briefs, budgets, schedules, and author relationships. Support commissioning, market research, sales and marketing materials, editorial listings, and publishing proposals. The role develops a stable of authors and may commission two to three Cookery and Lifestyle titles annually. Hybrid work requires three days per week in the London office.

Handle and evaluate geophysics manuscripts for Nature Geoscience, oversee peer review, make editorial decisions, commission and edit scientific content, and contribute to journal strategy. The role requires assessing novelty and significance across geophysics, collaborating with international scientists and Nature Portfolio editors, and attending conferences and research-institution visits. A related PhD, broad knowledge of current geophysics research, excellent communication skills, and strong scientific judgment are essential.

Edit long-form YouTube videos and short-form social content from rushes through final delivery. Apply strong storytelling, pacing, music, visual, and motion-graphics skills while adapting content for different platforms and audiences. Collaborate with creative and production teams, manage project media and versions, meet technical specifications and deadlines, perform quality checks, and contribute ideas to digital-first content across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat.

Manage sports reporters, generate and develop news and feature ideas, edit and publish stories, maintain SEO best practices, and collaborate with social and programming teams to maximize audience reach. The role requires advanced copy-editing, story-structuring, sports knowledge, and flexibility to work weekends, early mornings, and evenings. It follows a hybrid schedule with three days per week in the office.

Lead the production of innovative visual journalism across graphical, interactive, multimedia, and spatial formats. Edit and structure visual stories, analyze datasets and OSINT materials, collaborate with journalists, developers, designers, and data specialists, and manage cross-functional projects. Develop engaging copy, storyboards, visualizations, and new digital storytelling formats while exploring emerging technologies and ensuring projects are accurate, timely, accessible, and effective across platforms.

Edit and manage crime, thriller, and mystery fiction titles from structural editing through proofreading and publication. Brief editorial and design freelancers, write cover and sales copy, maintain author and agent relationships, track critical paths and deadlines, and update metadata in Biblio and internal systems. The role collaborates with designers, production teams, and publishing stakeholders to deliver high-quality books on schedule.

Create high-performance trailers and teasers from long-form interviews and episodes. Own the editing process from narrative development and assembly through sound design, music, B-roll preparation, experimentation, and final export. Use YouTube and TikTok performance data to optimize retention, pacing, and engagement, while integrating AI tools into editing workflows. Collaborate with creative, social, growth, commercial, and trailer teams, and support junior editors with systems and templates.

Edit weekly long-form podcast episodes from 9–13 camera angles, shaping engaging narratives that maximize audience retention and emotional impact. Manage multicam timelines, audio synchronization, project files, and production workflows. Collaborate with senior creatives, contribute to pre-production planning, research YouTube trends, respond to feedback, and share editing systems and best practices with the team.

Supports the Hamish Hamilton publishing team with editorial and administrative duties across the book process, from acquisition through publication. Responsibilities include reading submissions, providing feedback, writing cover copy, maintaining title data, clearing permissions, coordinating proofs and author materials, processing invoices, arranging travel, and liaising with authors, agents, and colleagues. The role requires strong organisation, communication, attention to detail, time management, and a genuine interest in books, ideas, culture, and politics.

Manages the day-to-day editorial operation of a scientific journal, including peer review, manuscript tracking, author and reviewer communications, reporting, production coordination, and content acquisition. The role also supports journal marketing, website updates, social media promotion, and blog development. The Assistant Editor will collaborate with editors, publishers, and the wider publications team while attending relevant conferences and meetings.

Lead and develop the graphics team to deliver high-quality visual assets across editorial, marketing, commercial, B2B, video, social and print. Set standards, workflows and prioritisation; oversee daily editorial graphics and planned campaigns; promote digital-first visual storytelling, data visualisation and motion formats; manage photographers and contributors; improve efficiencies via templates, workflows and AI tools; and collaborate with senior stakeholders to embed graphics early in commissions.

The Content Editor manages DeMellier’s marketing content across social media, email, website, paid advertising, PR, and wholesale channels. Responsibilities include copywriting, brand storytelling, tone-of-voice management, content planning, creative briefing, asset reviews, campaign project management, and cross-functional coordination. The role also analyzes content performance, adapts plans based on commercial priorities and stock levels, and ensures campaigns are delivered on schedule and aligned with brand strategy.

Assists the Practical Law Global team by creating, maintaining, reviewing, and editing legal content. The role includes liaising with contributors, supporting publishing and content database administration, ensuring editorial and technical compliance, and contributing to legal AI and technology projects. Candidates need a law degree or equivalent conversion qualification, legal or publishing experience, strong communication and organizational skills, attention to detail, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

Writes, commissions, and edits British GQ style content across print, digital, social, and video. Covers menswear, luxury fashion, watches, grooming, accessories, and cultural trends. Develops features, interviews, franchises, newsletters, and special projects; applies SEO and audience insights; collaborates across editorial, social, video, ecommerce, and commercial teams; and represents GQ at fashion weeks, launches, and industry events.

Supports the Editor and Creative Director at Large by managing calendars, gatekeeping requests, coordinating travel, processing expenses, preparing editorial meetings, handling communications, and organizing events and special projects. The role serves as a liaison with internal teams, contributors, and partners while maintaining confidentiality, professionalism, and smooth office operations in a fast-paced publishing environment.

Translate, copy-edit, and post-edit machine-translated content from English into Brazilian Portuguese for marketing, UI, product, support, informational, and legal materials. Use client-specific CAT tools, meet weekly volume and deadlines, maintain high linguistic quality, communicate reliably, and incorporate feedback and revisions in a remote freelance localization environment.

Freelance remote linguist and copy editor translating, copy-editing, and post-editing English-to-Romanian content across marketing, UI, product, support, informational, and legal materials. The role requires high-quality delivery of 5,000+ words weekly, CAT-tool proficiency, strong communication, responsiveness, reliability, and openness to feedback and revisions.

Translate, copy-edit, and post-edit English-to-Japanese content for marketing, product, UI, support, informational, and legal materials. Work remotely as an independent contractor, handling more than 5,000 words weekly with client-specific CAT tools. Candidates must deliver accurate, polished work on deadline, communicate reliably, respond to feedback, and collaborate on long-term localization projects.

Commission, edit, and write engaging features for Tatler across print, digital, video, and social platforms. Identify headline-worthy stories and scoops, produce witty and compelling content, collaborate with the Features Director to meet deadlines, and create agenda-setting articles for the brand’s audience. The role also requires strong editorial contacts, knowledge of society figures, excellent communication skills, and an understanding of SEO for online publishing.

Own British GQ’s social media strategy and content distribution across platforms. Write captions, produce visual editorial content, manage platform-specific voice, develop campaigns, respond to cultural events, optimize performance using KPIs, collaborate with editorial, commerce, and video teams, and identify revenue opportunities.

Join Last Level Studios as a part-time video podcast editor & producer, responsible for post-production, guest outreach, and content creation for our podcast, Beyond The Blox, focusing on the Roblox platform.

Freelance French linguists and copy editors translate, edit, and post-edit machine translations from English to French across marketing, UI, product, support, informational, and legal content. The role requires high-quality, deadline-driven work, CAT tool experience, excellent French and English proficiency, responsiveness, reliability, and openness to feedback. The position is remote, ongoing, independent contract work with an expected volume exceeding 5,000 words weekly.

Leads Reuters’ global audience strategy across SEO, newsletters, social media, community engagement, and audience insights. Partners with newsroom, product, visual, video, audio, and commercial teams to shape digital coverage and strengthen reader relationships. Manages and mentors a global team, uses audience data to guide editorial decisions, oversees newsletter segmentation and optimization, and drives responsible experimentation with emerging platforms and AI while maintaining journalistic standards.

Build and manage a physical industry magazine by researching topics, interviewing sources, writing, editing, proofreading, and coordinating photos, design, and artwork. The role requires close collaboration with leadership, strong ownership, exceptional writing and creative skills, attention to detail, and effective prioritization. It is office-based in London and requires a UK work permit.