Top Editor Jobs in London

Edit and publish investment, market, economic, and data-driven content across international websites and newsletters. Collaborate with financial journalists, ensure accuracy and editorial quality, apply SEO best practices, simplify complex financial topics, and write compelling headlines. The role requires strong financial markets knowledge, sound editorial judgment, deadline management, and the ability to develop engaging newsletters. Data visualization experience and familiarity with financial data platforms are advantageous.

Lead Vanity Fair’s London editorial presence by assigning, editing, and publishing cultural and current-affairs stories across print and digital platforms. Develop writers, manage content from ideation through promotion, support live event coverage and newsletters, maintain the brand’s distinctive voice, and collaborate with photo, video, social, PR, and audience teams. The role also requires writing and reporting, attending relevant events, and balancing rapid deadlines with long-lead editorial projects.

Supports the editorial and strategic development of PeerJ Computer Science by managing complex peer review issues, advising on scientific and editorial standards, overseeing manuscript reviews, recruiting and managing editorial board members, conducting ethical investigations, commissioning content, promoting submissions, and representing the journal at conferences. The role also contributes to journal policies, strategic growth, process improvements, and collaboration across publishing departments.

Produces and edits factual, documentary-style video for company, social, sales, government-relations, and confidential audiences. Responsibilities include developing concepts, shot lists, and capture briefs; filming or directing shoots; editing, grading, sound mixing, captioning, titling, and versioning; managing footage archives; maintaining visual consistency; and applying security and export-control requirements. The role requires travel to facilities, ranges, events, and deployments, sometimes at short notice, while handling sensitive material securely.

Audience Editor responsible for identifying audience growth opportunities, packaging content for social media, newsletters, and direct messaging, and expanding reach and registered users. The role manages distribution channels, leads newsroom growth projects, mentors engagement producers, and uses data and platform signals to improve engagement. Candidates need newsroom writing experience, media law knowledge, social and newsletter expertise, audience growth experience, and strong communication and coaching skills.

Supports Medscape’s global editorial and AI-enabled workflows by producing and editing medical content, conference materials, video and audio assets, social posts, and survey-based reports. Maintains editorial accuracy, sourcing, SEO, and compliance standards; manages CMS publishing and Workfront workflows; edits transcripts and Descript content; and develops reusable AI prompts, checklists, and lightweight automation to improve team efficiency.

Edit brand films, campaign content, social cutdowns, and archive footage across platforms. Animate type, graphics, and motion sequences; select music and develop sound design; and ensure edits align with client brands. Lead project editing, present creative rationale, collaborate with designers, animators, directors, production companies, and sound studios, and support junior team members. Explore creative technologies, including appropriate uses of AI.

Edits and manages commercial fiction titles from acquisition through publication across print and digital formats. Responsibilities include structural, line, and desk editing; author and agent relationship management; acquisitions and deal negotiation; market and trend analysis; cover briefing; metadata and launch materials; and coordination with production, sales, marketing, digital, rights, and audio teams.

Curate and produce high-quality visual content for social, video, digital, print, and experiential platforms. Manage image research, selection, rights, contracts, credits, CMS publication, syndication, commissions, budgets, invoices, and production schedules. Develop cross-platform visual ideas aligned with brand strategy while collaborating with editorial, legal, business affairs, operations, finance, and international teams.

Edit and commission high-impact corporate news and analysis for the Companies desk. Responsibilities include shaping stories, maintaining a pipeline of scoops, coordinating with international and specialist desks, optimizing headlines and graphics, supporting data and long-form projects, and managing legally sensitive copy under tight deadlines. The role includes weekend and early-morning shifts and requires onsite work in London at least three days per week.

Manages educational publishing projects from manuscript handover through print and digital publication. Responsibilities include coordinating publishers, editors, freelancers, packagers, production resources, schedules, budgets, copy-editing, proofreading, artwork, media, permissions, digital assets, reprints, archiving, and marketing file delivery while maintaining quality and workflow standards.

Lead long-form editorial content for Lookfantastic’s Content Hub, managing ideas from research and interviews through writing, editing, SEO optimization, publication, and performance improvement. Develop editorial video concepts, scripts, storyboards, and YouTube and social adaptations. Manage the Social Producer, collaborate with SEO, social, PR, creative, CRM, and external experts, and shape content strategy around search, audience needs, trends, and AI-powered discovery.

Edits and commissions scientific Reviews, Perspectives, and Research Briefings across Nature Reviews and Nature Research journals. The role assesses submissions, organizes peer review, edits content for clarity and accessibility, builds relationships with researchers, and supports publishing workflows. Candidates need a graduate degree in a relevant physical sciences discipline, strong scientific writing and communication skills, broad research interests, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Leads journalist duty of care across UK and international operations. Develops wellbeing, physical safety, digital security, risk assessment, crisis response, and training strategies. Manages reports of online abuse and physical threats, coordinates with security, information security, legal, platforms, and external partners, and monitors abuse patterns to improve protections. The role also delivers hostile-environment and digital-safety training and makes practical, costed recommendations to support journalists exposed to work-related risks.

Produce, shoot, and edit interviews and live events for The Spectator and UnHerd. Manage video and audio editing, studio operations, content packaging, SEO, and promotion. Respond quickly to breaking news and changing deadlines, sometimes working outside standard hours or on weekends. Collaborate with teams, operate professional camera and editing equipment, and create compelling content for YouTube and other platforms.

Create narrative-driven, long-form AI cinematic videos from concept through final delivery. Responsibilities include script conceptualization, prompting and generation with AI video models, editing, compositing, motion graphics, color correction, character and scene consistency, and workflow optimization. The role requires experimentation with emerging AI tools, independent execution, collaboration with creative leadership, and comfort producing explicit adult content.

Manage and evaluate genomics and biology research manuscripts, oversee peer review, collaborate with authors, reviewers, and editorial board members, and uphold scientific and editorial standards. The role also supports journal strategy, attracts high-quality submissions, commissions reviews and collections, represents the journal at conferences, develops scientific content, and contributes to publishing process improvements and community engagement.

Creates and edits short-form social video content for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and X. Repurposes long-form material into platform-optimized social edits, collaborates with Marketing, PR, and Creative teams, applies brand guidelines, manages multiple deadlines, supports asset versioning and delivery, and incorporates stakeholder feedback. The role requires strong Adobe Premiere Pro skills, social storytelling instincts, and an understanding of audience engagement.

The Photo Editor will create illustrations, research and edit images, design infographics, manage image rights, and maintain visual quality for Daily Beast stories. The role collaborates with editors, reporters, visual staff, and social media teams while working quickly under tight deadlines. Responsibilities include ensuring accurate credits, captions, formatting, and copyright compliance across daily news and feature content.

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.

Edits video content for the company. The provided description contains no details about specific editing responsibilities, software requirements, qualifications, experience expectations, travel, or security requirements.

Execute TechRadar’s social media strategy across organic channels, creating graphics, short-form videos, and written content. Schedule and distribute posts, grow audience engagement, monitor performance using analytics platforms, and refine content strategies. Collaborate with editorial, video, branded content, and central social teams while supporting commercial opportunities and attending relevant events.

Lead strategic development and visibility of one or more education journals: solicit and commission high-quality submissions, manage peer review and editorial decisions, uphold publishing ethics, build global researcher networks, represent the portfolio at conferences and institute visits, and collaborate with internal and external editorial colleagues to drive innovation and high performance.

Creates, edits, and optimizes performance-driven video content for social platforms. Owns hooks, pacing, retention, algorithm-informed editing, testing, and creative iteration across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Collaborates with creative and cross-functional teams, contributes to ideation and strategy, manages feedback and deadlines, and mentors creators on editing and performance best practices.

Produce and manage UK-focused, search-optimized editorial content covering trading, investing, crypto, and tax-efficient products. Own the editorial calendar, conduct keyword research, write and edit articles, commission contributors, optimize content for SEO, collaborate with Compliance on FCA requirements, and monitor organic performance to improve rankings, engagement, and conversions.