Top Editor Jobs in London

Edit long-form and short-form video, live content, podcasts, and social assets across major platforms. Shape content strategy, develop formats, set editorial and technical standards, and oversee quality control. Create motion graphics, perform color grading, audio mixing, and sound design. Brief and manage freelance editors, mentor less experienced staff, optimize workflows, and collaborate with producers, presenters, and social teams to improve audience engagement and content performance.

Leads digital content strategy for Smooth and Gold radio brands, managing creative teams and driving video-first content across YouTube, social media, Global Player and websites. Responsibilities include editorial planning, audience growth, SEO, analytics, stakeholder collaboration, and content creation spanning music, television, film and pop culture. The role requires strong leadership, video strategy, social publishing, editorial judgment and digital publishing expertise.

Creates, reviews, and maintains practical commercial legal content for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law service. Supports AI-powered legal solutions and internal AI editorial tools using expertise in UK commercial law. Builds relationships with legal professionals and industry groups, monitors legal and market developments, and collaborates with product, sales, marketing, and technology teams. Requires substantial post-qualification experience, strong contract and commercial law knowledge, excellent writing skills, and UK legal qualification.

Develops and executes B2B and B2C membership content strategies for Country Living’s Artisan Collective. Responsibilities include creating articles, guides, newsletters, shopping content, social media posts, and event coverage; managing content calendars and matrices; supporting SEO and e-commerce initiatives; collaborating with editorial and marketing teams; and analyzing performance using analytics tools to optimize content, traffic, engagement, and revenue.

Develop and execute B2B and B2C membership content strategies for Country Living’s Artisan Collective. Create articles, guides, newsletters, shopping content, social media, and event coverage across multiple platforms. Collaborate with editorial and marketing teams, manage content calendars and matrices, apply SEO and e-commerce strategies, and use analytics to optimize performance, traffic, engagement, and revenue.

Creates and executes fashion content for Vogue and Glamour UK across print, digital, video, social, e-commerce, events, and special projects. Manages shoot logistics, wardrobes, accessories, carnets, assistants, brand coordination, and relationships with PR agencies and designers. Supports global and local shoots, discovers emerging talent, advises on brand initiatives, and collaborates with fashion teams, stylists, market teams, and senior brand leadership.

Creates, edits, and maintains practical legal content focused on UK public, administrative, and local government law. The role requires researching legal developments, collaborating with lawyers and industry groups, and supporting AI-powered legal products and editorial tools. The successful candidate will apply substantial public sector legal experience, strong writing and editing skills, and knowledge of judicial review, local authority decision-making, and information law.

Own the overnight and early-morning news agenda for North American audiences, making editorial decisions on story selection, headlines, packaging, placement, and breaking-news coverage. Coordinate handoffs across UK and U.S. desks, video, and product teams; maintain accuracy and quality under pressure; and use audience analytics to optimize engagement. The role requires independent newsroom leadership, strong editorial judgment, familiarity with North American news, and reliable UK-based overnight availability.

Senior Editor for the Journal of Applied Ecology, responsible for assessing manuscripts, selecting editors and reviewers, making publication decisions, recruiting Associate Editors, soliciting submissions, promoting the journal, identifying strategic subject areas, and contributing to editorial development. Requires an active applied ecology research and publication record, reviewing experience, strong communication, strategic judgment, networking ability, and commitment to editorial standards.

Own video editing for SURI’s growth and advertising teams, taking concepts from briefs through final execution. Collaborate with strategists and content creators on storyboards, trends, sound design, voiceovers, music, and persuasive digital ads. Produce engaging, on-brand content for social and e-commerce channels, iterate quickly based on feedback and performance metrics, and contribute to pre-production, shot lists, color grading, and direct-response creative.

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.

Edit high-impact short-form clips, teasers, and shorts from long-form episodes for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and other social platforms. Identify compelling moments, optimize pacing and storytelling using performance analytics, add captions and motion graphics, and maintain brand quality. Collaborate with editorial, production, and brand teams while working quickly under tight deadlines. Stay current with social trends, platform algorithms, and emerging editing formats to maximize retention, engagement, shareability, and reach.

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.

Provides strategic and scholarly leadership for the Advanced Computing journal. Responsibilities include defining scope and special issues, recruiting and managing the editorial board, overseeing peer review and decisions, enforcing research quality and ethics, promoting reproducibility and open science, and engaging global academic, industry, and policy communities.

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.

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.

Research industry topics, interview relevant people, and write, copyedit, proofread, and creatively produce physical magazines. The role also involves structuring magazine content, coordinating photos, design, and artwork, and taking ownership of magazine development in an office-based London environment.

Lead the development of a physical industry magazine by researching topics, generating story ideas, interviewing relevant professionals, and writing, editing, proofreading, and structuring content. The role also oversees magazine construction, including photos, design, and artwork, with support from a graphic designer. It requires strong organization, creativity, attention to detail, ownership, and at least five years of magazine or media experience.

Creates, edits, researches, and quality assures UK legal education materials, assessments, and digital learning resources. The role monitors legal and assessment changes, collaborates with internal teams and external experts, supports accreditation and regulatory submissions, manages content systems, analyzes learner feedback, and contributes legal subject-matter expertise, product improvements, and author onboarding.

Researches industry topics, interviews relevant people, and writes, edits, copyedits, and proofreads magazine content. The Senior Editor also oversees magazine structure, photos, design, and artwork in collaboration with a graphic designer. The role requires ownership of the publication, strong organization, attention to detail, creative ability, and at least five years of media or magazine experience. This is an office-based position in London with no remote work.

The Chief Editor will own the development of a physical industry magazine, researching topics, identifying story ideas, interviewing relevant professionals, and writing, editing, copywriting, and proofreading content. The role also involves structuring magazine issues and coordinating photos, design, and artwork with a graphic designer. The position is office-based in London and requires strong organization, creativity, attention to detail, and ownership.

Researches industry topics, interviews sources, and writes, edits, copyedits, and proofreads magazine content. Oversees magazine construction, coordinating photography, design, and artwork with a graphic designer. The role requires ownership of magazine production, strong organization, attention to detail, and collaboration with leadership in an entirely office-based London environment.

Freelance editor and motion designer responsible for producing short-form social videos, including editing, sound design, 2D and 3D animation. The role involves developing visual concepts, adapting long-form assets, collaborating with scriptwriters and art directors, incorporating feedback, and applying platform best practices. Work is remote and requires a few days per month.

Reviews and quality-checks scientific and medical education content, including slide decks, transcripts, web content, references, and submission materials. Fact-checks information against primary literature, formats citations, tracks edits, and supports Medical, Legal, and Regulatory review processes. Collaborates with medical writers, editors, scientific leaders, creative teams, and project managers to ensure accurate, consistent, clear, and timely deliverables.