Edit Assistant (Social)

Sits within SailGP's growing in-house content team and reports to the Senior Producer. It is ideal for someone looking to build a career in content creation. The postholder will collaborate across the social and content teams to produce real-time content that captures the atmosphere and storylines of SailGP events across a variety of platforms.

• Edit social-first video, including cutting mobile footage directly in app or taking projects into Premiere Pro for a more polished finish.
• Identify and deliver content in real time, with a focus on recognising social-worthy moments from race weekends, shoots and archive content.
• Work with the Senior Producer to ensure quality control of content against platform and brand guidelines, including aspect ratios, safe areas, captions, fonts, colours, audio levels and file formats, before delivery for publishing.
• Contribute to world-class social coverage of SailGP events, supporting the social and content teams on-site or from London in the social/content event hub.
• Build and maintain reusable project templates and produce platform-specific variations and re-cuts of existing content to keep up with the latest trends.
• Collaborate closely with editors, producers and the social team, sharing ideas, taking direction well and learning from colleagues.
• Ensure the organisation and accessibility of SailGP's social content archive, and support editors and producers in locating clips and media quickly.
• Keep up to date with general social media best practices, trends, tools and technologies.

• Confident, creative and collaborative team player with a passion for sailing or other sports.
• Working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Premiere Pro, with a foundational understanding of After Effects (keyframing, masking, basic compositing) or a strong desire to learn.
• Baseline knowledge of social media platforms, trends and best practices, with an appetite to upskill.
• Interest in social-first storytelling and an understanding of what makes short-form content work.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously without compromising quality.
• Technically proficient and able to learn new tools and platforms quickly.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Proactive with strong attention to detail.
• Lives SailGP's values and contributes to a positive culture.
• Inclusive team player, championing an environment where diversity is valued.
• Keen to have ownership over certain processes, areas or procedures, taking responsibility for the outcome.
• Comprehends how their decisions may impact SailGP operationally and financially, in line with Better Sport, Better Planet.
• Draws upon their internal network to support the delivery of projects or operations, initiating conversations and building connections.
• Aware of the importance and urgency of tasks as part of SailGP's operations and can effectively prioritise these areas.
• Identifies and acts upon lateral opportunities to develop and learn.

• In-depth knowledge of social media platforms, trends and best practices.

• Hybrid working model with a minimum of three days per week in the London office.
• Some travel to events and weekend work required.