Whisper is a leading global production company, specialising in high-end sports production, unscripted entertainment, branded content and factual television. The company is a six-times Broadcast Best Places to Work (2017-2020, 2022, 2023) and this is an exciting opportunity to join the team.

We are looking for a Junior Editor to join our Documentaries team to work on an exciting new access series. The role would suit someone who is passionate about working in documentaries and has a creative & knowledgeable skill set in post production. The ideal candidate would have previous Junior Editor credits, with the ability to speak Arabic being desirable.

Key Responsibilities:
• Preparing projects in advance for producers & editors based on requirements
• Assisting producers & editors with rough cutting & crafting edits plus preparing projects for final post including sound mixing and exporting for dub and colour correction and sending picture locked sequence to grade.
• Working closely with the edit support & media management teams
• Working with proxy file workflow and cloud based workflows, in particular Lucid Link
• Understanding the technical requirements for editing on Adobe Premier Pro
• Keeping abreast of developments and trends in the documentary genre and make suggestions for creative content
• Ensuring that the output complies with Whisper's editorial, technical, design and accessibility standards, whilst always working to the company's Health and Safety policy
• Upholding the reputation of the company by embodying the ethos of Whisper


Skills and Experience:
• Comprehensive knowledge & demonstrable experience of using Adobe Premiere Pro and work-ing on a production throughout all stages of post production from offline to final post
• Arabic speaker desirable
• Ability to use After Effects (Mac-based) would be beneficial
• Passion for creativity and visual storytelling, and ambition to work as part of the team to suggest new ideas and designs
• Understanding of the technical specifications, creative and editorial requirements for delivering output directly to broadcast and also social media platforms
• Understanding of media management, requesting, and ingesting of content, as well as broad-cast delivery specifications and codecs
• Ability to understand a brief from the internal production team and external clients
• Ability to work independently as well as alongside an Edit Producer & editors, and to amend projects started by other editors
• Knowledge and enthusiasm for sport
• A demonstrable level of creativity with the ability to bring a fresh new approach to creating en-gaging and evolving output

Location: The base for this position will predominantly be Kew, London, cannot work remotely, international travel on occasion
Working Days: This role will require a degree of flexibility and weekend working. You will be expected to work with the team to plan a schedule based on production requirements, Lieu days will be given for any days worked over a five-day week. Whisper offer the option of flexitime hours subject to production requirements.

Start/End: January 2023 on 6 months FTC
Salary: Based on experience

Application Closing: Friday 15th December 2023
How to apply: Please send your CV, showreel and tell us in your own way why you are the right candidate for this role

Whisper is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek and encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds including the disabled community.