Social Media Video Producer

Social Media Video Producer

Location:

London

Department

The Times & The Sunday Times

Salary Range:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

06 Sep 2026

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

The Social Media Video Producer creates high-impact video content that drives audience growth, engagement, and brand consideration across The Times and Sunday Times’ social media channels. This role focuses on hands‑on production to support our editorial and business goals. This role reports to the head of social strategy (editorial).

• Produce high-quality, platform‑optimised social media video, from ideation to execution.

• Execute the video formats we’ve aligned on in our team to expand reach, engagement, and audience acquisition

• Collaborate with social media editors and newsroom journalists - identifying ways to create the greatest impact possible with our journalism

• Support a culture of creativity, experimentation and excellence in the team

• Ensure consistency of brand identity, editorial standards, and storytelling quality across video content

• Experience producing social media video content for major publications or brands, with a track record of audience growth and engagement.

• Strong editorial judgement and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex topics into compelling short‑form video.

• Skills in scripting for social media and video editing

• Data‑driven mindset with experience using analytics to inform creative decisions and optimise performance.

• Deep understanding of platform trends, algorithms, and best practices across multiple social channels.

One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market‑leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world‑famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month.

Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy , which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce.

We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Wide range of training available, plus full Linked In Learning access

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free Class Pass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper…