Video Editor
Turn hours of footage into something people watch to the end.
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- Typical pay
- €28k–€55k
- Usual education
- Portfolio-led
- Outlook
- Growing with the volume of video content; social and branded content are the biggest entry markets.
A day in the life
Ingesting and organising footage, cutting a first pass, sound and colour work, then revisions from the director or client.
Ways in
- Media production course
- Runner then assistant editor
- Self-taught plus showreel
What to study at 16
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Spain
Bachillerato de Artes
Portugal
Línguas e Humanidades
France
Bac technologique
Italy
Liceo classico / scienze umane
Netherlands
Profiel Cultuur & Maatschappij
Belgium
KSO – Artistic secondary
Skills that matter
Best courses to take
The study routes that lead most directly into this career.
BA Film & Television Production
Directing, editing and producing with hands-on kit and crew experience.
Hands-on kit, crew and edit-suite time.
Helpful school subjects: Media, English, Art
ITS Diploma in Digital Media Production
Italian technical diploma in video, motion and digital content production.
Italian technical diploma focused on production and post.
Helpful school subjects: Video production, Motion graphics, Content strategy
Places that hire for this
Dentsu Creative
Recruits for this role through internships, apprenticeships and graduate entry routes.
Havas
Recruits for this role through internships, apprenticeships and graduate entry routes.
Impresa / SIC
Start as researcher or production assistant on news and entertainment shows.
Media Capital / TVI
Live studio, camera and editing roles for juniors on TVI and CNN Portugal.
Media.Monks
Recruits for this role through internships, apprenticeships and graduate entry routes.
Observador
Multimedia juniors write, record podcasts and edit their own video.
Ogilvy
Recruits for this role through internships, apprenticeships and graduate entry routes.
Publicis Groupe
Recruits for this role through internships, apprenticeships and graduate entry routes.
RTP — Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Curricular estágios in newsroom, sound and post-production.
Universal Music Group
Recruits for this role through internships, apprenticeships and graduate entry routes.