Video Edit Assistant

City Football Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent football organization in Manchester is looking for a Video Edit Assistant to support high-profile video projects within the Men’s First Team. This role involves reviewing and organizing video footage for senior editors and ensuring efficient workflows in post-production. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and eager to gain experience in football media production. Benefits include 26 days of leave, private healthcare, and various discounts. This role is crucial for enhancing the team's output efficiency.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Discretionary bonus

Lifestyle discounts

Qualifications

• Comfortable working with video files and structured workflows.
• Confidence working in a fast-paced environment with deadlines.
• Willingness to learn from senior editors and producers.

Responsibilities

• Review, clip and time-stamp large volumes of video footage.
• Log and organise content for senior editors.
• Prepare footage packages for the main edit.
• Support basic social media clipping.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Attention to detail

Clear communication skills

Ability to manage tasks accurately

Familiarity with Adobe software

Job description

Overview

Location: Manchester, GB

Opening Date: 3 Feb 2026

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Closing Date of Applications – 16th February 2026

Our Story

Manchester City is an English Premier League club whose roots began in East Manchester. From its first incarnation as St Mark’s West Gorton in 1880, the club became Manchester City FC in 1894. Behind each title lies emotion, moments and memories that resonate with millions of supporters around the world. Manchester City fans are known for their commitment and togetherness, as a Club that fights to the end.

Our Winning Team

MCFC is built on a vision for sustainability, with an academy structure designed to support long-term first team success, to engagement with the communities in which we reside. Together with our passionate fans and valued network of partners, we are developing Manchester City’s future history.

Manchester City is looking for a Video Edit Assistant to support the delivery of high-profile video projects within the Men’s First Team environment. This role plays a crucial behind-the-scenes part in preparing content for senior editors, ensuring footage is well organised, logged and ready for use across long-form projects and social media outputs.

This is a great opportunity for someone at the early stage of their career who is highly organised, detail-focused and keen to build experience within elite football media production. The role is not focused on creative editing quality – instead, it’s about structure, accuracy and supporting the wider post-production team by making their work more efficient.

Location & Benefits

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a Simply Health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

• Review, clip and time-stamp large volumes of video footage captured around the Men’s First Team.
• Log and organise content clearly so it can be quickly accessed by senior editors.
• Prepare footage packages and timelines ready for handover into the main edit.
• Support basic social media clipping where required.
• Maintain structured file management systems to ensure footage is stored accurately and consistently.
• Work collaboratively with editors and producers to meet production deadlines.
• Support post-production workflows by handling preparatory and organisational tasks efficiently.

What we are looking for

• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with video files, timestamps and structured workflows.
• Ability to manage repetitive tasks accurately and consistently.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative working style.
• Confidence working in a fast-paced environment with deadlines.
• Willingness to learn and take direction from senior editors and producers.
• Nice to have; Familiarity with Adobe software (Premiere Pro or similar), experience handling video content through university, placements or early career roles.

Note: We regularly review applications and reserve the right to close an advert early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Equal Opportunity & Compliance

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.