Careers

Whisper is a leading global production company, specialising in sports, unscripted, digital and branded entertainment.

Our diverse team of over 285 international employees produce top-level sports such as Formula One, UEFA and The Paralympics, as well as branded content, prime time documentaries, social media content and entertainment quiz shows for a raft of partners.

Whisper’s creativity and storytelling are BAFTA-winning and Emmy International-nominated.

It is also a Sunday Times Best Places to Work.

We are seeking a YouTube Channel Manager to work alongside Whisper’s Social Lead and Digital Production team to help supercharge the growth and revenue generation of a major client’s YouTube channel.

You will be tasked with taking ownership of a major sporting organisation’s YouTube channel, setting the content schedule and working with all parts of the content production ecosystem to ensure timely publication and optimisation across thumbnails, titles, SEO and more.

A knowledge of rugby union and what makes great YouTube content within the sport is highly preferable.

You will have first-rate people skills and the ability to operate in a team and individually, as well as experience working directly with clients.

You will have a deep understanding of best practices for YouTube content, and a confidence to influence production decisions based on that understanding.

Whisper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, communities, and lived experiences. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported.

What we’re looking for:

• Individuals with experience managing high-profile YouTube channels
• A proven track record of driving revenue through the platform’s monetisation features
• Intimate knowledge of what makes good YouTube content – from thumbnails, to titles, to hooks to edit pacing – and an ability to brief this into producers & graphic designers
• A fearless creative who wants to join an operation with a “challenger brand” mentality
• A deep knowledge of YouTube studio and Google Adsense
• Someone who lives and breathes YouTube, with a deep knowledge of platform trends and relevant content types
• An interest in rugby union is highly preferable.

Your Mission:

• Own the YouTube channel strategy across a full season, ensuring a consistent publication schedule
• Monitor & analyse content performance using YouTube analytics and use these insights to drive content production in the right direction.
• Set the publication schedule across a full mix of content – archive compilations, highlights, original programming and live blocks – and drive the content production teams to deliver this
• Manage the community: from the Posts tab, to diving into comments under videos
• Brief in bespoke thumbnails to graphic designers, and use Photoshop templates to deliver high-frequency thumbnails
• Be creative: contribute ideas across all areas of the content mix
• Work with the social media producers to ensure consistent publication of YouTube Shorts

Please note that responsibilities may be amended, added to, or removed to reflect the changing needs of the production or organisation.

The Skills You Bring:

• High-level project management skills, planning a content calendar and delivering on it.
• The know-how to make content that provokes strong reactions in an audience. You know the difference between ‘good enough’ and ‘industry-leading’.
• A basic knowledge of Photoshop and the ability to update thumbnail templates is desirable
• You have worked many times with sports organisations and know the importance of building relationships with clubs, players and broadcasters.
• You are a brilliant communicator who can show off your vision internally but also to a client.
• A passion for digital and social video. You are constantly looking for new inspiration and comparing yourself with the rest of the industry. You agree that if we stand still, we go backwards.

If you want to manage a channel that changes the whole perception of a sport, we want to hear from you.

Location:

The base for this position will be Kew, London.

Working Days:

5-day week, on a 4:1 pattern (x1 day WFH) with weekends and nights around live fixture lists.

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 work week.

Whisper offers the option of flexitime hours, subject to production requirements.

Start:

ASAP – until 26^th June 2027 

Salary:

Based on experience

Application Closing:
Friday 18^th Sept 2026

How to apply:

Please upload your CV, share links to your work and tell us in your own way why you are the right person.

https://thewhispergroup.bamboohr.com/careers/300

Whisper is a leading global, independent production partner where Entertainment is Everything.

Founded in 2010, Whisper functions as a multi-genre powerhouse that combines a dynamic, people-first culture with the scale to deliver for the world’s biggest broadcasters and brands.

Following its 2026 return to private ownership, the group has reinforced its long-standing commitment to authentic storytelling and technological innovation.

With over 300 staff in offices across the UK, EMEA and North America, Whisper delivers world-class production across its core pillars of Sport, Entertainment, Documentaries, Gaming and Branded Content, supported by end-to-end Social and Digital services.

Whisper is proud to work on the most iconic sporting events and in partnership with global federations and rights-holders, including UEFA, Formula 1, EA, Wimbledon, and FIFA.

Whisper’s innovative production – which includes Women’s Rugby World Cup, Paralympics, BBC Sports

Personality of the Year, Built in Birmingham: Brady & The Blues, and Wheel of Fortune – is consistently delivered in collaboration with major SVODs and broadcasters such as Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, BBC, ITV, and Channel 4.

A multi-award-winning industry leader, Whisper is a BAFTA winner and multi-Emmy nominee, consistently recognised as a Sunday Times and Broadcast “Best Places to Work” winner.

We are looking for an experienced and creative Adobe Premiere Pro editor to join our UEFA team.

The role will include working on features, openers and closers for productions like The UCL Show, The UEFA Europa Show and UEFA’s Digital platforms.

The right candidate for this role should demonstrate a talent and passion for editing high-end content in a fast-turnaround environment.

They should be full of ideas, willing to engage in shaping the overall creative direction of the department and confident to bring new visual styles to the productions.

A passion for and knowledge of a wide range of sports, including European football is desirable.

Whisper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, communities, and lived experiences. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role, so please only apply if you already hold the right to work in the UK. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Offline and online editing on Adobe Premiere Pro
• Working as part of a team across a wide range of content including promos, features and longer-form content.
• Grading and sound mixing to broadcast quality
• Stitching programmes for delivery to broadcasters
• Understanding the technical requirements to meet and uphold QC standards
• 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
• Keeping abreast of developments and trends in the Digital space and make suggestions for creative content

Please note that responsibilities may be amended, added to, or removed to reflect the changing needs of the production or organisation.

Skills and Experience:

• Several years’ previous experience as an Editor in the industry
• Comprehensive knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro and demonstrable experience of creating exciting edits
• 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
• Demonstrated ability and experience of producing engaging, entertaining, and creative features.
• 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 broadcast 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, and to amend projects started by other editors
• Flexibility of working days and hours to fulfil needs at crucial points of the sporting calendar
• A demonstrable level of creativity with the ability to bring a fresh new approach to creating engaging and evolving output

Location: 

The base for this position will be Kew, London.

Working Days:

5 day week, no opportunity to work remotely.

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:

November 2026 – 30^th June 2027

Salary:

Based on experience

Application Closing:

Friday 25^th September

How to apply:

Please send your CV, showreel and tell us in your own way why you are the right candidate for this role to link below

https://thewhispergroup.bamboohr.com/careers/301