Head of News Video

Head of News Video

Location: The Daily Mail Headquarters, Derry Street, HSK, London, W8 5HY

Position: Full Time, Permanent

About the role

The Daily Mail is seeking a visionary, creative Head of News Video to put video at the heart of the Daily Mail newsroom and help transform news video content across dailymail.co.uk and our app.

You will lead the development of compelling daily news packages, original series such as Daily Mail Voices, and premium exclusive interviews and features. Central to the role is nurturing the video team’s skills in original news gathering and delivering innovative storytelling.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire production crews, journalists and editors to deliver high-quality daily news videos.


• Direct shoots and edits, ensuring standout visual storytelling and editorial excellence.


• Drive the creation of original news video packages, working closely with the newsroom and newsdesk.


• Develop Daily Mail style guide and execute original series, exclusives and premium features.


• Nurture talent within the team, developing their creative and technical skills.


• Build strong relationships across editorial teams to source unique stories.


• Analyse performance data to refine content strategy and maximise audience engagement.

Person Specification

• Significant experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in news gathering and video production.


• Proven track record in producing shoots, edits and developing original news packages.


• Creative background with expertise in innovative, premium news content.


• Strong organisational and mentoring skills to develop and grow the video team.


• Excellent editorial judgement and understanding of digital video audiences.


• Outstanding communication and collaboration abilities.

 If you are passionate about shaping the future of news video and empowering a talented team, please apply with your CV and examples of your work.

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)


• Pension plan and life cover


• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme


• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

About Daily Mail

Daily Mail is an award-winning, multi-platform newsbrand reaching more than 33 million print and online readers each month. The world-famous Mail offers a unique blend of breaking news, agenda-setting exclusives, showbiz, Femail, health, sport and lifestyle stories across print, digital, video, audio and social channels.

Its global newsroom of journalists, formidable story-getting power, and breadth of content formats delivers highly engaging, trusted Daily Mail content to millions of loyal and new audiences. Daily Mail is the largest news publisher on TikTok with more than 21 million total followers and more than 29 billion views in the past year. A trailblazing global phenomenon, Daily Mail is part of dmg media.

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Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.