I’m Simon Willmott, a freelance editor with over 25 years’ experience in broadcast and digital content. I specialise in feature-led content, magazine shows, sports productions, promos and highlights, delivering engaging narratives with strong editorial structure.Based in West London, I am highly proficient with Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro, and I bring finishing skills in color grading, audio mixing and basic in-program graphics workflow using After Effects. Recent projects include work for Whisper, Sky, Sunset+Vine, Warner Bros. Discovery, Buzz 16, DAZN, North One, ESPN, BBC and ITV, among others, with a track record across world-class sports and entertainment brands. Technical Workflows:Avid Media Composer: I operate strictly as an offline creative editor. I am fully setup for secure remote network editing using HP Anyware and cloud-hosted enterprise setups (e.g., Avid Interplay, MediaCentral, or Edit on Demand) where media ingest, logging, and database management are pre-handled by your in-house team or edit assistants.Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects: Fully equipped for local/remote dynamic editing, fast-turnaround promos, digital content delivery, and graphics/template manipulation. Note on Rates: Standard onsite broadcast day rate ranges from £360–£450 depending on the project scope. I am happy to offer competitive, reduced rates for remote / Work-From-Home (WFH) bookings via HP Anyware or Premiere Pro.…

Simon Willmott

I’m Simon Willmott, a freelance editor with over 25 years’ experience in broadcast and digital content. I specialise in feature-led content, magazine shows, sports productions, promos and highlights, delivering engaging narratives with strong editorial structure.Based in West London, I am highly proficient with Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro, and I bring finishing skills in color grading, audio mixing and basic in-program graphics workflow using After Effects. Recent projects include work for Whisper, Sky, Sunset+Vine, Warner Bros. Discovery, Buzz 16, DAZN, North One, ESPN, BBC and ITV, among others, with a track record across world-class sports and entertainment brands. Technical Workflows:Avid Media Composer: I operate strictly as an offline creative editor. I am fully setup for secure remote network editing using HP Anyware and cloud-hosted enterprise setups (e.g., Avid Interplay, MediaCentral, or Edit on Demand) where media ingest, logging, and database management are pre-handled by your in-house team or edit assistants.Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects: Fully equipped for local/remote dynamic editing, fast-turnaround promos, digital content delivery, and graphics/template manipulation. Note on Rates: Standard onsite broadcast day rate ranges from £360–£450 depending on the project scope. I am happy to offer competitive, reduced rates for remote / Work-From-Home (WFH) bookings via HP Anyware or Premiere Pro.…

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I’m Simon Willmott, a freelance editor with over 25 years’ experience in broadcast and digital content. I specialise in feature-led content, magazine shows, sports productions, promos and highlights, delivering engaging narratives with strong editorial structure.Based in West London, I am highly proficient with Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro, and I bring finishing skills in color grading, audio mixing and basic in-program graphics workflow using After Effects. Recent projects include work for Whisper, Sky, Sunset+Vine, Warner Bros. Discovery, Buzz 16, DAZN, North One, ESPN, BBC and ITV, among others, with a track record across world-class sports and entertainment brands.

Technical Workflows:Avid Media Composer: I operate strictly as an offline creative editor. I am fully setup for secure remote network editing using HP Anyware and cloud-hosted enterprise setups (e.g., Avid Interplay, MediaCentral, or Edit on Demand) where media ingest, logging, and database management are pre-handled by your in-house team or edit assistants.Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects: Fully equipped for local/remote dynamic editing, fast-turnaround promos, digital content delivery, and graphics/template manipulation.

Note on Rates: Standard onsite broadcast day rate ranges from £360–£450 depending on the project scope. I am happy to offer competitive, reduced rates for remote / Work-From-Home (WFH) bookings via HP Anyware or Premiere Pro.

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Work Experience

Freelance Editor at Self-employed
January 1, 2010 - Present
Senior freelance editor providing services across broadcast and digital content, delivering edits for feature-led content, magazine shows, sports productions, promos and highlights.
Editor at Sunset+Vine
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010
Editor at Sunset+Vine responsible for shaping editorial structure and delivery of sports programming.
Editor at Molinare
January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2008
Editor contributing to feature-length and editorial workflows within Molinare's post-production environment.
Edit Assistant (Freelance) at Self-employed
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2002
Freelance edit assistant providing support across editorial workflows, media management and logging.
VT Operator at Molinare
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2001
VT Operator supporting video tape workflows, logging and basic editing tasks within Molinare.
Freelance Editor
January 1, 2010 - Present
Over 25 years' experience in broadcast and digital content, editing across feature-led content, magazine shows, sports productions, promos and highlights.
Edit Assistant
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2002
Assisted editors in post-production tasks, logging, offline editing preparation and workflow support.

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