Editor (all gender)

btf (bildundtonfabrik) is looking for a motivated Editor (all gender) for a comedy reportage team from January 5, 2026, to May 31, 2026. This full-time, fixed-term position is based in Cologne. The role involves extensive research on societal, political, and pop cultural topics, developing scenarios, acquiring guests and locations, and managing contracts. The editor will also contribute to shoot organization, material review, and rights clearance, working closely with the production team to create engaging content.

Must Have

• Research societal, political, and pop cultural topics
• Research and select locations and routes (filming locations throughout Germany)
• Create editorial briefings for host, director, and team
• Develop scenarios, act structures, and recurring elements
• Inquire and acquire prominent guests, protagonists, and filming locations
• Contact managements and agencies
• Carefully prepare, manage, and track contracts
• Conduct editorial preliminary discussions with guests
• Collaborate on shoot organization and scheduling in close cooperation with production
• Review material, create raw concepts per episode
• Verify and license image, film, and text rights

Good to Have

• Professional experience in entertainment/documentation/reportage
• Knowledge of the national media landscape and current pop cultural and political references, also in social media
• Research skills and a basic journalistic understanding
• Knowledge and experience in guest/protagonist inquiries
• Sense of humor, timing, and tonality
• Independent, structured, and self-reliant way of working
• Very good communication skills
• Organizational talent and solution-oriented work
• High degree of initiative, flexibility, responsibility, reliability, and teamwork
• Enthusiasm for a format that entertainingly tells political and social topics

Perks & Benefits

• Freedom to work independently, shape your work area, and contribute your own ideas
• A team structure at eye level and appreciative communication
• Regular company events, team, and industry events
• A subsidized Deutschlandticket as a job ticket
• Good work-life balance for colleagues with families and potential care work
• A workplace in a company where tolerance, equality, and respectful interaction are self-evident values

Your Tasks

To support our editorial team for a comedy reportage, we are looking for a motivated Editor (all gender) from January 5, 2026, to May 31, 2026, in a full-time, fixed-term position based in Cologne. Your main tasks include:

• Topic research on social, political, and pop cultural issues
• Research and selection of locations and routes (filming locations throughout Germany)
• Creation of editorial briefings for host, director, and team
• Development of scenarios, act structures, and recurring elements
• Inquiries and acquisition of prominent guests, protagonists, and filming locations
• Contact with managements and agencies
• Careful preparation, administration, and tracking of contracts
• Editorial preliminary discussions with guests
• Collaboration on shoot organization and scheduling in close cooperation with production
• Review of material, creation of raw concepts per episode
• Verification and licensing of image, film, and text rights

Your Profile

• Professional experience in entertainment/documentation/reportage
• Knowledge of the national media landscape and current pop cultural and political references, also in social media
• Research skills and a basic journalistic understanding
• Knowledge and experience in guest/protagonist inquiries
• Sense of humor, timing, and tonality
• Independent, structured, and self-reliant way of working
• Very good communication skills
• Organizational talent and solution-oriented work
• High degree of initiative, flexibility, responsibility, reliability, and teamwork
• Enthusiasm for a format that entertainingly tells political and social topics

What we offer you

• The freedom to work independently, shape your work area, and contribute your own ideas
• A team structure at eye level and appreciative communication
• Regular company events, team, and industry events
• A subsidized Deutschlandticket as a job ticket
• Many of our colleagues have families, so a good work-life balance and potential care work are important to us.
• A workplace in a company where tolerance, equality, and respectful interaction are self-evident values. At btf, we live a diverse company culture and welcome applications from all people who share this basic attitude with us.

About us

Since 2012, btf (bildundtonfabrik) has been an independent production company for fiction, show, documentary, games, and advertising. From the initial idea to the script, post-production, and visual FX, we produce everything completely in-house. At our location in Cologne-Ehrenfeld and the associated Studio König, and at our games location in Berlin-Kreuzberg, award-winning shows, series, films, documentaries, video games, and advertising for an international audience are created.

We love what we do. If you are just as passionate about organizing, coordinating, and communicating in your field, we can't wait to meet you.

Do you have an academic title? We find that great for assessing professional competencies. However, we find it equally impressive if you have acquired these professional competencies in other ways.

Do you have special requirements for your workplace due to a disability or do not meet all the described requirements? No problem, we are happy to adapt to your individual needs. If it is easier for you to contact us by phone in that case, you can reach us at 0221-82008710.

We look forward to hearing from you!