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How to become an Editor

Official title: Editor (radio/television/video)

Also called: Digital media editor, Radio editor, Sub-editor (radio, television and video), Television editor, Television, radio and video editor, Video editor, Post-Production Supervisor, Video Editor (Colour Grading, Online Editing)

Editor (radio/television/video) coordinates staff of writers that prepare scripts for radio, television and video broadcasting. He/she assigns duties to writers, reads and edits materials prepared by staff members and selects inserts for radio, television and video.

Main tasks

Choosing writers, studying scripts to determine artistic interpretation, and instructing actors on acting methods
Creating, planning, writing scripts for recording, videotaping and editing programmes

Ways in

University: Communications & Media degrees, Offered by 1 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $82,908 a year. The middle half earn $62,952 to $118,308 a year.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become an Editor?

Ways in include: Communications & Media degrees.

How much does an Editor earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $82,908 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $62,952 to $118,308.

Will AI change the work of an Editor?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026