Post-Production Assistant Editor

This is a Full Time Job

Assistant Editors balance the requirements of a fast-paced, daily news cycle with the post-production needs of Premium VOD, Original Series, and Documentaries. The job requires an intimate familiarity with broadcast and digital specifications, including video/audio file formats and codecs. Technical expertise in a post-production environment is necessary to execute production workflows and troubleshoot issues. A keen editorial eye and the ability to work independently are required to provide high-level quality control during both day-to-day content operations and in breaking news scenarios.

The Daily

Edit Prep & Edit Support
• File-Based conversion & ingest of physical media to shared server
• Non-Linear Editing project organization
• Video/Audio syncing of multi-camera scenes
• Assembling a string out & building a radio cut
• Music searching
• Addressing producer notes, including shot changes & font fixes
• Building credits
• Rendering & creating screeners

Prep for Online & Archive
• Collapsing video tracks
• Organizing audio tracks
• Outputting & delivering
• Media managing multiple shared-servers for news & long-form
• Archiving long-form projects via Media Asset Management, cloud-based systems

The Essentials
• Knowledge of VDI and cloud-based workflows.
• Skills to conceptualize, execute and distribute post-production workflows, including quality control, ingest, edit, delivery, archive and media management.
• Technical expertise in current and emerging post-production trends with a keen interest in continuing education in this area.
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving with the ability to work-around and/or fix time-sensitive technical issues.
• Ability to manage time, multi-task, and prioritize appropriately in a breaking news environment.
• Effectively communicate to provide exceptional customer service to business partners.
• Flexible with schedule and availability

Required Technical Skills:
• Windows & macOS
• Adobe Creative Cloud, including Premiere, Media Encoder, Photoshop and Audition
• Conversion software, including Handbrake
• Media Asset Management systems, including Iconik
• Content Delivery / Sharing systems, including Aspera on Cloud
• Hedge Offshoot
• Zoom
• Slack

The Nice to Haves
• Passion for leadership and the professional development of others.
• Basic skill level in After Effects and DaVinci Resolve
• Basic color correction and audio mixing skills
• Ability to edit horizontal and vertical short-form videos
• Experience delivering content and monitoring workflows for distribution to multiple partners and platforms