Assistant Editor

The job overview for this role is that it is seeking an Assistant Editor with strong technical and software skills in video editing. The candidate should have proficiency in Adobe Premiere and working knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator. They should be familiar with broadcast and online video formats and have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills. The Assistant Editor will be responsible for assisting in video editing for commercial productions, recommending online content and stock footage, participating in supervised sessions, and maintaining asset libraries. They will also be involved in creating final deliverable files and organizing storage spaces for efficient retrieval of assets.

Assist in video editing for commercial productions, including loading & transcoding RAW footage, creating and organizing projects, laying out supers, generating prep for color grade, audio mix, and conform, optimizing videos for social, and editing cutdowns for TV and online videos

Search for and recommend online content, stock footage and music options

Participate in supervised sessions with senior editors, producers, creatives, and directors

Closely follow best practices for delivering high-volume commercial tagging work

Create agency and client review links and QC all work before links are sent

Maintain asset libraries for ongoing client work

Initiate project wrap process upon completion of projects and work with production teams to ensure all final projects, files, and deliverables are archived at the end of every project

Create final deliverable files to spec for broadcast and online use

Organize and maintain digital and physical storage spaces for fast and efficient retrieval of assets

Ensure all media assets are checked in and checked out through the vault database

• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere
• Working knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Familiarity with broadcast and online video formats, standards, and compressions
• Extraordinary attention to detail
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to assist in video editing for commercial productions
• Knowledge of loading and transcoding RAW footage
• Ability to create and organize projects
• Experience in laying out supers and generating prep for color grade, audio mix, and conform
• Proficiency in optimizing videos for social media
• Ability to edit cutdowns for TV and online videos
• Ability to search for and recommend online content, stock footage, and music options
• Willingness to participate in supervised sessions with senior editors, producers, creatives, and directors
• Knowledge of best practices for delivering high-volume commercial tagging work
• Ability to create agency and client review links and perform quality control checks
• Experience in maintaining asset libraries for ongoing client work
• Familiarity with project wrap process and archiving final projects, files, and deliverables
• Ability to create final deliverable files to spec for broadcast and online use
• Organizational skills for maintaining digital and physical storage spaces for asset retrieval
• Knowledge of checking in and checking out media assets through a vault database
• Ability to collaborate closely with lead editors
• Effective communication skills to provide ongoing project status updates to producers and senior artists.

• Health/vision/dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Vacation, sick, and personal days
• Eligibility to participate in disability, life, and travel insurance plans and programs
• Retirement plans (subject to terms and conditions)
• Possible relocation costs (if applicable)