Assistant Editor (Temporary)

Warner Bros. Discovery • New York, NY

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About The Position

Assistant Editors balance the requirements of a fast-paced, daily news cycle with the post-production needs of Original Series and Documentaries. The job requires an intimate familiarity with broadcast specifications, including video/audio file formats and codecs. Technical expertise in a post-production environment is necessary to execute production workflows, troubleshoot issues and work independently. A keen editorial eye is also in demand to understand priorities and needs of production partners in breaking news scenarios.

Requirements

• Knowledge to conceptualize, execute and distribute post-production workflows, including 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.
• Skilled troubleshooter and problem-solver with the ability to work-around and solve 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
• MAC OS, Windows
• Adobe suite, including Premiere, Media Encoder, Photoshop and Audition
• Conversion software, including Handbrake
• Media Asset Management systems
• Content Delivery / Sharing systems, including FTP-based and cloud-based.
• Slack

Nice To Haves

• Passion for leadership and the professional development of others.
• Knowledge of VDI and cloud-based workflows.
• Basic skill level in After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Color Correctio and Audio Mixing

Responsibilities

• File-Based conversion & ingest of physical media to shared server
• NLE 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
• Collapsing video tracks
• Organizing audio tracks
• Outputting & delivering
• Media managing multiple shared-servers for news & long-form
• Archiving long-form projects to LTO
• Elements, including VO, SOTs, Still-Strings
• Interviews, including field and studio pre-tapes
• News Packages
• Teasers for HLN social platforms

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• an employee wellness program
• life and disability insurance
• a retirement savings plan
• paid holidays and sick time and vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed