Edit Assistant

Intermission Film • New York, NY

10d • $66,000 - $75,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Intermission Film is an award-winning, full-service creative agency with studios in London, New York, Amsterdam and Melbourne. We partner with leading distributors, streamers and broadcasters to create trailers, sales promos, key art, creative content and socials for films and series audiences love. Recent work includes Thunderbolts, Avatar: Fire and Ash, House of the Dragon, Louis Theroux: Into the Manosphere, and I Swear.

Intermission Film is seeking a motivated Edit Assistant to join our New York team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Production Operations US. You’ll be a hands-on, go-to person for edit assist and workflows day-to-day, while working closely with the global Edit Assistant team, Production and technical colleagues across our global team. The ideal candidate is a proactive, independent thinker who can troubleshoot technical issues while efficiently managing assigned tasks. This role requires strong self-motivation, excellent time management, and the discipline to thrive in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. Exceptional communication skills are vital, as you will be a key liaison between editorial and production teams, often across time zones. A keen awareness of security and responsibility regarding the media you manage is crucial.

This is an office-based role on a rotating shift schedule, with shifts alternating every two weeks between 09:30-18:30 and 13:00-21:00, Monday to Friday. The salary bracket for this position is $66k - $75k per annum.

Requirements

• Strong Adobe Premiere Pro skills, plus Avid Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve.
• Demonstrable post-production experience as an assistant or operator (1+ year full-time).
• Solid grasp of formats, frame rates, codecs, color spaces, HD/UHD/HDR, audio configuration, rushes and folder structures.
• Shoot-to-finish media management (backup through archive), including localizing and versioning (subtitles, GFX replacement, dubbing, re-racking).
• Proactive, organized problem-solver, comfortable owning things in a smaller team and working across time zones.
• Professional-level written and spoken English, and the legal right to work in the US.
• Committed to sharing knowledge and learning from mistakes.
• A passion for film!

Nice To Haves

• editing experience
• IT or scripting knowledge
• hardware troubleshooting

Responsibilities

• Ingest, transcode and organize media across formats for offline editing workflows.
• Sync audio, build multicam sync maps and align stems to picture.
• Set up offline and online projects with organized folder structures, and support offline edits, including creative cuts where needed.
• Conform media for online, create AAFs and exports, and prepare finishing materials from locked sequences.
• Export to spec in multiple codecs and containers, and resize footage for social formats and platform requirements.
• Provide high-res material from locked spots to the motion graphics team for GFX/VFX.
• QC all work and deliver files to broadcasters, partners and clients, taking ownership of deliverables.
• Manage EditShare and other storage (workspaces, permissions) and archive projects to LTO and cloud.
• Troubleshoot software and hardware issues, escalating when needed, and support system maintenance and upgrades with our global technical team.
• Work with our global teams across time zones, managing your own tasks and deadlines, and ensuring clear and thorough handovers between offices
• Train staff and freelancers on bespoke workflows, help maintain documentation, and stay on top of industry tech and workflows.

Benefits

• Up to 31 days + (10 Federal holidays, 18 PTO, Birthday off after 6 months, the day after Christmas, New Year’s Eve on us)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance and access to employee-funded FSA.
• Monthly entertainment allowance and seasonal parties that bring everyone together.
• Commuter benefits and more available via our benefits platform.
• 401(k) retirement plan, and more as you grow

What This Job Offers

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