Senior Assistant Editor

The job overview for this position is that it is seeking a Senior Assistant Editor with 4+ years of experience in post-production. The role involves assisting in video editing for commercial productions, finding technical solutions to improve efficiency, developing facility protocols, training and supporting junior staff, and participating in supervised sessions with senior editors. Strong technical and software skills, attention to detail, organizational skills, and communication skills are required. The position also involves collaborating with lead editors, freelancers, producers, junior staff, and clients, and effectively communicating project status.

• 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
• Find technical solutions to help the facility work smarter and more efficiently
• Develop and streamline facility protocols to help ensure consistent processes among staff and freelancers
• Help train and support junior staff and ensure smooth onboarding for freelancers
• 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
• 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
• Ensure all media assets are checked in and checked out through the vault database
• Collaborate closely with lead editors, freelancers, producers, junior staff, and clients
• Effectively communicate ongoing project status with producers and artists

• 4+ years experience in post production at editorial, color, and/or finishing companies
• Strong technical and software skills including proficiency in Adobe Premiere, 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 & transcoding RAW footage
• Experience in creating and organizing projects
• Ability to lay out supers and generate prep for color grade, audio mix, and conform
• Proficiency in optimizing videos for social media
• Ability to edit cutdowns for TV and online videos
• Problem-solving skills to find technical solutions for more efficient work
• Ability to develop and streamline facility protocols
• Experience in training and supporting junior staff and freelancers
• 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
• Familiarity with project wrap process and archiving final projects, files, and deliverables
• Understanding of creating final deliverable files to spec for broadcast and online use
• Knowledge of media asset management through a vault database
• Strong collaboration skills with lead editors, freelancers, producers, junior staff, and clients
• Effective communication of ongoing project status with producers and artists

• Health/vision/dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Vacation, sick, and personal days
• Disability, life, and travel insurance plans
• Retirement plans
• Relocation costs (if applicable)