- Job Requirements: Must be local to location (or willing to work as a local).
Job Description:
We are looking for talented, passionate ASSISTANT EDITORS to join our team in NY. This role includes assistant editing on client-funded projects (native and branded), lifestyle content for our website and web series. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and have experience working on similar content. We are looking for assistant editors who adapt well to change have basic editing skills, syncing, multi camming, file formats, codecs, 4k & above workflow and footage, transcoding proxy files, prepping for online color and containers. This is a freelance position.
ONLY APPLICANTS WITH A REEL WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Qualifications:
Advanced level in editing software: Adobe Premiere
Intermediate level in After Effects
Deep understanding of codecs, exporting, transcoding and converting video files
Collaborate with Producers to create content that meets strict creative and technical standards.
Experience with 4k plus post workflows.
Excel in "finishing a video" (balancing audio, color correcting, fine-tuning cuts, etc.)
He/She must be able to multi-task, be personable with producers, take direction, and work on deadlines.
The right candidate will have the following attributes:
Great understanding of post-production software: Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, and other Creative Cloud programs
1-2 years of hands-on relevant editing experience with reels to showcase
Experience with sizzle reels or graphic design a big plus
A genuine interest in and aptitude for the type of shows POPSUGAR makes
"Gets" the POPSUGAR brand and voice
Can work positively and collaboratively with team
Grace under great pressure, great people skills, high integrity
Great organizational skills (both with managing video projects & personally)
Candidate will create and close Basecamp projects, log music and logos, tag and add metadata, archive projects, transcode 4k footage and create proxies.
Provide Creative Cloud tech support and troubleshoot problems as they arise, source and file media requests.
Software & Platforms: Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere Pro, Basecamp, Final Cut, ProTools, CatDV, Box, Filezilla & Aspera
Compensation DOE. Based in New York.
ONLY APPLICANTS WITH A REEL WILL BE CONSIDERED.