Assistant Editor

Advertising Producers Association; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a passionate Assistant Editor to join their vibrant team in London. This role involves supporting talented editors through the postproduction process, managing media ingestion and output using Avid Media Composer and Premiere Pro, and coordinating projects effectively. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in editing software, a keen understanding of digital camera formats, and the ability to work flexibly under various circumstances. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will enhance the creative process and help deliver exceptional content across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in postproduction or edit house.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Avid Media Composer and Premiere Pro.

Responsibilities

• Assist editors throughout the postproduction process.
• Ingest and output media from Avid & Premiere, including transcoding.

Skills

Avid Media Composer

Premiere Pro

Digital camera formats knowledge

Production and post production workflow

Adobe After Effects

Data management

Tools

Nexis

Job description

Whitehouse Post is a commercial editorial company with offices in London, New York, Chicago and LA. We look after some of the most talented editors in the business. We work with many different advertising agencies, production companies and post houses.

We are looking for an assistant editor that has 2 years plus experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assisting editors throughout the postproduction process
• Liaising with production and our production partners.
• Ingesting and outputting media from Avid & Premiere including transcoding and data management.
• Project coordination and management of Nexis.
• Creating EDLs, AAFs and uncompressed QuickTimes
• Create QuickTime movie links with the necessary knowledge of codecs, conversions and compression procedures
• Source sound effects, music and track lay
• Supply EDL’s and prep to our Post Arm
• Edit on set in the UK and worldwide

The ideal candidate will have the following experience:

• A comprehensive knowledge of Avid Media Composer & Premiere pro.
• An understanding of a wide range of digital camera formats and their respective file-based workflows.
• An understanding of Adobe After Effects.
• Worked within an edit house or postproduction facility for minimum 2 years.
• Thorough knowledge of production and post production workflow.
• Established relationships with production companies, agencies and post houses.

The successful candidate must have passion for editing and be flexible enough to work under a variety of circumstances.