Edit Assistant

Wildstar Films Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 5,200 - 7,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Training and development plans

In-house HR support

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Wildstar Films Ltd is seeking an experienced Finishing Edit Assistant to support a production team for a 6-week period. The role focuses on managing edit projects, assisting senior producers, and ensuring broadcast-ready post workflows in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong Avid Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve skills, plus experience with Nexis/shared storage and media management. Interviews will be held in Bristol during the week of 5 October.

Qualifications

• Experience handling graded and mixed programme material.
• Strong knowledge of Avid Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve.
• Experience within complex broadcast post-production workflows.
• Excellent MacOS knowledge and technical aptitude.
• Ability to relink, conform, export, consolidate and deliver materials.

Responsibilities

• Organising and managing complex edit projects and media workflows.
• Supporting Senior Producers and Production Management through final post.
• Handling and troubleshooting graded and mixed assets in Avid workflows.
• Preparing reversion projects and media for turnovers and broadcaster deliveries.
• Liaising with Post Supervisors, Production teams and external facilities.
• Maintaining project organisation across shared storage systems.
• Providing technical troubleshooting and workflow support to the edit team.

Skills

Organisation

Multitasking

Calm under pressure

Troubleshooting

Team coordination

Tools

Avid Media Composer

DaVinci Resolve

Avid Nexis

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Wildstar Films are looking to recruit an experienced Finishing Edit Assistant to support a production team for 6 weeks to deliver an exciting blue-chip natural history series.

Duties

• Organising and managing complex edit projects and media workflows.
• Supporting Senior Producers and Production Management through final post.
• Handling and troubleshooting graded and mixed programme assets within Avid workflows.
• Preparing reversion Avid projects and media for turnovers, versioning and broadcaster deliveries.
• Liaising with Post Supervisors, Production teams and external facilities.
• Maintaining project organisation across shared storage systems.
• Providing technical troubleshooting and workflow support across the edit team.

Ideal candidate requirements

• Experience handling already graded and mixed programme material.
• Excellent knowledge of Avid Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve.
• Strong understanding of relinks, conforms, exports, consolidates and delivery materials.
• Significant experience working within complex broadcast post-production workflows.
• Strong understanding of conforms, relinking, online workflows and delivery specifications.
• Experience working with Avid Nexis and shared storage environments.
• Strong knowledge of codecs, file formats and media management.
• Excellent MacOS knowledge and strong technical aptitude.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to multitask and remain calm under pressure.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and additional post-production software is an advantage.

This will be a full-time role, starting from 12th October.

Interviews will be held in person in Bristol the week commencing 5th October.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are only able to contact those we wish to take forward.

Our company was founded on the simple belief that the natural world is constantly evolving and our job is to keep up. To achieve this we bring fresh thinking, new perspectives and greater diversity to natural history, approaching each new challenge with an open mind and a flexible attitude.

Benefits and Perks

• competitive salaries
• training and development plans
• in-house HR support
• employee assistance programme

We are an inclusive, equal‑opportunities employer.

We actively welcome candidates from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, or for interviews and communication, please let us know.