Online Editor - Freelance

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking skilled online editors to join their dynamic team. This freelance role focuses on online finishing for theatrical, broadcast, and social media delivery. Candidates will engage in high-volume editing tasks, ensuring quality control and efficient workflows. The position requires expertise in software like Premiere CC and Davinci Resolve, alongside a keen technical eye for detail. Join a creative agency that values passion and precision, and be part of exciting projects that span global territories. If you're ready to tackle challenges and thrive under pressure, this opportunity is designed for you.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in online editing for theatrical and broadcast platforms.
• Proficient in technical quality control and workflow management.

Responsibilities

• Produce localised content for worldwide territories in a film environment.
• Organise workflow and ensure accurate file management for projects.

Skills

Premiere CC

Media Encoder CC

Davinci Resolve

RCM Colour space management

Basic grading

Workflow management of assets

Match grade in various colour spaces

Reading Scopes & QC material

Subtitling workflows

Troubleshooting issues

Job description

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Picture Production Company is a leading International Creative Production agency that combines a dedicated award-winning creative team with unparalleled production facilities.

With offices in London and LA, we offer a full agency cross platform service that delivers on brief, on budget and on schedule – our commitment, our passion and our attention to detail can be seen on-screen in each and every job we do.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are currently looking to expand our pool of freelance resource for online editing. The role is an online finishing role specifically for theatrical, broadcast and social media delivery platforms. This role is strictly for those who have a technical eye for QC’ing via scopes and reviewing edits / conforming. The candidate will need to be available in May and June 2025.

The majority of the work involves machine work editing and repeating the process for various countries (not creative editing). As well as localisation for HD Broadcast and online, you will also be finishing and conforming edits via Resolve in 2K theatrical finish, along with applying basic and technical grades.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working closely with our localisation Account Managers, Graphics & Audio teams to produce localised content from TV spots / Trailers / Featurettes / Promos for worldwide territories within film environment.
• Dealing with high volumes of TV spots, social media content and trailer mastering on a daily basis to meet client deadlines.
• Organising clean workflow and ensuring all files are filed and named accurately with regards to projects and delivery content masters.
• Support and work in a team of Online Editors.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Premiere CC (Advanced level)
• Media Encoder CC (Intermediate to Advanced level)
• Davinci Resolve (Intermediate to semi-Advance level)
• RCM Colour space management
• Basic grading / tech grading / Creative grading
• Workflow management of assets
• Match grade in various colour spaces
• The ability to competently read Scopes & QC material before it gets distributed.
• The ability to work fast and efficiently under pressure.
• Understanding of Subtitling workflows with SRT and XML management
• Troubleshoot issues and suggest fast and efficient solutions to finish.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Please note that this is a freelance position and work will be assigned on a temporary basis. This role is inside IR35 regulations, therefore you will be required to be paid via our payroll. This role is based in our office.