Assistant Editor

Alpha School; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha School is seeking a highly organized Assistant Editor to support our growing post-production pipeline. You’ll ingest media, organize assets on shared storage, build Premiere Pro projects, create proxies and transcripts, and onboard editors into the workflow.

This role starts remotely and will transition to in-office Austin as our workspace opens. You’ll assist with media management on local shoots and help maintain the day-to-day post-production setup.

Qualifications

• Professional assistant-editing or post-production experience.
• Experience with footage ingest, proxies, relinking, exports, and media management.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Ingest, organize, and manage footage across shared storage and review platforms.
• Build and organize Premiere Pro projects for editor handoff.
• Create proxies, sync media, generate transcripts, and prepare selects.
• Build basic string-outs and assemblies from interviews and footage.
• Source B-roll, soundbites, music options, and other project assets.
• Create alternate durations, aspect ratios, subtitles, and clean versions.
• Export, label, upload, and organize final deliverables.
• Review videos for caption accuracy, technical issues, and media-consent concerns.
• Media-manage and archive completed projects.
• Maintain ingest logs, transfer records, and consistent naming structures.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for footage ingestion and media availability.
• Help onboard editors by setting up project access and related tools.
• Provide basic support for shared storage, uploads, relinking, and server issues.
• Occasionally support Austin-area shoots through footage offload and upload.
• Learn and use AI-assisted tools to improve speed and quality.

Skills

Post-production experience

Attention to detail

Multi-editor support

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

LucidLink

Frame.io

Job description

Work Structure

Contract; remote to start, transitioning to in-office

Rate

$30/hour

Hours

Full-time

The Role

Alpha School is looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented Assistant Editor to help keep our growing post-production pipeline running smoothly.

You’ll prepare footage and projects for editors, manage media from ingest through archive, create versions and captions, and make sure every asset is organized, accessible, and ready for the next person. You’ll also help onboard editors into our technical workflow, support our shared storage environment, and occasionally assist with media management on local shoots.

This role will begin remotely but is based in Austin. Once our Austin production workspace is operational, you’ll transition to working regularly from the office and help maintain its day-to-day post-production setup.

What You’ll Do

• Ingest, organize, and manage footage across shared storage and review platforms


• Build and organize Premiere Pro projects for editor handoff


• Create proxies, sync media, generate transcripts, and prepare selects


• Build basic string-outs and assemblies from interviews and footage


• Source B-roll, soundbites, music options, and other project assets


• Create alternate durations, aspect ratios, subtitles, and clean versions


• Export, label, upload, and organize final deliverables


• Review videos for caption accuracy, technical issues, and media-consent concerns


• Media-manage and archive completed projects


• Maintain ingest logs, transfer records, and consistent naming structures


• Serve as the primary point of contact for footage ingestion and media availability


• Help onboard editors by setting up project access, LucidLink, Premiere, and related tools


• Provide basic support for shared storage, uploads, relinking, and server-related issues


• Occasionally support Austin-area shoots through footage offload, verification, backup, and upload


• Learn and use AI-assisted tools that improve post-production speed, organization, accessibility, and quality

What We’re Looking For

• Professional assistant-editing, post-production, or video-editing experience


• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro


• Experience with footage ingest, proxies, relinking, exports, and media management


• Exceptional attention to detail and confidence managing large volumes of media


• A clear, consistent approach to file naming and project organization


• Ability to manage multiple priorities and support several editors


• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills


• Willingness to follow established workflows while helping identify improvements


• Curiosity about AI-assisted post-production and enthusiasm for learning new tools


• Ability to work independently in a remote environment and transition to regular in-office work in Austin


• Availability to occasionally support local shoots, including potential evening or weekend work

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with LucidLink, Frame.io, shared-storage environments, or similar platforms


• Experience preparing interview-driven, documentary, branded, or social content


• Familiarity with subtitles, SRT files, accessibility checks, and multi-platform versioning


• Experience handling camera media or performing on-set DIT/media-management duties


• Basic editing instincts and an interest in growing into more editorial work

About You

You are the kind of person who notices when a file is mislabeled, an asset is missing, or a project could be organized more clearly. You enjoy creating order, solving technical problems, and making it easier for editors to focus on the creative work. You are dependable, adaptable, comfortable asking questions, and excited to learn new systems—including emerging AI tools.