Assistant Editor - Master Post-Production & On-Set Media

Early Media; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Early Media in Austin is hiring an Assistant Editor (Contingent Worker) to keep footage, projects, and post pipelines moving from set to delivery. You'll cycle through our producing, editing, and finishing duties, working directly under producers, editors, and finishing artists to build the full skill set of a working post professional.

Must-haves include Premiere Pro, sync sound, proxy, and multicam workflows, and comfortable use of DaVinci Resolve for prep, conform, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve; on-set media management; support editors.
• Strong attention to detail to avoid mislabeled reels and missing backups.
• Excellent communication with editors, producers and finishing artists.
• Willingness to work on set for media management support.

Responsibilities

• Own ingest: get footage off cards, backed up safely, organized, and proxies generated.
• Build and maintain clean Premiere projects; sync audio, pull selects, organize bins.
• Move media through full lifecycle with trackable data from production to archive.
• Assist the editor by cutting scenes, pulling selects, and addressing notes.
• Manage finishing workflow: conform sequences in Resolve, prep AAFs, prep VFX pulls, layback and delivery.
• Assist on set as media manager: prep drives, manage media on set, ingest footage for QC.

Skills

Premiere Pro

Sync sound

Proxy workflows

Multicam workflows

DaVinci Resolve

Attention to detail

Clear communication

On-set media management

Tools

Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

Early Media in Austin is hiring an Assistant Editor (Contingent Worker) to keep footage, projects, and post pipelines moving from set to delivery. You'll cycle through our producing, editing, and finishing duties, working directly under producers, editors, and finishing artists to build the full skill set of a working post professional.

Must-haves include Premiere Pro, sync sound, proxy, and multicam workflows, and comfortable use of DaVinci Resolve for prep, conform, and delivery.