Dynamic Assistant Editor — TV & Video Post-Production

America's Test Kitchen; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

America’s Test Kitchen is seeking an Assistant Editor for the TV & Video department in Boston. The role supports post-production, media management, and archiving across onsite shoots and OTT projects.

You will handle media transfers, log assets with CatDV, and prepare Premiere projects for editors, working closely with the Senior Director of Post-Production in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years working as an Assistant Editor on Television or Video productions.
• Comfortable with Mac and Windows based computer systems.
• Experience with file servers and file management of media assets (CatDV).
• Knowledgeable with encoding, transcoding, proxy workflows, and aspect ratios.
• Competent in Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer and After Effects.
• Experience with motion graphics, color grading and audio mix is a plus.
• Familiarity with closed captioning software (Stanza) and Video Management Platforms (Zype).

Responsibilities

• Assist with overall TV, Video and OTT post-production needs.
• Manage media transfer and backup during TV, OTT & Video shoots.
• Ingest and archive footage, assets, and all final deliverables.
• Use CatDV workflows to organize and log assets, rename clips, make proxies, and prepare footage for Video, TV, OTT edits.
• Multicam, sync, gather elements, and prepare Premiere Production projects for editors.
• Support offsite and onsite editors on all edit projects.
• Create and maintain a library for shared b-roll, music, GFX, and SFX.
• Build and oversee a digital video library of all ATK productions.

Skills

Post-production

Media management

Archiving

Video encoding

Team collaboration

Tools

CatDV

Premiere Pro

Avid Media Composer

After Effects

Stanza

Zype

Job description

America’s Test Kitchen is seeking an Assistant Editor for the TV & Video department in Boston. The role supports post-production, media management, and archiving across onsite shoots and OTT projects.

You will handle media transfers, log assets with CatDV, and prepare Premiere projects for editors, working closely with the Senior Director of Post-Production in a fast-paced environment.