Versioning Editor

Giant Pictures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Giant Pictures in Los Angeles is seeking a Standards & Practices (S&P) compliant editor to review feature films and long-form content for broadcast and platform requirements. You will assess content for language, nudity, violence, and other restricted elements, and prepare notes for modifications.

You will create compliant alternate versions with edits, maintain frame-accurate sync, re-conform captions and audio, and manage multiple titles and deadlines while staying current with evolving

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional video editing experience, preferably with feature films or long-form content.
• Proficiency in Premiere Pro and/or Avid Media Composer; experience with DaVinci Resolve or After Effects is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review content for S&P compliance against platform and client guidelines.
• Notate material requiring modification: language, nudity, violence, sexual content, and more.
• Prepare timecode notes and version documentation for each edit.
• Create compliant alternate versions using edits, mutes, blurs, and dialogue substitutions.
• Maintain creative integrity and frame-accurate sync across picture, dialogue, and music.
• Re-conform captions/subtitles to edited masters and keep assets organized.
• Manage multiple titles with overlapping deadlines and coordinate with QC/ops.
• Stay current with evolving standards and policies and apply them consistently.

Skills

Video editing

S&P compliance knowledge

Deadline management

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Avid Media Composer

DaVinci Resolve

Adobe After Effects

Job description

• Compensation: USD 60,000 - USD 80,000 - yearly

Company Description

We are a boutique digital distribution company specializing in independent film. Ourmission is to connect great indie stories with audiences around the world through platformslike iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Tubi, and more. We work closely with filmmakers to ensure their creative vision is preserved and their work reaches its full potential in thedigital landscape. Giant Pictures owns and operates specialty theatrical label, DrafthouseFilms, and is the distribution and technology partner of the Tribeca Festival. Learn more at www.giant.pictures

Job Description

• Perform Standards & Practices (S&P) compliance review of feature films and other long-form content against broadcast, platform, and client requirements, including TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA guidelines.
• Identify and notate all material requiring modification: language, nudity, sexual content, violence, drug and alcohol use, graphic imagery, and other restricted content.
• Prepare timecode compliance notes, and version documentation accounting for every modification made to each master.
• Create compliant alternate versions using picture edits, audio mutes and bleeps, dialogue substitution, blurs, reframing, and other established compliance techniques.
• Maintain the creative integrity, continuity, pacing, and technical quality of the original program while executing required edits, holding frame-accurate sync across picture, dialogue, and music and effects.
• Re-conform captions, subtitles, and secondary audio to each compliance version so all deliverable elements stay in sync with the edited master.
• Maintain accurate file naming, version control, asset tracking, and delivery records so any version can be identified, sourced, and reproduced on request.
• Manage multiple titles and overlapping deadlines, coordinating with QC and operations on delivery dates, fix cycles, and redeliveries.
• Stay current on evolving broadcast Standards & Practices, advertiser suitability requirements, platform content policies, and rating body guidelines, and apply them consistently across the slate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 to 5 years of professional video editing experience, preferably including feature films, long-form television, in-flight versioning and broadcast versioning.
• Advanced proficiency in professional non-linear editing software, ideally Adobe Premiere Pro and/or Avid Media Composer. Experience with DaVinci Resolve, Adobe After Effects, or comparable finishing tools is a plus.
• Working knowledge of broadcast and streaming delivery specifications, including common video, audio, and caption formats.