Assistant Editor
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JobgetherPost-production
Based in India, working hours and overlap with the US team discussed during interviewsContractSenior
Salary15 USD per other
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Job Details
- Experience
- 3–5+ years of experience as an Assistant Editor, Media Manager, or in post-production operations.
- Required Skills
- Google Sheets
Requirements
- Have 3–5+ years of experience as an Assistant Editor, Media Manager, or in post-production operations.
- Be proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, including Project Manager, media consolidation and relinking, and proxy workflows.
- Have hands-on experience preparing VFX turnovers and color handoffs, including EDL, XML, AAF, and plates with handles.
- Understand video codecs, formats, frame rates, resolutions, export settings, and technical quality control.
- Maintain naming conventions, folder structures, and metadata with strong organization and attention to detail.
- Understand backup and archival practices, including the 3-2-1 backup rule, checksum verification, and cloud and LTO storage.
- Be familiar with checksum verification tools such as Hedge or ShotPut Pro.
- Be proficient in Google Sheets, Excel, or Airtable for tracking assets, turnovers, and deliveries.
- Work a typical schedule of 40 hours per week.
Responsibilities
- Organize project files, footage, graphics, music, and sound effects into structured packages for editorial and post-production teams.
- Relink offline media, consolidate projects, organize bins and timelines, and prepare assets for handoffs.
- Synchronize audio and video and prepare stringouts or selects when required.
- Prepare VFX turnovers with plates, reference clips, EDL/XML files, shot notes, and editor instructions.
- Integrate returned VFX shots into timelines and verify synchronization, frame accuracy, and version consistency.
- Prepare locked cuts and export XML, AAF, EDL, and reference videos for color grading; conform graded media and quality-check it against reference versions.
- Ingest and verify media using checksum-verified offloads; create proxies, transcodes, and alternate versions as needed.
- Export and quality-check final masters against technical specifications.
- Archive completed projects, retrieve archived media when requested, and monitor storage capacity.
- Maintain asset trackers, delivery logs, naming conventions, version control, and archive records.
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