Newstaff employment services are recruiting for SKILLED EDIT ASSISTANTS - TV - FILM - LONDON -
You will be part of an in-house post-production team based in London, that will work across all group companies providing services and support to
all our clients.
As a highly skilled Edit Assistant with experience of working in a busy post-production MCR, you will play a key role within the team by
ensuring that all post-production tasks run smoothly. You will have proven customer service skills and a detailed knowledge of post-production
workflows, including file-based processes, and ideally QC & AS-11.
The Daily
- Ensure all offline and online edits are correctly setup and ready before use.
- Guarantee safe backup of camera card material.
- Label and manage file and tape-based material and any relevant metadata.
- Digitise/ingest file and tape-based footage.
- Conform and picture-check final cuts prior to online.
- Exporting and uploading sequences or clips at various specs for client viewing and transcriptions.
- Wrapping-up of finished projects for Grade/Online and Pro Tools mix sessions.
- Assist in managing rushes onto third-party viewing platform software EditShare Flow and Blackbird.
- Exporting of AAF files.
- Assist with general upgrades and maintenance of equipment.
- Keep up to date with the latest technologies and software.
The Essentials
- Previous experience and good knowledge of Avid Media Composer/Symphony and Nexis and Nearline shared storage.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal & written, able to effectively liaise with production personnel.
- Knowledge of file-based workflows and formats.
- Understanding of Avid offline editing, specifically with bin management, metadata, multi-cam and project organisation.
- Be able to troubleshoot and provide support for technical issues.
- An understanding of the post-production pipeline and final processes including online, grading & audio, AQC (Vidcheck) & QC.
- Knowledge of data wrangling and backing up rushes to external drives.
- Familiarity with cloud and FTP portals including Box and Aspera.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure to tight deadlines, prioritise workloads and take ownership whilst on a shift pattern.
- Ability to manage and guide clients who need to hit delivery deadlines in a pressurised environment.
The Nice to Haves
- Experience of using either Editshare Flow or Blackbird.
- Understanding the principles of AS11 delivery.
- Familiarity with VT decks and formats such as HDCam SR, XDCam, Digibeta
- Familiarity with HP-RGS and Teradici connectivity.
- Experience of online scheduling tools, such as Farmer's Wife.
- Good knowledge of DaVinci Resolve, Baselight Editions, Content Agent, Editshare Flow and Pro-Tools.
This role is currently remote due to the pandemic, and you will primarily be working from home with the relevant kit sent out to you.
There may be an occasional requirement for ad-hoc office duties which will be discussed in further detail at the time.
Occasional weekend and evening work will be required.
For further details including rate of pay please send in your cv to and i will get back to you.