Edit Assistant

3 days ago


London, UK, United Kingdom RedCat Digital Full time

Edit Assistant – Junior to Mid Level

Day rate: £185-225/day

Start: October

Contract Length: 3 months

Location: Hybrid / London


A leading media company is looking for an Edit Assistant to be part of their in-house post-production team based in London, providing services and support to all their clients.


As a skilled Edit Assistant with experience 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 detailed knowledge of post-production workflows, including file-based processes, and ideally QC & AS-11.


The Role:

  • Ensure all offline and online edits are correctly set up 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.


Previous Experience:

  • 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.


Nice to Have:

  • 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.

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