Edit Assistant
- Company
- Intermission Film
- Location
- New York, NY
- Work type
- Full Time
- Posted
- 2026-10-13
Job description
What You’ll Do
Ingest, transcode and organize media across formats for offline editing workflows.
Sync audio, build multicam sync maps and align stems to picture.
Set up offline and online projects with organized folder structures, and support offline edits, including creative cuts where needed.
Conform media for online, create AAFs and exports, and prepare finishing materials from locked sequences.
Export to spec in multiple codecs and containers, and resize footage for social formats and platform requirements.
Provide high-res material from locked spots to the motion graphics team for GFX/VFX.
QC all work and deliver files to broadcasters, partners and clients, taking ownership of deliverables.
Manage EditShare and other storage (workspaces, permissions) and archive projects to LTO and cloud.
Troubleshoot software and hardware issues, escalating when needed, and support system maintenance and upgrades with our global technical team.
Work with our global teams across time zones, managing your own tasks and deadlines, and ensuring clear and thorough handovers between offices
Train staff and freelancers on bespoke workflows, help maintain documentation, and stay on top of industry tech and workflows.
What You’ll Bring
Strong Adobe Premiere Pro skills, plus Avid Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve.
Demonstrable post-production experience as an assistant or operator (1+ year full-time).
Solid grasp of formats, frame rates, codecs, color spaces, HD/UHD/HDR, audio configuration, rushes and folder structures.
Shoot-to-finish media management (backup through archive), including localizing and versioning (subtitles, GFX replacement, dubbing, re-racking).
Proactive, organized problem-solver, comfortable owning things in a smaller team and working across time zones.
Professional-level written and spoken English, and the legal right to work in the US.
Nice to have: editing experience, IT or scripting knowledge, hardware troubleshooting.
Committed to sharing knowledge and learning from mistakes.
A passion for film!
