Video Editor, Assistant
USA (Remote)
Salary Not AvailableFull time
Posted 5 weeks ago
Job Description
About The Company
Block by Block Creative, LLC is a mission-driven storytelling agency dedicated to amplifying community-led narratives through compelling visual and digital content. Working primarily with nonprofits, Indigenous Nations, conservation organizations, and public-interest partners across North America, the company aims to create impactful films, digital media, and strategic communications that foster awareness, understanding, and positive change. With a focus on authentic storytelling, Block by Block Creative strives to elevate underrepresented voices and promote social justice through innovative media solutions.
About The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Lead Assistant Editor to join our fully remote team on a full-time basis. The ideal candidate will serve as a vital part of our post-production operations, managing media workflows from ingestion to final delivery. This role requires strong technical expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and a thorough understanding of professional post-production workflows. The Lead Assistant Editor will collaborate closely with producers and editors to organize footage, prepare projects, troubleshoot technical issues, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality content. The position offers an opportunity to work on meaningful projects that contribute to social impact, all while maintaining a flexible remote work environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional organizational skills, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for well-structured post-production processes.
Qualifications
Block by Block Creative, LLC is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply and join our mission to create meaningful social impact through storytelling.
Block by Block Creative, LLC is a mission-driven storytelling agency dedicated to amplifying community-led narratives through compelling visual and digital content. Working primarily with nonprofits, Indigenous Nations, conservation organizations, and public-interest partners across North America, the company aims to create impactful films, digital media, and strategic communications that foster awareness, understanding, and positive change. With a focus on authentic storytelling, Block by Block Creative strives to elevate underrepresented voices and promote social justice through innovative media solutions.
About The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Lead Assistant Editor to join our fully remote team on a full-time basis. The ideal candidate will serve as a vital part of our post-production operations, managing media workflows from ingestion to final delivery. This role requires strong technical expertise in Adobe Premiere Pro and a thorough understanding of professional post-production workflows. The Lead Assistant Editor will collaborate closely with producers and editors to organize footage, prepare projects, troubleshoot technical issues, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality content. The position offers an opportunity to work on meaningful projects that contribute to social impact, all while maintaining a flexible remote work environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional organizational skills, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for well-structured post-production processes.
Qualifications
- Proficiency with Adobe Premiere Pro, including creating multicams, transcripts, and captions.
- Experience with media ingesting, organization, relinking, consolidation, and archiving.
- Knowledge of proxy workflows, transcoding, encoding, and final output formats.
- Ability to pull selects and create stringouts based on scripts or outlines.
- Understanding of professional codecs, frame rates, resolutions, and delivery specifications.
- Experience preparing and transferring Premiere projects and large media libraries for remote editing teams.
- Ability to reformat sequences and projects for different resolutions and aspect ratios.
- Experience licensing and managing stock footage, imagery, and music assets.
- Strong technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines efficiently in a remote setting.
- Reliable high-speed internet connection.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States.
- Fluency in English; proficiency in Spanish, French, or ASL is a plus.
- Manage media ingest, organization, and backup processes for various projects.
- Coordinate with producers and editors to prepare footage and projects for editing.
- Maintain and troubleshoot post-production workflows, including transcoding and encoding tasks.
- Assist in creating multicam sequences, transcripts, captions, and stringouts.
- Ensure media and project files are properly relinked, consolidated, and archived for remote collaboration.
- Reformat sequences and projects for different output specifications and aspect ratios.
- Manage licensing and procurement of stock footage, imagery, and music assets.
- Support the team in resolving technical issues related to media and software.
- Maintain detailed documentation of workflows, media libraries, and project statuses.
- Coordinate edit schedules and assist in finalizing projects for delivery.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of post-production processes and standards.
- Competitive hourly rate of $28/hour.
- Full-time employment classification with paid overtime in accordance with applicable law.
- Paid time off with accrual increasing based on years of service.
- Nine paid floating holidays annually.
- Paid company-wide winter hiatus from December 24 through January 1.
- Medical reimbursement benefit of up to $200 per month for qualifying medical expenses, including health insurance premiums.
- Internet reimbursement of up to $75 per month for high-speed internet at the employee’s primary work location.
Block by Block Creative, LLC is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply and join our mission to create meaningful social impact through storytelling.
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