Editor (AV/Video) at Intermission Film

You will be part of an award-winning team that creates trailers, TV spots, creative content, and social AV for films, TV series and entertainment properties across multiple genres, to brief, and to a world-class standard. You will work with the Production, Editorial and Motion Design teams across London, Amsterdam, New York, LA and Melbourne to produce eye-catching, thumb-stopping and mind-blowing creative. You will be unphased by tight deadlines and be able to deal with the pressure of Studio/Streamer clients with a positive, proactive attitude that sets a standard and an inspiration for juniors.

Please note, that this role is based on-site in our London office. 

KEY TASKS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES​

• Offline editing short form AV including, Promos, Creative Content, TV and Trailers.
• Bring a fresh creative perspective and approach to each project.
• Able to edit and adapt to a variety of styles and genres from comedy to drama and everything in between.
• Independently able to confidently cut EVERY form of creative requested by clients including socials, TV spots, trailers, promos and everything in between.
• Understand all broadcast and deliverable specs
• Interpreting and working to client briefs, working through and being receptive to feedback from various internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with producers and designers across the wider Intermission team to deliver projects to the highest possible standard.
• Receive, interpret and action client amends.
• Be comfortable stepping outside your comfort zone and the day-to-day to devise different solutions to briefs and feedback.
• Able to attend client calls and work directly with the client in attended edits.
• Have ownership of creative tasks, and be self-motivated in project involvement, ensuring any quiet time is spent productively.
• Actively build your skills across different types of creative editorial and genres of films and shows. 
• Show conceptual thinking and be able to contribute to ideation meetings, pitches and decks.
• Creating thorough, flexible and tidy footage selects for the project.
• Work alongside other editors and support where necessary.
• Ensure sequences and projects are kept tidy and based on our in-house workflow.
• Create a variety of Avid exports including presented cuts and finishing materials (AAF, QT Refs, BTCs, EDLs; ensure excellent quality control of all exports created.
• Being an active participant in the finishing and QC process when your edits are mixed and onlined.
• Continually improve current knowledge of relevant technology and practices to develop your skills.
• Have a varied music diet and carry out music searches as well being part of briefing music supervisors.
• Help train and support Edit Assistants and Junior Editors.
• Source SFX and sound design from our internal libraries.
• Understand the licensing implications of music and footage used in your edit and what is cleared for use, be able to interpret client archive and cue sheets.
• Be fully up to speed and understand the importance of all of our security protocols.
• Keep accurate timesheets on all projects worked on.

QUALITIES & ATTRIBUTES

• Self-motivated, organised and willing to take initiative in a busy environment. 
• Passionate about film, TV, entertainment and creative content, ensuring you keep abreast of industry marketing and advertising materials including socials.
• An excellent collaborative team player with strong communication skills. 
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously and multi-task under pressure to tight deadlines.
• An extensive understanding of short-form storytelling and narrative conventions, but also not afraid to break narrative rules and structures to produce unique and dynamic creatives.
• Be able to work independently on creative, but seek regular input and be open to feedback from senior editors.
• A strong understanding of the broadcast / theatrical / streaming marketing space, and a desire to keep up to date with industry news and trends. 
• Understand nuances between different types of clients (e.g. independent/studio, sales agent/distributor), and adapt working style to this.
• Have a topline awareness of work being carried out across the whole company.
• Understand Intermission’s values, business strategy and creative goals.
• Realise that our clients demand the highest possible standards and that this requires going above and beyond meaning occasional out of hours work.

EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS​

• Have 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Good AVID knowledge including plugins and effects or Adobe Premiere Pro skills, with an active desire to learn more about the software.
• Excellent knowledge of finishing, frame rates and aspect ratios.
• Excellent knowledge of media management: back-up, ingest, transcode, conform, deliver and archive.
• Professional-level written and spoken English.

HOW TO APPLY

Please upload your CV, portfolio, and cover letter explaining what makes you a good fit for the role.

Start Date: Flexible

Application Deadline: 24th February 2024

Unfortunately, we can only accept candidates with the legal right to live and work in the UK.

This job description is not exhaustive and is liable to review following discussion with the job holder. The job holder will be expected to undertake any other reasonable duties as required and commensurate with the job.

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. Individuals are encouraged to apply regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage, and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds or other underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Application records will be kept on file for 12 months after which point, they will be deleted. If you would like your details removed from our system sooner, please contact us.