- Job Requirements: Must be in the Union. Must be local to location (or willing to work as a local).
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Additional Requirements:
- Have you supported a live event/award type of show before?
Paramount is seeking an experienced assistant editor to provide support for a live special event edit. This position requires to be in person at our midtown location.
This includes basic assistant editor duties, working with producers to execute various editorial projects which involves but not limited to keep track of existing show media, building multi groups under a tight deadline, strong syncing and organizational skills desired.
Looking for experienced top level AEs with network show backgrounds that can troubleshoot on their own.
***Avid MC AES with network live show credits) are preferred.***
Responsibilities:
-Media management of multiple projects in a shared storage environment.
-Transcoding files for multiple platforms.
-Assisting editors for string outs, prepping multi-group edits/synching, exporting cuts and take over smaller edits
-Follow naming conventions for all media and keeping it consistent thru the workflow.
-Working with other groups for ongoing needs
Basic Requirements:
-Must be comfortable/expert user with Avid Media Composer not limited to Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and encoding apps.
-Has worked in a stressful near live event delivering assets for live show EVS playout
-Experienced in workflows of sending full shows to mix (prepping projects, AAF, log sheets, etc)
-Executed creating final deliverables for full length shows
-Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot edit maintenance issues (ex: media offline, audio issues, reconnecting old projects, etc) Avid errors
-Able to handle multiple requests in a fast-paced environment.
-Know the differences between file codecs from tapeless material.
-Understand the digital delivery process and the types of files exported for on/air & online.
-Comfortable in a Mac environment as well as the ability to multitask under changing priorities.
-Team player and open to various workflows from different groups.
-Flexible hours (late nights and weekend work)
-Bachelor's Degree and someone genuinely interested in post-production who wants get on track to be an editor.
-Effective verbal and written communication skills are necessary