Assistant Production Editor — Los Angeles
GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Assist editors to professionally edit A/V materials; TV spots, trailers, sizzle reels, behind-the scenes.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage assigned projects
- Digitize media from tapes
- Load media from hard-drives
- Organize assigned project folders
- Compress spots and trailers to multiple formats for client viewing
- Convert media to project/requested specs
- Look-up licensing information and create cue sheets
- Create shot lists for animated movies or movies w/ VFX
- Layoff/Crash trailers/TV spots to tape or DVD
- Search for stock footage
- Rip features from Blu-ray discs and DVDs
- Split audio in Final Cut Pro
- Create DVD reels
- Convert Audio files
- Prep for in-house and out of house finishes
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Familiar with frame rates, sizes, compressing and converting media
- Extensive knowledge of creative software
- Mac OS X
- Final Cut Pro 7
- Aja Kona Cards
- Compressor 3
- DVD Studio Pro 4
- iDVD
- Mpeg streamclip
- iTunes
- Excellent communicator
- 2 years’ experience as an Assistant Editor
- 1 year experience in a machine room
Please apply by sending a letter and resume to us at: careers@cimarrongroup.com