Assistant Editor/DIT (Project-Based)

About the role

BuzzFeed, Inc. (Ticker: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet. Across food, news, pop culture, and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, buy, and obsess over next. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to improving it: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives. We'll continue to recruit the best founders and creators to join us in this mission, with more additions like HuffPost to come.

Business Area

Content

Job Category

BuzzFeed Studios

Day Rate

$250.00

Union Status

Non-Union

Responsibilities

• Attend active productions, and serve as on-set DIT/Media Manager
• Ingest, Transcode, Organize, and Archive footage
• Keep detailed logs on footage, ingests, and preps
• Prep, Sync multi-cam footage, create string outs, assembly cuts, and apply markers
• Avoid Post-Production Coordinators in managing of assets and production materials
• Support communication between Production and Post-Production teams
• Give feedback on and help improve workflows
• Work with Production Technologies to resolve technical issues
• Flexible hours around production needs

Requirements

• 3+ years experience assistant editing digital content in a professional environment
• Advanced knowledge of Mac OS, Google Suite, DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Creative Cloud apps including Premiere Pro (preferred NLE), Photoshop, Illustrator, Media Encoder and After Effects
• Comfortable working with common video codecs, formats and timecode formats
• Comfortable sharing feedback within a small team environment
• Detail-oriented
• Ability to complete tasks autonomously
• Ability to adapt and meet changing timelines and deliverables while maintaining multiple tasks
• Working knowledge of Post Production and Production process and equipment
• Knowledge of social media and digital video platforms a plus
• Proactive, positive team player, able to help guide projects from ingest to delivery
• Experience behind a camera and knowledge of lighting and sound design a plus
• Experience with proxy-based workflows, remote workflows, SANs and MAMs a plus
• Experience with designing and laying in GFX/VFX a plus