Scripting Editor

Key Responsibilities

• Create, edit, and proof high-touch projects from high-profile clients.
• Achieve an elevated level of accuracy while meeting client expectations for efficiency.

Main Duties

• Create Dialogue Lists, Spotting Lists, Localization Lists, and Continuity Lists for films, trailers, and television series.
• Transcribe and time spoken dialogue and plot-relevant text elements.
• Identify and tag specific elements for metadata and export accuracy.
• Annotate key terms and phrases to aid translation.
• Describe key continuity information including protagonists, setting, action, and camera angle.
• Create related supporting documents.
• Export and finalize documents in Word and Excel.
• Quality check the above products when others complete them.
• Update and edit scripting deliverables to account for updated source media or client instructions.
• Complete scripts and documentation in deliverable condition to deadlines.
• Ensure scripts are error-free and meet the highest industry standards as well as unique client specifications.
• Meticulously track edits and updates across multiple documents and versions.
• Support and improve understanding of all scripting products to assist as a point of contact for client services, production management, Eikon teams, and clients.
• Contribute to more scripting products and services as they are developed, altered, or added.

Skills and Attributes

• Hands-on scripting or transcription experience in the feature film, streaming, or broadcast media industries.
• Well-rounded knowledge of historical and contemporary events, cultural references, slang, idiom, and an overall curiosity about pop culture and film.
• Knowledge of subtitling requirements and post-production processes.
• Ability to exercise critical and analytical thinking while working with creative content.
• Superlative attention to detail and the ability to maintain focus across different projects.
• Organized, adaptable, and quick to react to shifting priorities.
• Confidence to work independently using own initiative, but also to collaborate to ensure consistency and support the wider team's needs.
• Effective and diplomatic communication with colleagues at all levels.
• An ability to handle high-pressure situations and sensitive information.
• A positive and mature attitude to hard work.
• An affinity for picking up new processes and software.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Literature, Creative Writing, Film Studies, or equivalent relevant experience.
• One year of post-production scripting or transcription experience.
• Strong IT literacy including Microsoft Office.

Location and Benefits

This is a full-time, in-house position in our Burbank office. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental & vision coverage, vacation & sick leave, 401(k), and more.