Freelance Sr. Assistant Editor

Trailer Park Group is a full-service agency specializing in content creation and entertainment marketing. Trailer Park is uniquely positioned to create, market, and distribute content for its diverse client portfolio of top entertainment studios and major brands by combining storytelling expertise with large-scale production resources. With content creation at the center, we support our clients with strategy, creativity, and the latest digital services.

The Freelance Senior Assistant Editor position requires the person to perform a wide range of tasks across all the Trailer Park Group Divisions. Tasks include general I/O to and from clients, transcoding assets for editorial use, social resizes, simple editorial revisions, overcutting sequences with newer and/or final media, doing shot requests, graphics requests, dailies assemblies, preps for finish and the creation of final deliverables. This is an in-person position due to the handling of high-security titles.

Please note this Freelance W2 position requires on-site/in-office work in Hollywood, California.

Hours: 1:30 pm - 10:00 pm. 3-month freelance assignment.

Responsibilities

• Create projects for editors with all project’s media and client’s branding

• Create audio and video finishing preps for across all the Trailer Park Group Divisions

• Create social resizes (in-platform, 16x9, 1x1, 4x5, 9x16, 9x16TT)

• Create scripts, SRTs, and Burn-in Captions

• Identify and troubleshoot asset discrepancies related to fonts, localization, ratings, frame rates, color, resolution, and codecs.

• Must have an aptitude to participate in the creation of video final deliverables

• Responsible for any migration efforts of the legacy content or new business unit content. Also, in charge of exporting and archiving content

• Creation of media management of current projects for archival

• Learn and follow Trailer Park’s organization of network, SAN storage, and asset management.

• Learn and follow Trailer Park’s security requirements and procedures.

Qualifications

• 3+ Years of assistant editor experience preferably within a theatrical marketing environment.

• Extensive knowledge of Adobe Premiere. Avid Media Composer is a plus but not required.

• Understanding of frame rates, timecode, aspect ratios, resolutions, video scanning (interlaced vs progressive), and color spaces

• Basic knowledge of audio programs a plus (Pro Tools, Adobe Audition).

• Airtable knowledge is a plus but not required.

• Ability to work independently, possessing good communication skills and the ability to prioritize, multitask, managing upward and downward.

• Willingness and ability to work overtime with little notice.

• Willingness to work “on-call” one weekend a month (paid).

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Hourly pay range for this position is below.
$28—$30 USD