Pool Party Creative is a boutique production company specializing in AV and digital creative for streaming, network and theatrical companies. We’re currently looking for a candidate with drive, talent and experience to join our team as a full-time Assistant Editor. We work efficiently under tight deadlines and need someone who won’t be afraid to jump into the deep end with us! Our working philosophy is unique and perhaps better aligned for you than where you are currently. We may have a small pond, but we believe all our fish should have big opportunities. Please contact us to find out more about what this means.

 

Preferably, this is a position for a candidate with 2-3 years of assistant editing experience within the creative advertising industry. Must be located in Los Angeles, CA or willing to relocate. A background in editing with skills in Premiere Pro is essential. If you are interested, please reach out with your resume and a brief explanation of why you believe you are right for this position. Thank you!

 

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Ingesting media assets

• Overseeing prep, organization and transfer of finishing deliverables (i.e overcuts, picture/audio preps, conforming spots to different aspect ratios, cue sheets, captioning spots, graphics requests)

• Creating and maintaining Master Premiere projects

• Ensuring NAS Server and Dropbox are organized and follow in house workflows and folder structure

• Assisting editors with media access and general troubleshooting

• Ensuring all agency documents are accurate and up to date

• Creating internal and external posting links via clients’ and Pool Party’s preferred sharing platforms

• Ability and/or passion to learn to cut original creative utilizing the expertise of the pros at Pool Party Creative to help crack the code.

 

Requirements include, but not limited to:

• Strong understanding of the Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere 2019, 2020, 2021, Adobe Media Encoder and Photoshop)

• Basic understanding/experience with Avid Media Composer

• Strong understanding of camera formats, codecs, raster dimensions, frame rates, file types and transcoding

• Proficient in MacOS

• Experience at an A/V trailer house strongly preferred

• Ability to work 12pm – 9pm, plus overtime if necessary.
  NOTE: this is onsite, in our Burbank office, remote work not available.

• Eager to continue to learn about video editing and entertainment marketing

• Fun spirited with a team first attitude