Assistant Editor/DIT (Project-Based)

About BuzzFeed, Inc.

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

BuzzFeed Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We reserve the ability to adjust the final compensation for this role based on the final candidate's experience, skillset, certifications, and geography.

The Role

BuzzFeed is looking for a dedicated Assistant Video Editor to join our Post Production team on a per project basis. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ingesting media and prepping for edit within Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve. Candidates may be asked to troubleshoot common Post issues and address technical notes within edits. They will also oversee QC and exporting on occasion. All tasks will be on location with active productions In and around San Diego, including Temecula. Must have access to reliable high speed internet.

You Will

• 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.
• Assist 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

You Have

• 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