Editor (Manchester)

Description

JOB TITLE:                                       Editor   

REPORTING TO:                             Post Production Manager

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE:

Brown Bag Films requires an experienced animatic editor required to work with our Post-production team on a variety of exciting animation series over the coming months. The position will involve working closely with our Post-Production and Production teams. Work will include building animatics, shot breakdown of animatics and assembly edits of offlines.

Key Areas of responsibilities:

• Building and amending of animatics on Adobe Premiere platform
• Assembling of offlines
• Shot breakdown of animatics and preparing files for  the animation studio
• Offline editing of finished animation.
• Management of timeline during retakes process and prep for online.
• Completion of tracking charts and paperwork for post department
• Outputting and video encoding from Adobe Premiere as well as exporting elements for subsequent stages of post-production.
• Minor animatic panel fixes using Photoshop       

Person Specification/Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience of editing preferably on Adobe Premiere
• Keen storytelling ability
• A solid understanding of broadcast video technology, video formats and the post-production process
• Experience of working in a high-volume environment and working to broadcast deadlines.
• Some basic Photoshop skills
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to keep a cool head under pressure and work independently.
• Good communication skills – keeping supervisors up to date on progress.
• Creative thinking and initiative
• Experience and knowledge of animation is an advantage.
• Ability to confidently present work to client and implement creative feedback.