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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
Hourly: $12.00 an hour
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, and 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
- Comfortable working with common video codecs, formats and timecode formats
- Comfortable sharing feedback within a small team environment
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to complete tasks autonomously
- Ability to adapt and meet changing timelines and deliverables while maintaining multiple tasks
- Working knowledge of Post Production and Production process and equipment
- Knowledge of social media and digital video platforms a plus
- Proactive, positive team player, able to help guide projects from ingest to delivery
- Experience behind a camera and knowledge of lighting and sound design a plus
- Experience with proxy-based workflows, remote workflows, SANs and MAMs a plus
- Experience with designing and laying in GFX/VFX a plus
Life at BuzzFeed, Inc.
We celebrate inclusion and are committed to equal opportunity employment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category.
You Can Expect
- A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth through work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, and more
Key skills/competency
- Assistant Editing
- DIT (Digital Imaging Technician)
- Media Management
- Post Production Workflows
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- Video Transcoding
- Quality Control (QC)
- Footage Archiving
- Production Support
How to Get Hired at BuzzFeed
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 3+ years of assistant editing and DIT experience, specifically mentioning Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Quantify achievements where possible.
- Showcase technical skills: Emphasize your proficiency with Mac OS, Google Suite, video codecs, and post-production workflows. Include any experience with GFX/VFX or remote workflows.
- Demonstrate adaptability: Use your cover letter to express your ability to meet changing timelines, work autonomously, and be a proactive team player in a dynamic production environment.
- Prepare for interviews: Be ready to discuss your experience with media management, troubleshooting technical issues, and your understanding of production and post-production processes.
- Highlight on-location experience: Mention any experience working on active productions and your ability to manage media effectively in the field.
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