Lightworks Post-Production Specialist

Lightworks Post-Production Specialist

Join our customer's team as a Lightworks - Post-Production Specialist, leveraging your expertise to shape the next generation of AI-driven editing workflows. This unique opportunity blends deep hands-on editing skill with the chance to influence how advanced AI interprets, supports, and elevates professional post-production using Lightworks. Collaborate remotely with a forward-thinking, creative team and help define the future of high-end video editing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review and evaluate AI-generated instructions related to NLE workflow, including advanced trimming, console-driven edit operations, and bin management.
• Audit the AI’s understanding of specialized Lightworks features such as the Shark console, multi-cam workflows, and VFX routing.
• Validate AI-recommended export and delivery formats, including high-end AVID/ProTools interchange and EDL/XML workflow compatibility.
• Assess the AI’s accuracy in describing Lightworks’ unique fixed versus flexible layout behavior and user interface details.
• Test and troubleshoot AI assistance for advanced post-production scenarios, including metadata handling and collaborative project sharing.
• Provide expert feedback to refine AI knowledge in node-based VFX techniques and cinematic color workflows.
• Document findings and communicate clearly with the team to ensure continual process improvement.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Professional mastery of Lightworks, with a focus on keyboard-driven editing logic and rapid workflow efficiency.
• In-depth knowledge of professional video production and editing techniques.
• Exceptional media management skills, including proxy workflows, link-based vs. local media, and asset organization.
• Hands-on experience with node-based visual effects and LUT color grading in post-production environments.
• Proven ability to resolve complex technical issues, especially those related to project sharing and metadata.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities – clarity and detail matter deeply in this role.
• Background as a Film Editor, Post-Production Specialist, or Video Producer.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AI or automation in post-production.
• Prior work involving advanced delivery specifications and broadcast standards.
• Demonstrated leadership in remote, collaborative editing environments.

Key skills/competency:

• Lightworks
• Post-Production
• Video Editing
• AI Workflows
• NLE
• VFX
• Color Grading
• Media Management
• Keyboard-Driven Editing
• Collaboration