Editor

Reporting to: Adam Booth, Executive Producer

Park Village are recruiting for an in-house editor who is proficient in Adobe software, especially Premiere Pro, with a surrounding knowledge of After Effects and post-production processes. The contract is initially for 1 year, which may include a prospective long-form commission, but we’d hope to extend to a full-time position across all our editing needs. You should have experience cutting branded and entertainment content, promos, trailers, working with directors and assisting senior editors, with an ambition to tell long and short form stories and create inspiring content alongside our talented roster of directors. You’ll be joining our busy Production team and working with our producers and EPs to support all edit requirements of our productions, working across long form, commercials, content, and music videos.

We’re confident you are an enthusiastic and passionate individual who wants to take their next exciting career step and join a fast-evolving company.

About Park Village:
Park Village is a multi-faceted Creative Production Studio with our own central London facilities, working across Film, Stills, and Events. We represent an exciting and eclectic roster of directors and photographers, and then there’s our village community of like-minded partners to draw upon. We are developing a burgeoning post department, with plenty of opportunity for growth alongside our newly founded long-form development arm.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with directors, producers, and EPs to effectively deliver work that constantly exceeds client expectations.
2. Offline & Online edit of commercial projects, documentary, showreels, and marketing content.
3. Rushes footage management, storage, and server management.
4. Edit selects, sound syncing, project set up, and build of initial timeline.
5. Participate in the creative process and offer your own ideas and creative solutions.
6. Support all senior and freelance editors with technical requests and in-house processes.
7. Back up, transcode, file, and manage rushes; accurately archive all projects and raw footage.
8. Potential to act as DIT in studio or on set, and as editor on location shoots.
9. Work with the EPs to ensure the effective operations of the post setup.
10. Liaise with external technical support and post-production suppliers.
11. Oversee the output of freelance editors to assist in delivery.
12. Archive delivered projects to Vimeo and server.
13. Sourcing and research of archive and existing footage to implement into edits.
14. Sourcing of music tracks from music libraries for edits.
15. Edit and deliver creative showreels to promote PV and our directors.
16. Upload WIP edits and file transfers for feedback and amends.
17. Assist in housekeeping and management of all footage and project files on Cloud/onsite Server.
18. Media manage and conform for grade.
19. Export for post facilities (OMFs, AIFs, DPX, TIFFs, Q’times, MP4, XMLs, EDLs).
20. Technical maintenance of hard drives, hardware, software licenses, and updates.
21. Work with the Producers/directors to ensure post timelines stay on schedule.
22. Liaise with studio team on upkeep of edit suite and ensuring all visiting Directors, Editors, and clients are looked after.
23. Engage with the staff and culture of PV as a valued member of the team.
24. Extensive Showreel of editing, including both creative offline and technical finishing.
25. A solid understanding of end-to-end editing and post-production workflow.
26. Excellent knowledge of Adobe post-production software and linear editing software (Premiere, FCP, AVID).
27. Basic knowledge of design packages such as Illustrator and Photoshop.
28. Basic knowledge of audio, VO recording, and sound design.
29. Experience of a variety of post software such as DaVinci Resolve, REDcine, frame.io, Quicktime, etc.
30. Good understanding of Codecs, compression, export, and delivery processes.
31. Good understanding of offline/online workflows.
32. Good understanding of online video platforms, file delivery, and upload/download processes.
33. Experience with HD camera workflows – including ingest, transcode, and conform.
34. Understanding of cloud/onsite servers and general media storage.
35. Some experience delivering projects for online, film, and television.
36. Good communication skills, to be comfortable liaising with editors, producers, and EPs.
37. A confident self-starter, a proactive, systematic, and efficient team player.
38. Attention to detail and organizational skills, proven ability to prioritize a challenging workload effectively and work to tight deadlines.
39. Willingness to expand knowledge of editing software, hardware, post-production processes, and protocols.
40. Experience in a similar role in a digital media/post-production environment.

Must be London based with right to work in the UK.