Lead Assistant Editor

Job Description

Our mission is to delight, engage, and inspire you through real-life storytelling.
Who are we?
We are a modern media company that engages a global audience of more than 300 million monthly viewers on all major digital, mobile, and streaming television platforms, with 700 million minutes watched each month. We create award-winning video content and original programming in the categories of Food, Travel, and Home & Design that we share with an engaged, passionate, and global community. Tastemade is built upon real data and an innovative approach to programming. We are changing the way the world watches, experiences, and engages with premium lifestyle content.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for passionate people who want to change the world through the art of storytelling. People that are driven to disrupt the status quo and not just looking for another job. We are seeking a Lead Assistant Editor to join our growing team! The Lead Assistant Editor reports to Sandy Salas, Director of Post Production and works closely with the Post Production Supervisor, Post Coordinators, Senior Editor, Assistant Editors, and Media and Tech Lead to refine and enforce workflows, tackle content requests, and support project archive and media management. This person handles all of the shifting priorities of the day flexing between the ongoing daily requests that come through post across all areas of the department. This includes handling all footage transfer post support for projects shot in the US but being outsourced to Global TM location + third-party vendors for offline editing, color, and mix.
This role ensures that our content meets Tastemade brand standards by overseeing and supporting our daily workflow and ongoing best practices. The Lead AE implements project ingest and prep, oversees contingent AE work assignments, ensures that editors are following our best practices and QC specs, addresses notes when editors aren't booked, tracks and supports media management, preps for color and mix, handles final deliveries, internal QC, and also tracks and archives projects.Our Values:
• Tell a great story. Develop original and untold stories that inspire, excite, and delight. Great storytelling has the power to not only entertain but to shape culture.
• Embrace our world. Be globally-minded-value inclusivity and diversity, respect the richness of all cultures, and appreciate those who are different from yourself.
• Be constantly curious. Ask questions. Find answers. Always look for opportunities to learn and experience something new.
• Create community through experience. Treat every moment as an opportunity to create meaningful experiences to share. Shared moments build community.
• Own the Outcome. Think and act like an owner. You are entrusted to do what is best for Tastemade and for our community.What you'll be doing:
• The Lead Assistant Editor handles project prep and setup for all brand projects.
• Addresses creative and QC notes.
• Preps for online mix and color.
• Prepares & QCs final deliverables.
• Coordinates and implements project archiving across all Tastemade content.
• Handles all extraneous daily requests that come through post production on a daily basis.
• Supports contingent AE project assignment and workflow.
• Troubleshoots and supports our Adobe Productions workflow.
• Supports our remote edit bay workflow.
• Monitors our server storage.
• Supports Senior Editor with legacy content requests for Biz Dev deals.
• Works on the catalog of new and existing legacy content to make more titles available for licensing.
• The role works closely with our Post Manager and our Senior Editor to maintain consistency and best practices across all content types.
• Fields all daily workflow requests and troubleshoots tech errors.
• Tracks and log footage in CATDV.
• Recommends and implements improvements for workflow and best practices.What you'll bring:
• Must be above expert skill level in Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects experience
• Must have basic NLE and computer troubleshooting skills
• Have a strong understanding of video best-practices: file formats, codecs and their proper handling in a post-production workflow, as well as keep up with software updates and new products available to increase workflow efficiency
• The ideal candidate will have experience working in a high volume, deadline-driven environment, with strong written & verbal communication skills and experience coordinating a team of supporting editors and AEs.
• This position also works closely with our Post Media and Technology Lead on media management, system implementation, and tech workflow.
• This candidate should have strong technical and organizational skills with experienced knowledge of the Adobe suite of products, specifically Adobe Productions, Premiere, After Effects, and Media Encoder
• Must be a collaborator with great communication skills
• Project organization has to be a source of pride and not an afterthought
• Knowledge of VidChecker, CrushFTP, and CatDV, a plus.
• Knowledge of Davinci Resolve, a plus.
• Knowledge of ProTools, a plus.
• Knowledge and experience of AVID Media Composer, organization, and workflow setup, a plus.
What Makes Us a Great Opportunity?
We prioritize an inclusive, People-first culture at Tastemade. From your first day, we strive to be a welcoming team that supports, nurtures and grows. We are also firm believers in ''walking the talk'' -- our employee-led workplace experience committees, DE&I groups, and wellness and philanthropic initiatives reflect much of our culture and build a sense of real community among our team. While working at Tastemade, you will collaborate with passionate, curious, and authentic peers, who are driven by our core values and equally enthusiastic about food, travel and home & design.
Hybrid work at Tastemade
This is a hybrid job opportunity and the candidate must be based in Los Angeles.
Total Rewards:
• Stock options
• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD, Life EAP, and 401K benefits
• Apple iMac, MacBook or equivalent hardware
• Monthly wellness stipend to support your physical and mental health
• Monthly electronics allowance to partially offset cell phone and internet costs
• One-time home office equipment stipend
• Professional development by way of a feedback-driven culture, regular performance check-ins, and in-house mentorship and support programs
• Collaborative, passionate, and fun colleagues!

Tastemade is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruiting and interview process. If you require any assistance or need accommodations, please reach out to us at peopleops@tastemade.com
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Manager/Supervisor

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0pob1-3-133-109-211-42 in your application.