Film Editor Job at Distant Moon, Inc, Leesburg, VA

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  • Distant Moon, Inc
  • Leesburg, VA

Job Description

Job Overview

Distant Moon’s Film Editor reports to our studio in Leesburg, VA and works under the creative direction of our directors and/or Post Production Supervisor to produce assemblies, rough cuts, fine cuts, and final cuts that meet Distant Moon’s high standards and capture the vision of the client as interpreted by a project’s creative lead. The Film Editor reports directly to the Post Production Supervisor. 

Roles and Responsibilities include: 

  • Working under the direction of the Post Production Supervisor for all creative feedback and reporting to the Post Production Manager for all scheduling and deliverables.
  • Working under the creative direction of a project’s director and/or the Post Production Supervisor to ensure the goals of an edit are met at every stage.
  • Using Distant Moon’s standard operating procedures for all editorial work.
  • Organizing, syncing, and categorizing footage for Distant Moon edits.
  • Taking a lead when applicable in editing together assembly cuts, rough cuts, fine cuts, and final cuts of edits.
  • Serving as the initial round of review before work goes to a supervisor or director.
  • Basic sound mixing for getting voice and music to appropriate levels up until an edit is sent off to the sound department for final mix and design.
  • Sourcing archival images, video, and other online assets as directed by the post-production supervisor.
  • Finding music and/or editing music tracks together.
  • Uploading edits to frame.io and sharing review links internally.
  • As applicable to your interests, potentially traveling periodically for on-set/on-location production, either locally or on travel jobs at Distant Moon’s expense.

Essential Skills and Experience:

  • Minimum of five years experience in post-production and editorial
  • Proficiency in utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud applications to design and create custom content: Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Photoshop, After Effects
  • Proficiency in MacOS
  • Thorough understanding of and passion for all elements encompassed in the art of filmmaking, including narrative, color, flow, timing, sound, and composition.
  • Motivated and self-directed.
  • Strong commitment to excellence, creativity, collaboration, integrity, and a lead-by-example work ethic.
  • Able to self-examine and revise work before submitting for review.
  • Welcomes constructive criticism and enjoys learning new ways to sharpen and hone craft.

Reporting to this position: No direct reports

Additional Preferred Skills (Not Required)

  • Adobe Audition and Illustrator
  • Davinci Resolve
  • Interest in long-form narrative content and being part of a growing film studio.
  • Live stream and live sound experience.

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