Senior Mastering Editor

Title: Senior Mastering Editor

Location: Los Angeles, California

Job type: Full-time

Job Summary:

The Senior Mastering Editor will be responsible for a leadership role in handling advanced editing tasks, preparing final assets for delivery, and ensuring content meets both creative and technical standards. This role requires a blend of editing expertise and technical proficiency, focusing on online editing, mastering, audio specs, and file preparation for various distribution platforms. The Mastering Editor will collaborate with client-facing teams to ensure assets are delivered on time and to spec, while also troubleshooting any technical issues during the process.

Responsibilities:

• Edit and assemble final video/audio content, ensuring it meets creative and technical specifications for various distribution platforms, including communication with the client.
• Provide a key voice in developing prescribed workflows and the purchase of equipment
• Transcode and encode assets to the required formats and perform mastering tasks, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Be able to speak knowledgeably to clients on media operations services.
• Perform audio/video editing, layback and standards conversion using the prescribed workflows and equipment
• Perform audio/video specification quality assurance prescribed by policy and procedures in advance of hand-off to Master Quality Control
• Perform delivery of assets via accelerated digital delivery mechanisms using the prescribed workflows and equipment
• Editing requests using NLE, such as insert edits of UHD, IMF packaged material or program timeline builds
• Troubleshoot and correct reported issues with assets and collaborate with Mastering PMs, Production Managers and Engineering, as necessary. Provide the technical knowledge for external client feedback
• Maintain an up-to-the-minute accurate account of production and task status in job management systems
• Stay current with workflows and workflow changes, management updates, and tutorials
• Stay current with changes in transcoding software/hardware
• Develop and maintain documentation regarding training and operational guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned

Essential qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in video/audio editing, online editing, or mastering.
• Strong proficiency in Non-Linear Editing systems
• Extensive experience in encoding, transcoding, and finalizing assets for broadcast and digital distribution.
• Solid understanding of technical specs, file formats, and industry standards for AV content.
• Experience in handling advanced AV formats.
• Proficient in colour grading, audio mixing, and other postproduction techniques.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and collaborate with multiple teams to resolve problems efficiently.
• Experience with quality control processes.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.