Assistant Editor, OTT

ATK is on a mission to find an enthusiastic and dedicated Assistant Editor to join our TV & Video department. In this role, you will assist in various tasks within the post-production process and play a key role in media management and archiving, with a special focus on supporting the company’s OTT (“over-the-top”) efforts, which delivers our content to various streaming platforms. This is an onsite position. Our HQ is located in Boston’s seaport area.

The ideal candidate will be meticulous, curious, self-directed, and comfortable in a fast-paced production environment. This position reports to the Director of Post-Production.

Responsibilities Include

• Assist with overall TV, Video and OTT post-production needs.
• Manage media transfer and backup during TV, OTT & Video shoots.
• Ingest and archive footage, assets, and all final deliverables.
• Organize assets, rename clips and sync footage.
• Multicam, gather elements, and prepare Premiere projects for editors.
• Create platform specific exports for our various digital and OTT platforms.
• Edit promos and extra promotional content for social platforms.
• Handle basic color correction, audio, and motion graphic tasks.
• Generate and review closed captions scripts.
• Build and maintain deliverable checklists for various OTT platforms.
• Track specs and other requirements for all deliverables.
• Identify and gather assets for OTT Deliverables.
• Coordinate with offsite and onsite editors the delivery of OTT files.
• Build and keep an Archive of all TV episodes and Video shows for OTT.
• Implement quality control review and log ad breaks for all delivered content.
• Basic editing to bring videos up to specs.
• Maintain a database of OTT archives and deliverables.
• Create metadata spreadsheets for all OTT channels.
• Facilitate final file delivery to OTT platforms by outlined deadlines
• Support with project management for video production/post-production of each OTT series.

Additional Requirements

• 1-3 years working as an Assistant Editor on Television productions.
• Comfortable with Mac and Windows based computer systems.
• Experience with file servers and file management of media assets.
• Knowledgeable with encoding, transcoding, proxy workflows, and aspect ratios.
• Competent in Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Experience with motion graphics, color grading and audio mix is a plus.

Why America’s Test Kitchen

We’re passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We’re small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes — that’s how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.

We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.

We welcome your application.

ATK considers the safety of its employees and the community a top priority. As part of this commitment, ATK requires all new and existing employees who will be on site or who will engage in any work-related travel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they obtain prior approval for an accommodation for medical reasons or due to a sincerely held religious belief, or are otherwise exempt from this requirement due to applicable state or local law. Qualified candidates who are offered the opportunity to join ATK will be required to comply with this policy and will be asked to provide proof of their vaccination status prior to the first day of work.

Individuals who need additional information concerning ATK’s vaccination policy or its process for requesting an accommodation should contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected].
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