About Intermission Film

Intermission Film is an award-winning, full-service creative agency with studios in London, New York, Amsterdam and Melbourne. We partner with leading distributors, streamers and broadcasters to create trailers, sales promos, key art, creative content and socials for films and series audiences love. You’ll work on projects such as Thunderbolts*, Avatar: Fire and Ash, House of the Dragon, Louis Theroux: Into the Manosphere, and I Swear.

The Opportunity

Intermission Film is seeking a motivated and committed Senior Edit Assistant with proven industry experience to join our London team. The ideal candidate will be a proactive and independent thinker, capable of supporting global staff by troubleshooting technical issues whilst efficiently managing assigned tasks. This role requires strong self-motivation, excellent time management, and the discipline to thrive in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. Exceptional communication skills are vital, as you will serve as a key liaison between editorial and production teams across the globe. Additionally, a keen awareness of security and responsibility regarding the media you manage is crucial.

This role is on a Monday to Friday weekly rotating shift pattern covering the hours of 8am - 10pm.

What You’ll Do

• Working alongside senior team members, managing day-to-day prioritisation of editorial support across multiple projects and campaigns.

• Support with team scheduling, shift patterns and workload allocation across time zones, ensuring smooth handovers between regions.

• Support the training, development and progression of the Edit Assistant team across multiple career pathways.

• Ingest, transcode and sync media, manage footage across various formats, and organise assets for offline editing workflows.

• Export assets in multiple codecs and containers, ensuring they meet project-specific technical specifications.

• Prepare finishing materials from locked sequences for distribution across different departments in the final post-production stages.

• Prepare and conform media for online editing through manual cutting, overpasting, or relinking to native files.

• Support GFX/VFX workflows by providing high-resolution plates from locked spots to the internal motion graphics team.

• Manage multiple deliverable formats and resize footage to meet various social media aspect ratios and platform requirements.

• Set up projects for both offline and online editing, maintaining organised folder structures and project files.

• Conduct thorough quality control (QC) checks on all work, upholding high standards and taking ownership of deliverables.

• Utilise editorial storage systems such as EditShare and Nearline, managing workspaces and permissions efficiently.

• Project archiving using various storage solutions, including LTO, cloud-based platforms.

• Troubleshoot software and hardware issues and escalate problems as needed.

• Acts as a senior escalation point for project and technical issues. Providing support to the edit assistant team, coordinating with the technical leads and engineers for machine and system maintenance and escalating when necessary. Stay informed of industry technologies and workflows to enhance support across the business.

• Provide guidance and local training to freelancers on bespoke workflows and processes.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience with Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve.

• Demonstrable experience in post-production, as an assistant or operator.

• A strong understanding of video formats, frame rates, codecs, colourspaces, audio configuration, camera rushes and folder structures.

• A proactive and positive approach to solving problems and technical issues; someone who embraces challenges.

• Highly organised with strong time management skills.

• Ability to excel in fast-paced environments, working independently or as part of a team.

• Experience diagnosing and troubleshooting hardware and software issues

• A collaborative mindset, with an interest in developing others

• Professional-level written and spoken English.

• A passion for film!

Benefits & Culture...

🎬 Time off - Up to 25 days (starting at 20 and increasing based on length of service), plus bank holidays, birthday day off after probation, and Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve on us.

❤️‍🩹 Health & wellbeing - Access to a SimplyHealth cash plan and YuLife wellbeing App after probation, and private healthcare with Bupa after 3 years.

💫 Culture & connection- Regular team socials, monthly entertainment allowance, and seasonal parties that bring everyone together.

💸 Making your money go further- Salary sacrifice options for your pension, tech purchases, and cycle-to-work scheme.

🌟 And more as you grow- From enhanced parental leave to career break options.

How To Apply

To apply, send us a brief but individual cover letter explaining why you’re interested in Intermission and the role, and what you can bring to it, along with your CV and portfolio (if applicable). 

Application process 

Our process can change depending on the role; however, it will roughly follow the stages below-

Stage 1: Screening call (Video call: 20-30 minutes)

Stage 2: Interview with the hiring team (Video call: 30-60 minutes)

Stage 3: In-person meet and intro to leadership or senior team

Stage 4: Offer!

Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff. Individuals are encouraged to apply regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage, or civil partnerships. We strongly encourage applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds or other underrepresented backgrounds to apply. If you require any reasonable adjustments to accommodate your application, please let us know.

This job description is not exhaustive and is liable to review following discussion with the successful applicant. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake any other reasonable duties as required and commensurate with the job.