Assistant Editor

Details

Position – Assistant Editor
Hours – 37.5 hours, 9.30am- 6pm, flexible working patterns available (we will also consider part-time for this role)
Contract – Fixed Term, PAYE
Pay – £530 p/w
Holiday – 29 days holiday (pro-rata) plus half-day Fridays every month
Start date – 5th May 2026
End date – 14th August 2026
Location – Bristol, UK – in-house only
End date for applications – EOD Monday 6th April
Eligibility – You must be eligible to work in the UK

A Productions are looking for an Assistant Editor to work with us across our exciting slate of animation productions.

We are an award-winning animation studio based in central Bristol. Our success in creating engaging, original and award-winning content is made possible through the unique chemistry of the creative teams we build. This shared vision is underpinned by our focus on diversity and inclusion, staff wellbeing and ensuring an authentic voice across all our productions. Delivering a creative, inclusive work community that encourages collaboration, engagement and mutual trust is at its core.

General Duties:

• Prepare picture and sound media i.e. ingesting and logging media from storyboarders, animation and final renders from the studio floor, scratch and production dialogue from recordings, sound effects and guide music
• Catalogue and maintain a digital library, including Walla libraries; organise backups for all media
• Liaise with other departments, such as Production/Animation to ensure smooth pipeline and editing sessions remain on schedule
• Create various deliverables for colleagues and clients (QTs, plates and reference for the studio floor, adding shot numbers, master files for PR and Sales, guide QTs for ADR)
• Help keep the edit suite operational with daily maintenance and project organisation
• Support the editor when required, assembling and amending animatics with appropriate project/media management
• Ensure all information is up to date on the tracking software, Ftrack
• Liaise with, and prepare media for delivery to, post-production for final picture and sound online
• Support senior editor across other projects as needed (to further highlight their potential cross-project requirements)

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience of using Avid Media Composer
• Confidence in working across multiple episodes on a long-form series and being able to multitask while each episode is in a different stage of the pipeline
• To balance a considerable workload and deliver consistently to deadlines, whilst reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities in a fast-paced work environment
• Technical understanding of file formats, import settings, media management and colour space is an advantage.
• Previous experience of using tracking software would be a bonus, but is not a necessity.

Personal Attributes:

• A calm, clear and organised attitude to work
• Communication skills, friendly persona and ability to work well with all different members of the production team.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and creativity
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of the Edit team and production team as a whole
• Strong organisational skills

Diversity

A Productions is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strives to be inclusive to all. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments in our communications and meetings with you.