Assistant Editor (Temporary)

Remote, USA
Posted Jun 12, 2026
Full-time

Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading entertainment company that offers a range of career-defining opportunities. They are seeking an Assistant Editor who will manage the fast-paced demands of daily news cycles while supporting post-production needs for various content formats.

Responsibilities

  • File-Based conversion & ingest of physical media to shared server
  • Non-Linear Editing project organization
  • Video/Audio syncing of multi-camera scenes
  • Assembling a string out & building a radio cut
  • Music searching
  • Addressing producer notes, including shot changes & font fixes
  • Building credits
  • Rendering & creating screeners
  • Collapsing video tracks
  • Organizing audio tracks
  • Outputting & delivering
  • Media managing multiple shared-servers for news & long-form
  • Archiving long-form projects via Media Asset Management, cloud-based systems

Skills

  • Knowledge of VDI and cloud-based workflows
  • Skills to conceptualize, execute and distribute post-production workflows, including quality control, ingest, edit, delivery, archive and media management
  • Technical expertise in current and emerging post-production trends with a keen interest in continuing education in this area
  • Troubleshooting and problem-solving with the ability to work-around and/or fix time-sensitive technical issues
  • Ability to manage time, multi-task, and prioritize appropriately in a breaking news environment
  • Effectively communicate to provide exceptional customer service to business partners
  • Flexible with schedule and availability
  • Windows & macOS
  • Adobe Creative Cloud, including Premiere, Media Encoder, Photoshop and Audition
  • Conversion software, including Handbrake
  • Media Asset Management systems, including Iconik
  • Content Delivery / Sharing systems, including Aspera on Cloud
  • Hedge Offshoot
  • Zoom
  • Slack
  • Passion for leadership and the professional development of others
  • Basic skill level in After Effects and DaVinci Resolve
  • Basic color correction and audio mixing skills
  • Ability to edit horizontal and vertical short-form videos
  • Experience delivering content and monitoring workflows for distribution to multiple partners and platforms

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage
  • An employee wellness program
  • Life and disability insurance
  • A retirement savings plan
  • Paid holidays and sick time
  • Vacation

Company Overview

  • Warner Bros. It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://wbd.com.

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