ASSISTANT EDITOR INTERN

Assistant Editor Intern

An internationally award-winning food documentary series. We film the uncovered, true stories about food entrepreneurs worldwide.

Job Description

Assistant Editor Intern New York City, NY | In-Person & Remote

Length: Fall/Winter 2024 and/or Spring/Summer 2025 (with the possibility for advancement and additional time/opportunities) Location: In-Person & Remote – part time - 10hrs/wk minimum - flexible hours

To be eligible to participate in the internship program, you must be: - an active student participating in an undergraduate program; - an active student participating in a graduate program; or - a recent graduate within 10 years of graduation

This position is unpaid, but you will receive college/educational credits for your work, if needed. This internship will be a mentorship program where you will work with and get direct advisement from the founder of TASTE.

About TASTE:

An internationally award-winning food documentary series. We film the uncovered, true stories about food entrepreneurs worldwide.

Our TASTE documentary films include dictator-fighting restaurateurs in Myanmar, Michelin-starred chefs in Europe, snail farmers in Vienna, hunters in Borneo jungles, cricket farmers in Thailand, Jewish bakers fighting anti-Semitism in Budapest, former felons-turned-fine dining chefs, and many more.

TASTE is a short-form documentary series that brings people together through two of the world's most uniting forces: food and stories.

TASTE reveals the undiscovered stories of struggle, risk and reward behind our food.

To date, we've filmed 70 documentary short films across 30 countries worldwide in Asia, Europe and the Americas—from Bhutan to Budapest to Brooklyn.

The yet-to-be released series has earned 45 international film festival nominations and awards on its pilot episodes thus far and has been featured in international press such as Food & Wine Magazine, Edible, Huffington Post, PBS and more.

About the Assistant Editor Intern Role:

As an assistant editor, you will work closely with Kevin Longa (the founder of TASTE) in-person and via phone calls, emails, texts, etc. (can be in-person and/or remote) on every step of the film & video editing process, including but not limited to:

• Make, complete and deliver rough and final draft edits of documentary short films, teaser and trailer videos.
• Improve in-progress rough draft edits by refining current edits with music, footage, etc.
• Improve and finalize documentary storylines on current in-progress edits.
• Organize and deliver Premiere Pro project files, video exports and other related media files for the creation of documentary films and videos.
• Work one-on-one with Kevin Longa to learn and implement edits and changes to new drafts.
• Learn how to utilize music licensing libraries for audio soundtracks for films.
• Work with dailies, music, raw footage, stock footage, archival footage to compose edits.
• Make selects, radio edits, rough cuts, fine cuts and final cuts of documentary short films.
• Quality control all incoming and outgoing film, video, and audio assets.
• Create and share Adobe Premiere Pro project files and video exports.
• Learn, implement and deliver industry-standard video file exports, project files, audio file exports, etc.

Ultimately your work will be posted on the TASTE YouTube channel, Instagram, Facebook and/or Amazon Prime.

Qualifications

Sample Tasks & Qualifications: - Applicants should have a high attention to detail and be organized, motivated, and self-directed (this is essential!) - Identify and troubleshoot technical problems - Uploading materials to YouTube, Vimeo and WeTransfer - Experience and knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro (or equivalent, professional NLE program) is an absolute must. - Eagerness to learn. - Stellar writing and storytelling skills. - Ability to edit to music and rhythm is required and absolutely essential.

Additional Information

Flexible location and times. The entire internship will be done remotely with flexible deadlines and work hours that will fit within your schedule. As long as an intern is making progress on his/her projects and putting in 100% effort, then we will make sure that project work hours and deadlines will be flexible according to the intern's schedule.

*IMPORTANT: In order for your application to be read and considered, it is required to fill out this form:

All applicants who fail to fill out this form will NOT proceed to the interview selection round.

Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we receive, we aren't able to contact all candidates who apply, but if you are invited for an interview, you will generally be contacted within 4 weeks of submitting your application.

Thank you for your interest in working with us. Good luck!