Supervising Story Editor - Burnaby, Canada - Great Pacific Media

Great Pacific Media

Verified Company

Burnaby, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Great Pacific Media is looking for a
SUPERVISING STORY EDITOR to join our team on an upcoming factual production.

Reporting to the Series Producer and Line Producer, you would be working on a big show that's fast-paced with lots of moving pieces.

We're looking for someone who's excited to dive right in and get started
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Great Pacific Media is a team of professionals who are passionate about the development, production, co-production and financing of factual and scripted content.

A subsidiary company of Thunderbird Entertainment, our work is seen in more than 170 countries.
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WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Support the Series Producer in achieving their creative vision by preparing and crafting engaging and entertaining stories at a preliminary level.
Managing the story team on a day to day basis and delegating tasks to the team.
Evaluate all footage that comes in from the field, with a critical creative eye, and advising on what might work within an episode, while collaborating with the Series Producer and Senior Story Editor.
Once footage has been categorized, organized, and reviewed, map out a rough structure for the episode which will be provided to the story editor and picture editor.
Overseeing the day to day of the story associates in markingup footage, creating stringouts of scenes, etc.
Determining any pickups that are needed and liaising with story producing/production team to ensure they have this information as soon as possible.
Assisting episodic story editors and picture editors as their episodes develop (footage requests, stock footage, archival requests, etc.)
Keeping track of season continuity and identifying any conflicts that could disrupt the flow of the episode/series.
Overseeing how the story team tracks, prioritizes, and evaluates content to ensure this is done as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Writing interview questions as needed.
Tracking who needs what and when, filtering requests for additional footage, and organizing requests across all episodes.
Writing on episodes if/as needed.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Selfstarter who takes initiative to problemsolve, manage their team and workload, and think ahead to what is needed for future episodes.
An advanced understanding and aptitude for unscripted storytelling and what makes for good story.
Excellent management and leadership skills, delivering feedback effectively while training and coaching more junior team members as and when needed.
Attention to detail with a creative and visual storytelling sense.
Strong organization skills and ability to create/follow organizational and cataloguing systems.
Excellent time management skills and an ability to work within tight deadlines.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Adept at using Avid Media Composer
Currently legally eligible to work in Canada.
Must be able to work onsite at our Burnaby office fulltime.

START DATE:
ASAP - August 2023

INTERESTED?

Show us what you would like to contribute to Great Pacific Media by providing us with your resume and cover letter.