Job Details

Level: Entry

Job Location: Los Angeles - Burbank, CA

Remote Type: N/A

Position Type: Part Time

Education Level: High School

Salary Range: $15.00 - $17.50 Hourly

Travel Percentage: None

Job Shift: Any

Job Category: Education

Description

New York Film Academy, Los Angeles, California

New York Film Academy is committed to an inclusive work culture where people’s thoughts, ideas, concerns, and cultures are valued and respected. We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and those sharing in our commitment to inclusivity.

NYFA is a vaccine-mandated campus. All employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of their employment.

Job Summary

The Post Production Technical Assistant’s primary responsibility is to facilitate the overall student experience at NYFA. This primarily involves helping students with editing and computer questions they have while working, including technical and creative input, as well as providing assistance to instructors during class and in preparation for class. This position requires high student interaction, so the individual in this position would require a background in customer relations with exemplary communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist students during their edit shifts
• Assist students with technical and creative editing questions
• Prep media shot on various HD based cameras for in-class screening
• Edit Acting student scenes and projects, school promo reels, and behind the scene footage
• Assist instructors during hands-on editing classes
• Prepare student film projects and processing
• Coordinate between departments such as scheduling, equipment, department coordinators
• Prep in-class screenings using google drive links
• Cleaning, Maintaining and Organizing workspace
• Provide excellent customer service to all faculty students and staff
• Perform all tasks assigned by the Post Production Manager

Qualifications

• Experience working with Avid Media Composer
• Adobe Premiere a plus, but not required
• Ability to troubleshoot errors
• Additional Post Production program knowledge a plus. (ie ProTools, DaVinci, Movie Magic, After Effects, etc.)
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments
• Film/video production experience preferred
• Ability to stay current in the field and to obtain new skills using new technologies
• Knowledge of basic networking a plus

The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 on the belief that a top-quality education in filmmaking should be accessible to anyone with the drive and ambition to make films. The school opened at Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Film Center in New York City and has expanded worldwide to include campuses in New York; Los Angeles; Miami; and Gold Coast, Australia.

The mission of the New York Film Academy is to educate students interested in the field of visual storytelling. NYFA courses have been designed to increase students’ creativity and technical expertise through an intense regimen of hands-on and classroom instruction. The Academy’s goal is to enrich its students as visual storytellers by helping them realize their personal artistic visions. NYFA’s expectations center on the growth of each student as a creative individual. NYFA is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

New York Film Academy (“NYFA”) is an equal opportunity employer. Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination because of race, creed, color, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.