Video Editors

Does anyone know of any post houses or agencies hiring assistant editors or looking for freelance assistant editors?

Can anyone help me out with what NYC editor rates are like!? Need to send my day rate and don’t want to screw myself!

Editors and AE’s – I’ve heard so much heated debate on this topic: do you prefer your AE to be in-session or in a separate assist room for requests, sometimes from multiple editors/projects?

Which agencies have the best in-house departments?

What’s everyone working on these days? Anything fun?

What percentage of the year would you say you’re booked? I was thinking specifically of freelancers but interested in anyone’s answer

Ny market... seem slow? Busy, normal?

Worked with a producer today who didn’t know what compression is, and an editor yesterday who’d never heard of a 2 beep.

Do we still train people?

Has anyone raised their rate in the last couple years? I feel like I’m maybe at the maxed out point. But healthcare and rent keep going up. (I’m in NY).

When you do a cut and you’re super excited and proud. And then the director weighs in and it gets even better! And then... the client makes it worse. And worse again. And worser still. Sigh.

Hearing about layoffs at Greenhouse/Chicago but not much more than that. Anybody know the whole story?

How much does a post house typically charge an advertising client for editing in NYC? Whether that’s hourly, daily, etc.

Shout out to anyone working on a shitty pitch video or rip-o-magic right now.

Has anyone ever worked at droga’s inhouse edit place? I’ve heard some not-so-pleasant stories about it. Wondering how it is.

Thinking about making the jump from senior level in-house to freelance. 12+ years experience. Shoot, edit, color, after effects, mix, etc. What kind of day rate could I expect in Mpls or Chi?

NYC editor with three years of agency experience (current job) and a few years of assistant experience prior to that. Seeking a new staff gig at an agency, post-house, or similar. Any leads here?

Hi Freelance Video Editors in New York. How do you find your work? Is it usually through producers? I need to crack the code! Also, what is the going rate for a senior editor with motion skills?

It’s pretty clear that I will not be moving past cutting assistant at my current shop and the time is coming to go take some new risks. I’ve added a decent amount of work to my reel and spent ...

As an editor I’ve always wanted to have my own rep! Anyone else?

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Is there a resource that agency producers or production houses use to find freelance editors?

Considering a move from LA to NY. I’m pretty senior, have a good reel with broadcast and some high-profile brands. Any idea of normal freelance day rate in NY?

In house editors at agencies, do you ever get to do good, public facing work? Or does that always go to vendors?

Hey everyone - any freelance editors or editors/director/makers who live in (or work in) the Atlanta market?

What is everyone’s policy about when OT kicks in? After how many hours in a day? What about weekend rates? Specifically NY.

I’m so glad this bowl finally exists.

What do you think the industry future looks like career-wise? Initially my end game was editor at a post house but houses are shrinking and senior editors are going freelance. What’s your plan?

So what’s your record for version numbers? I’ve done about 50 on a spot

I just moved to NYC from SF & I’ve heard rates here are a definite step below. What’s a normal day rate for freelance at agencies in NYC?

Opinions on if it’s a bad thing to stay at one place for awhile? I’m enjoying the work and steady pay but I worry about getting totally out of the loop at other places. Before this I moved around alot