Hi Editors!
What did your transition from AE to editor look like?

5 months ago I joined an advertising post house as a full-time AE. Through the support of a lead editor at the company I found my way into making cuts for the company’s most prestigious client. At this point, I’ve been the sole editor of one global campaign and a co-editor of another, in addition to cutting many social media videos. It’s only 5 months but I can’t help feel that my title doesn’t reflect the work I actually do.

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It will takes years and years in a post house to move from AE to editor. Be patient and keep up the hard work. Work on client relationships and building a killer reel.

Ask the company about your future and keep an open discussion.

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Thanks! Appreciate the advice.

Being a great assistant editor is all about doing work that isn’t reflected in your title. It’s a support role and an apprenticeship where you learn and perform bits of all sorts of disparate titles to shepherd the work to deliverable. It’s literally years not months of your career but coming up that way guarantees a better, wiser, more disciplined editor in my opinion

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From my experience from Agency to Post - keep working on fostering creative and client relationships. If you can pull business you can be rostered. Don’t let old school editors tell you otherwise.

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Skipped it. Build a reel on the side. Cut great work for free.

Took me 4 years to make the jump! Key was killling it as both an AE and Editor. Sometimes being too good of an AE can make you irreplaceable though so tricky line to balance

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