Overview
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract, Full Time until December 2026
DEPARTMENT: BBC Scotland Operations (Post Production)
LOCATION: Pacific Quay, Glasgow
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £25,700 - £32,900 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Purpose of the role
We are seeking a highly organised and technically skilled Edit Assistant to support our post-production team. This role is ideal for someone with strong experience in Avid Media Composer and Interplay, who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering high-quality content.
Why join the team
Joining the team offers the chance to be part of a supportive, collaborative culture where knowledge-sharing is valued. You will help deliver impactful content that resonates with audiences across the UK. Street Post provides strong opportunities for personal and professional development, working across a wide range of programming from ICONS, Scam Interceptors, Playtime Towers and Saturday Mash Up. This variety allows you to build technical experience across genres and develop within a dynamic and creative post-production environment.
Key responsibilities
* Prepare, ingest, and manage media within Avid Media Composer
* Organise and maintain projects using Interplay workflows
* Sync rushes, create group clips, and manage multi-cam sequences
* Troubleshoot technical and workflow issues efficiently
* Manage exports, deliveries, and archive processes
* Maintain accurate documentation and version control
* Liaise with production teams, technical departments, and external partners
* Ensure media security and adherence to data management protocols
* Support editors creatively and technically throughout the edit process
Your skills and experience
The ideal candidate is an experienced Edit Assistant with strong working knowledge of Avid Media Composer and Interplay, who thrives in a fast-paced post-production environment. They are highly organised, detail oriented, and proactive, with the ability to manage competing priorities and troubleshoot effectively under pressure. A confident communicator, they build positive working relationships across teams and are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful workplace that supports diverse voices and storytelling.
Essential criteria
* Strong technical experience with Avid MC, including ingesting media, syncing rushes, and creating group clips
* Experience working with Interplay or similar shared media management workflows
* Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and maintain organised, efficient post-production workflows
* Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with editors, production teams, and technical staff
* A proactive, organised approach with the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced team environment
Desirable
* Experience working in television or broadcast post-production
* Knowledge of multi-cam workflows and managing complex edit projects
* Experience with media archiving, delivery specifications, and quality control processes
* Familiarity with additional post-production tools and workflows beyond Avid
* A strong interest in television production and developing a career in post-production
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
Information at a Glance
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Find out more about the BBC
Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
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