Editor digital

Code 2654.6

This role has no official English translation yet; it is shown in Spanish.

Los editores digitales revisan, manipulan y ensamblan materiales de video, audio e imágenes para crear un producto final que represente coherentemente la narrativa o el mensaje que el cliente desea comunicar. Pueden también trabajar junto a productores, directores y/o gerentes de proyectos audiovisuales y son responsables de tomar decisiones creativas durante la fase de post-producción.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • intellectual property law
  • Flujo de trabajo de edición digital
  • media and information literacy
  • communication studies
  • cinematography
  • digital compositing
  • audiovisual equipment
  • colour grading
  • file-based workflow
  • motion graphics
  • film production process
  • audiovisual products
  • multimedia systems
  • audio editing software
  • graphics editor software
  • types of audiovisual formats
  • film music techniques

Skills and competences

  • adapt to type of media
  • purchase music
  • analyse the need for technical resources
  • apply technical communication skills
  • check correctness of information
  • check material resources
  • consult with production director
  • consult information sources
  • tell a story
  • monitor mixing in a live situation
  • convert different audiovisual formats
  • coordinate with creative departments
  • cut raw footage digitally
  • create subtitles
  • meet expectations of target audience
  • define technical requirements
  • define artistic vision
  • develop creative ideas
  • edit photographs
  • perform image editing
  • edit digital moving images
  • edit recorded sound
  • perform video editing
  • perform backups
  • apply colour grading
  • determine image composition
  • determine visual concepts
  • prevent undesired changes to sound design
  • read scripts
  • provide multimedia content
  • protect client interests
  • compile content
  • respect publication formats
  • select photos
  • synchronise with mouth movements
  • synchronise sound with images
  • take artistic vision into account
  • transfer uncut audiovisual material to computer
  • put uncut recordings into computer
  • use creative suite software
  • use word processing software
  • use specialised design software
  • use audio reproduction software
  • watch scenes
  • watch video and motion picture production products

Transversal competences

  • adapt existing designs to changed circumstances
  • adapt to artists' creative demands
  • analyse a script
  • estimate duration of work
  • consult team on creative project
  • consult with motion picture producer
  • consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production
  • meet deadlines
  • establish daily priorities
  • assess sound quality
  • finish project within budget
  • conduct content quality assurance
  • follow work schedule

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences