ALT Animation, Trainee Assistant Editor

Trainee Assistant Editor: 12 Month Fixed Term, February 2026 - February 2027

Job Summary:
Job Title: Trainee Assistant Editor
Company: ALT Animation
Contract Length: 12-month Company Placement, with potential extension.
Start Date: February 2026
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Salary: Real Living Wage (currently £13.45 per hour)
Location: Remote

Job Description:
Animatic Support (Training‑focused)

• Assist with ingesting and organising storyboard panels, audio files, and scratch dialogue.
• Help assemble and update animatics.
• Make timing adjustments and simple updates based on notes from the director or storyboard team.
• Prepare and export animatic versions for internal review.
• Follow established project structures and naming conventions to keep files organised.

Offline Edit Support

• Support the editorial team by preparing scenes and assets for offline edit (importing animation renders and audio).
• Sync dialogue, music, and sound effects under supervision.
• Help organise takes and versions for review.
• Assist with exports for internal creative reviews and online sharing.
• Help manage and archive project media in line with version control guidelines.
• Assist in selecting and logging material for additional digital or social content.

General Duties

• Support communication between departments such as editorial, production, story, and animation.
• Ensure media is backed up and documented accurately, following team processes.
• Provide general administrative support to editors.
• Be open to learning new tools, workflows, and production practices..

Who is eligible to apply?

You are eligible to apply if you can answer these four questions:

Are you eligible to work in the UK?

Do you currently reside in Northern Ireland?

Are you available to participate in the scheme from February 2026 - February 2027?

Are you over 18 and not in full-time education?

If you cannot answer YES to these FOUR questions, please do not apply. Ineligible applications will be automatically discarded.

Where is it based?
The role will be fully remote and participants will be expected to base themselves in Northern Ireland for the duration.

Equal Opportunities Statement
“We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or, whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled; or whether they have undergone, are undergoing or intend to undergo gender reassignment.”

We will monitor our programmes on an ongoing basis and target any under-represented groups as and when appropriate.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to the employment of disabled people, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). The GIS does not guarantee a job. However, its objective is to ensure a guaranteed number of disabled applicants, who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role they have applied for, are offered an interview.

Pre-Employment Checks
To be officially appointed at Northern Ireland Screen, all candidates who successfully complete the selection process will be required to undergo an Access NI Basic Disclosure Check. Human Resources will provide further guidance once a candidate has been provisionally offered the position.