Post-Production Assistant
Impact: Content creation and quality assurance
Assists post-production teams with organizing footage, managing media, and preparing projects for editing. This role supports editors and other specialists in delivering high-quality video and audio content.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Structured
- Remote work
- Limited Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $58,000
- Entry-level
- $38,000 - $45,000
- Senior
- $80,000 - $95,000
- Growth by 2033
- 6% (as fast as average)
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate to 60-80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- $10,000 - $20,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Video Editing Software (e.g.
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve)
- Audio Editing
- Color Correction
- Media Management
- File Encoding
Soft skills
- Attention to Detail
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Adaptability
- Time Management
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Certificate or Vocational Training
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Post-Production Assistant
- Assistant Editor
- Editor
- Senior Editor
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 10% to low risk, as creative and organizational tasks require human judgment.
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.4/10
- Meaning
- 3.6/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.2/10
- Prestige
- 5.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate