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Video Editing & Post-Production Intern

Stitch the pieces together.

Practice editing with real footage while creating BTS videos, social content, interviews, teasers, and other post-production materials.

  • Unpaid educational internship
  • Single project or multi-project
  • Academic credit may be available
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About the Role

Full Role Description

We are looking for a Video Editing & Post-Production Intern who wants hands-on practice working with real footage and learning how projects move through professional post-production.

This internship is designed for students who want to improve their editing skills, build confidence with professional workflows, and work with footage from active productions.

Freshmen and sophomores are especially encouraged to apply.

The Work

What You May Work On

Responsibilities

  • Import and organize media
  • Review footage
  • Create selects
  • Build rough cuts
  • Edit short- and long-form content
  • Sync video and audio
  • Add titles and captions
  • Prepare alternate versions
  • Revise work from feedback
  • Maintain organized project files
  • Prepare review exports
  • Collaborate with producers, animators, and other editors

What You’ll Learn

  • Professional editing workflows
  • Media organization
  • Selecting footage
  • Building rough cuts
  • Pacing and storytelling
  • Editing interviews and dialogue
  • Creating social versions
  • Version management
  • Revision workflows
  • Preparing timelines for color and finishing
  • Exporting for multiple platforms
  • Working within a post-production pipeline

Your Commitment

Choose Your Level of Commitment

Participants may choose between:

Option 01

Single Project Experience

Complete one clearly defined assignment.

Examples may include:

  • one graphic
  • one illustration
  • one animation
  • one short edit
  • one press release
  • one Reel
  • one social-media package

This gives students a first experience working with a professional creative team without requiring a long-term commitment.

Option 02

Multi-Project Internship

Participate across multiple assignments during an agreed period.

This provides broader exposure to professional workflows, revisions, collaboration, and project delivery.

Availability depends on the studio’s current projects and ability to provide appropriate supervision.

Recommendation Letter

Earned on completion

Participants who successfully complete their agreed project or internship responsibilities will receive a professional recommendation letter from Big Monster Studio describing the work completed, skills demonstrated, and experience gained.

Build Your Portfolio

Work you can show

Where client agreements, project confidentiality, and production permissions allow, participants may be able to include selected completed work in:

  • portfolios
  • reels
  • personal websites
  • school portfolios
  • professional applications

Confidential and unreleased work cannot always be shown publicly.

Internship Format

Short-term and project-based

These opportunities are short-term, project-based educational experiences focused on supervised practice, mentorship, and exposure to professional creative workflows.

Assignments should be appropriate to the participant’s current skill level.

Compensation

Unpaid educational internship

This is an unpaid, educational internship intended to provide supervised, hands-on experience in a professional creative environment. Students may be able to receive academic credit through their school where applicable.

Students seeking academic credit should confirm eligibility and requirements with their school before beginning.

Join the Laboratory

Interested?

Apply for the Video Editing & Post-Production Intern opportunity below. Applicants should be able to submit their name, email, school, major or area of study, year of study, resume, portfolio or samples if available, the software or tools they use, what they want to learn, and their general availability.

Still building your portfolio? That’s okay. Classwork, personal projects, exercises, works in progress, and experiments are welcome.

About You

Your current or most recent school.

Your Work

PDF or Word document.

One file — a PDF of a few pieces works well.

A website, drive folder, Vimeo, YouTube, or anywhere your work lives.

Your Goals

Level of Commitment (optional)

Seeking Academic Credit? (optional)

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