Edit producing for future series producers

• Are you producer-level but with limited experience of edit producing?  
• Have you found it hard to get into the edit and want to learn what goes on in there in order to progress your career?  
• Or have you been out of the industry for a while for caring responsibilities or other reasons, and need to up-skill in the latest edit systems, workflow and technology?  

If so, this training programme could be for you. Following on from last year's highly successful programme, we're back to run a second instance of Edit producing for future SPs. 

This training aims to up-skill 20 producers who've faced barriers when it comes to getting into the edit. With training running part-time over several weeks, both online and in-person, each trainee will master the art of edit producing including learning how to manage rushes, schedules and workflow, work with an editor, find and tell the story, take on board feedback as well as gaining ever-more important Avid editing proficiency. 

The training will include a four-week work-shadowing placement in an edit, on an existing production, as well as masterclasses with industry experts and a full group in-person networking event.

The training will be led by unscripted exec and experienced edit producing trainer, Jo Woolf, along with other guests including Avid editing trainer, Nigel Honey.

The Edit producing for future series producers programme is supported by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which invests in training for the unscripted workforce thanks to contributions from BBC, Channel 4, Sky, Hearst Networks UK, Discovery UK, Channel 5, Netflix, ITV, Amazon, UKTV and S4C matched by production companies.

Who it's for

We’re taking on 20 trainees from around the UK who want and need to learn more about edit producing.  

This course is designed for those who are experienced at Producer level, but who've specialised in development, casting or the shoot and can’t easily get their foot into the door of the edit. It’s also aimed at those returners who’ve taken time out of the industry for caring responsibilities or other reasons and need to upskill on the latest edit systems. 

Still wondering if this programme is for you? Read a case study from a delegate from the first year of the programme here.

We always welcome applications from under-represented groups, including, but not limited to: those from Minority Ethnic Groups; people with a disability; people from the LGBTQ+ community and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

We offer inclusive training. If you have any needs which we can accommodate during the recruitment process and beyond, please let us know and we will be happy to work with you to meet them.

Contact: jowoolftv@gmail.com

What it covers

The programme will start in February 2025 and will involve: 

• Four online modules covering the basics and beyond of EPing, spread over 4 breakfast sessions 8am til 11am on Monday 24th Feb 2025 til Thursday 27th Feb 2025.
• One full weekend in-person training in Avid for edit producers, where every trainee will have access to their own Avid and will learn how to use this complex yet essential tool. Locations for the Avid training weekends are Leeds (weekend of 1/2nd March), London (weekend of 15th/16th March) and Glasgow (weekend of 29th/30th March). Participants should attend only one weekend in the location nearest to them.
• Access to remote avid at home for extra practise following the training weekend
• Four online masterclasses with experienced edit producers from different unscripted genres.
• One in-person networking event.

The programme also includes a four-week work shadowing placement, subject to market conditions, which should be completed before September 2025. All participants will have access to a training allowance to enable their completion of the four-week work shadowing placement without experiencing financial hardship due to expenses and time out of work.

This training programme will cost £400 per trainee, with trainees responsible for their own transport and accommodation, if applicable, for the in-person training weekend.  

There are bursaries available for those who require support. Please contact jowoolftv@gmail.com for any enquiries about these bursaries before or at the same time as submitting your application.

How to apply

Click the 'Apply now' button above.

In order to be eligible for this programme you must be at an experienced level in unscripted TV, have faced barriers when it comes to getting experience in the edit, and be able to attend all of the February online breakfast sessions and your nearest in-person avid-weekender with dates and locations as detailed above.

Applications are welcome from people from under-represented groups in TV who have experienced a range of barriers and blocks to progressing their edit producing careers. So as not to exclude any applicants, measures will be put in place according to individual need to make sure the training is accessible and inclusive. Please email jowoolftv@gmail.com with any questions and to discuss your needs.

Judging information

Applications are open until 9th February 2025.

The training provider, not ScreenSkills, will make a decision on successful applications.

We aim to inform successful applicants by 13th February 2025.

Once your application has been successful you will have until 17th February 2025 to accept your place and make payment of any course fees.

We understand that freelance television work is unpredictable and plans might change.  We have attempted to make the training dates work with most people’s potential job dates, however if you do need to drop out of the programme once payment is made, these are our conditions:

• Any cancellations made before midday on 18th February 2025 will be fully refunded.
• Cancellations made after midday on 18th February 2025 will only be refunded if we are successful in finding another applicant to take your place.