Is this a first? FCP X experience REQUIRED for job?!

This add today on Washington DC's Craigslist

Creative Video Editor (Northern Virginia)
Date: 2012-07-23, 12:15PM EDT
Reply to: tnz7t-3157592738@job.craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Management consulting firm has a need for creative video editor in Northern Virginia with experience in Final Cut Pro and/or Sony Vegas. Our varied client base provides opportunities to work on a variety of different type of projects.

You must be able to work collaboratively with producers, directly with clients, or creatively on your own.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills:

• Experience with Final Cut Pro X (required for consideration)
• Experience with Apple's Motion (required for consideration)
• Experience with screen capture technology Camtasia and Snagit
• Motion graphic design skills and basic animation skills
• Green screen editing
• Ability to work with producer to develop story boards
• Demonstrate a good narrative sense through editing
• Basic understanding of color correction
• Basic understanding of keying within Final Cut
• Willingness to lean new software or techniques
• Support all aspects of video and webcast production
• Must be licensed to drive and possess reliable transportation

Initially work will be available on a project basis, but could lead to a full-time opportunity for the right candidate. Must be local and able to pass a drug and background test to be considered. Please submit a cover letter, resume, and supporting links of past work /reels.

Candidates meeting the requirements specified above will be contacted within a week of submission to start scheduling interviews.

I think we'll start to see more of this with fresh projects. Meaning, projects that are starting up with no ties to other NLEs.

If it works out in the long-run for FCPX, I think it'll start with the smaller houses (such as mine), independent filmmakers, editors, etc... like it did with FCP legacy. It just needs enough people to say, "I used it. It worked great for X, Y, and Z and I couldn't use the other guys' NLEs because of these reasons..."

I'd start a job in it and hire editors for it, given the right project/client/etc...

Michael Garber
5th Wall - a post production company

We're a small production company and we've switched from legacy to X and have been hiring two different freelance editors for various projects. In addition to ramping up on X, they know legacy and PPro. So, another data point.

Curious - what type of job was it? Corporate, web, broadcast, etc...?

Michael Garber
5th Wall - a post production company

Unfortunately the "Send to Motion" deson´t exist (yet).
So what we do is setting up FCPX effects in Motion and publish them into the FCPX effects tab. Works great. But we do miss to send clips out of the timeline.

AE....simple alphamasks (ProRes4444).

This was edited in FCPX, tracking and titles in After Effects, Grading on a real DaVinci, Sound in ProTools.
https://vimeo.com/45690368

I was only one of two camera-operators here, but the edit and final mastering was done by my colleague, who is on FCPX since July 2011 just like me.

[alban egger] "This was edited in FCPX, tracking and titles in After Effects, Grading on a real DaVinci, Sound in ProTools.
https://vimeo.com/45690368"

Nice. How was the aerial stuff shot?

Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production... with style!

Check out my Mormon.org profile.

[alban egger] "This was edited in FCPX, tracking and titles in After Effects, Grading on a real DaVinci, Sound in ProTools."

....but...alban....

How did you ever get this professional edit done without tracks and a degree in human interface design?

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Seriously though, nice work. It looks and sounds great. Was that another F3 gig? No matter what camera, it turned out awesome.

Jeremy

"I've heard you need to know Final Cut to be an editor. What's the latest version called? Oh 'X'? Well, make sure that's listed to."

I'm sure it's something like that.

When you post an ad for FCPX, seeing who references the correct program in their response email is a pretty good way to screen the applicant. An FCPX person will specifically mention it in their response. A legacy person will say they're experts at Final Cut Pro, which means you'd have to train them and deal with Crying Editor Syndrome (CES).

CES is a real disease. Symptoms include inability to learn new things, difficulty reading words written on a wall, and obsessive visits to this forum.

[John Davidson] "CES is a real disease. Symptoms include inability to learn new things, difficulty reading words written on a wall, and obsessive visits to this forum."

You need to use that as your signature. lol

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~"It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools."~

As opposed to IDKWTFISGON syndrome. To spell it out this is "I don't know what the f*** is going on" syndrome. I deal with this every day of my life these days. Jeez - talk about not wanting to learn.

Tim

Heck this could be the first Craigslist post to be feature on Apple's FCPX In Action section. ;)