Helen McKee

Senior Video Editor at Future Studios

Editing short-form documentary-style films for the Truly YouTube, Snapchat and Facebook platforms; scripting the sync pulls for the 'My Extraordinary Family' and 'Transformed' series; mentoring junior editors and guiding editing techniques; creating 3x 30s–1min reels for distribution across social platforms.

Video Editor at Future Studios

Edited short-form documentary-style films for the 'Truly' YouTube channel using Premiere Pro and After Effects; performed colour grading, audio mixing and reformatted edits for Snapchat and Facebook; led the pilot series 'Transformed'.

Junior Video Editor (Freelance) at Barcroft Studios / Future Studios

Edited short-form documentary-style films for the Barcroft TV YouTube channel; colour graded and mixed audio; sourced music via Epidemic Sound; created graphics with After Effects.

Assistant Editor at Warner Bros International TV Production Australia

Worked on Avid; synced and grouped rushes; backed up and ingested rushes; exported IVs and Vox Pops for transcribers; liaised with producers and created assembly sequences and contestant highlights.

Assistant Editor at Endemol Shine Australia

MasterChef S11 – Worked on Avid; syncing and grouping; compiled grouped sequences with markers for Vox Pops, GVs and highlight points.

Assistant Online Editor at Two Dogs TV

Worked closely with Avid, Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve; conforming and prepping offline sequences for online and audio; delivering final master files to the channel via Aspera and assisting with final QC watch-throughs.

Edit Assistant and Online Assistant at Warner Bros International TV Production UK

Acted as lead assistant on shows; created ingest workflows, grouped and synced rushes; tracked audio; assisted online with conform/pre-grade prep, blurring, shot-changes, and GFX replacement; assisted offline edits and cut promos, sync-pulls and subtitling; provided online support for Mysteries of the Missing (Discovery Channel) including frame rate conversions and master archive editing.

Senior Edit Assistant at Clear Cut Pictures

Prepped and exported AS-11s for QC; assisted QC with eyeball QCs and delivered final master files via Aspera; conformed/prepped for online; performed standards conversions for frame rates and created tape-based deliverables; ingested Rushes and troubleshot technical/edit issues; set up edit suites and assisted with upgrading Avid/Premiere; managed media migration between Premiere Pro projects and Avid.

Edit Assistant at Clear Cut Pictures

Ingesting rushes for various formats; troubleshooting technical/edit issues; conforming for online; creating tape-based deliverables.

Runner at Clear Cut Pictures

Running tasks, assisting on set and in edit suites; supporting post-production workflow.

Runner at Director’s Cut Films

Runner assisting on set and in post; help with delivery and archiving.