A good post-producer is hard to find. They have such a difficult job of managing budgets and clients, scheduling, finding talent for jobs and keeping everyone involved happy, fed, on track to finish and doing their best work. And to us editors they can and should be our main line of defense against clients overreaching, to deliver more than they agreed to or work more hours or whatever it may be. 

My guest, Kate Aspel,l is one of these great producers who has the ability to stay on top of a project and clients while also protecting those of us in post. I’ve had the pleasure of working with her a number of times before when she was at Artclass; she’s currently Executive Producer at Scholar, and before both she was a commercial sales rep. She’s also able to talk at length about 90s New Jersey pop punk, which is equally as important as her illustrious career, to me at least. 

She’d mentioned in passing to me a few things she wished editors knew and so I thought what a great opportunity for freelance editors to hear from the person that does the hiring- some tips and tricks for getting work.