Bridges Editing Pre-Apprenticeship

Overview

As a recipient of the COYA (California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship) Grant, BAVC Media is offering a paid editing pre-apprenticeship to eligible young adults ages 18-24. BAVC Media will provide an opportunity for in-depth professional development to aspiring editors from underrepresented communities.

Final date to receive applications is Sunday, February 22 at 11:59PM PT. Early applications are strongly encouraged.

• 11 young adults will be selected to train as assistant editors over the course of a 4-month program. The fellows will hone their craft and build experience through extensive training that will foster both technical and soft skill development.
• Fellows will engage in formal weekly in-person classroom training, asynchronous (i.e. remote) learning, and other professional development opportunities.
• In addition to professional skills, the lead instructor and BAVC staff willmatch socioemotional support and resources to Fellows throughout the duration of the program.
• Each fellow will receive a stipend of $6,000 and emerge from the program with enhanced skills, expanded portfolios, and strong connections to their peers.
• A lead instructor with substantial professional editing experience will be leading the program and BAVC Media’s Advanced Training/Youth and Emerging Media Makers (YEMM) staff will provide program oversight.

• New and expanded skill sets for fellows in areas that range from transcription and timecoding to creating assemblies and polishing scenes.
• Examples of softwares taught:
  Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Audition
• Stronger career-readiness skills for fellows in areas such as building professional networks, finding and working with creative collaborators, and interviewing for promising job opportunities.
• Expanded portfolios for each participant, with the addition of new professional pieces created during the fellowship program.

This program is being offered to opportunity young adults only. All applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 24 by the start of the program. Opportunity youth/young adults must demonstrate (i.e. provide proof) that they meet one of the following criteria:

• Currently or formerly foster youth
• Currently or formerly Pell eligible
• Currently or formerly WIOA Youth or Adult eligible
• Currently or formerly enrolled in a Title 1 school
• Residing in a high poverty census tract
• Formerly incarcerated or justice system-involved
• Young parent
• System-involved (foster care, mental health institutions, etc.)
• Person with disability/disabled person
• Attention to detail, ability to communicate clearly and proactively, and a highly collaborative approach.
• Availability to commit 10.5 hours (on average) eachweek for a 4-month duration of program.
• Basic familiarity with Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Familiarity with video and audio formats and the equipment they run on.
• Overall knowledge of Macs or PCs, and multimedia software.
• Ideally, fellowship applicants are past participants of BAVC Media or another film and media organization or program, who possess at least entry-level facility with video production and post-production.
• All applicants should be interested in pursuing editing as a full-time career and interested in participating in a cohort-type/peer-learning environment.
• If you’ve previously participated in BAVC Media’s “Better Together” Fellowship (in collaboration with PG&E), you are not eligible to participate. This includes both the editor and media producer tracks.

• Fellowship will occur between mid-April 2026 and late-July 2026
• Fellows will meet with their cohort at least 3x a week, in-person, at the BAVC office in San Francisco.

• Every Monday, 1:30-5pm
• Every Tuesday, 1:30-5pm
• Every Wednesday, 1:30-5pm

Fellows are expected to complete asynchronous (i.e. remote) learning on their own time. Attendance at all in-person activities is mandatory, multiple absences may result in reduced stipend.

• Sunday,February 22@ 11:59PM PT:
  Applications due, application will officially close at midnight
• BAVC Media will begin reviewing applications on a rolling basis and select applicants will be invited to complete a short interview
• Wednesday, March 18:
  
  Last day of applicant interviews
• Week of March 23:
  Fellows will have been notified of acceptance into the program
• Tuesday, March 31:
  Last day for selected fellows to confirm participation in fellowship
• Monday, April 13:
  In-person orientation @ BAVC Media office in SF

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