Lara Richardson

Lara Richardson

Edit assistant (Post-production)


Location:
Edinburgh
Career stage:
Experienced

Badges


Freelance

Availability:
Available Soon

Industries

  • Unscripted TV

Regions can work

  • South East
  • London
  • North West
  • East of England
  • West Midlands
  • South West
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
  • East Midlands
  • North East
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland

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About

Senior Edit Assistant and Junior Editor with 4+ years experience in Unscripted TV

ScreenSkills Training Passport

Lara Richardson has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.

Tackling harassment and bullying at work

Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

Introduction to data protection and cybersecurity in the screen industries

Introduction to financial compliance in the screen industries

Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

Introduction to mental health awareness at work

Find out more about the ScreenSkills Training Passport

Experience

  1. Edit Assistant

    True North Post · May 2024 - Jan 2026

    Dedicated Edit Assistant on Teen Mom UK S11/12 (MTV), Teen Mom UK New Generation S3 (MTV), Top Guns: Inside the RAF S3 (C4). I'd also regularly help other assistants on other true crime/factual entertainment productions that were in-house.

  2. Edit Assistant

    Edit123 · Feb 2022 - Feb 2025

    Worked on many factual entertainment productions including Love it or List it (C4), Money for Nothing (BBC), Repair Shop on The Road (Ricochet), Make it At Market (BBC)

  3. Facilities Coordinator

    Screen Education Edinburgh · Nov 2019 - Feb 2022

  4. Operations and Accounts Assistant

    Small Business · Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

  5. Admin and Facilities Assistant

    Screen Education Edinburgh · Oct 2017 - Nov 2018

Education and training

  1. Editing with DaVinci Resolve

    ScreenSkills · Feb 2026

    ScreenSkills Funded

  2. Archive 101

    ScreenSkills · Jul 2025

    ScreenSkills Funded

  3. Unscripted TV Skills Fund Junior Editor Programme

    Create Studios · Feb 2025

    ScreenSkills Funded

  4. Pitch to production for freelancers: Everything you need to go from idea to commission

    ScreenSkills · Jul 2025

    ScreenSkills Funded

  5. Select Sessions: Industry Insight Broadcast Engineering with RTS Scotland

    ScreenSkills · Nov 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

  6. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Jan 2021

    ScreenSkills Funded

  7. Short Course DIT and Data Wrangling Intro

    Glasgow City College · Oct 2018 - Oct 2018

  8. Higher National Diploma Television Production

    Edinburgh College · Sep 2015 - Jun 2017

  9. National Progression Award Digital Media

    Edinburgh College · Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

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Certificates

  • Unscripted TV Skills Fund Junior Editor Programme

    Screenskills Training Course · Create Studios
    Issued 3 Apr 2025

Lara Richardson

Lara Richardson

Edit assistant (Post-production)


Location:
Edinburgh
Career stage:
Experienced

Badges


Freelance

Availability:
Available Soon

Industries

  • Unscripted TV

Regions can work

  • South East
  • London
  • North West
  • East of England
  • West Midlands
  • South West
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
  • East Midlands
  • North East
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland

Download CV