00:00:03:13 | ROLL 01 — OFFLINE EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE
The editors behind the shows you binge.
Primetime television editors, now cutting for creators. Twenty on the roster. Thirty-five creators at a time.
Offline is a small roster of primetime television editors who cut for creators.
These editors don’t advertise, don’t take enquiries, and aren’t looking for clients. What brings them here is the work itself — which is why we vet both sides, and why the roster stays small.
Suite 02 — 23:41Our editors have cut for
The format changes
The craft does not
Our editors have cut some of the most-watched shows on television and the global streamers. Whatever your channel covers, someone on the roster has cut its equivalent for broadcast — and knows how to make it connect.
Twenty elite editors.
Every seat is filled by a working primetime television editor with delivered broadcast credits — vetted on finished episodes. We would rather leave a seat open than fill it badly.
Selectivity
Offline works with a small number of creators at a time. We take on channels we want to cut — the ones with a story worth building. Applications reviewed weekly.
Capped at 20 editors. Every one broadcast-vetted.
Mara Ellison
- Wild Coast — S2
- The Quiet Hour
- Nightline Docs
Daniel Okafor
- Late Set — S4
- Green Room
- Two Minutes Out
Sunny Lau
- House Rules — S6
- Cold Open
- Pitch Deck
Joan Vester
- The Long Table
- Field Notes — S3
- After Hours
Tom Ellery
- Coastal Rescue
- Built to Last
- Cold Harbour
Priya Raman
- Ash & Ember
- Nightwatch
- The Quiet Ward
Ben Astor
- Matchday Files
- Ring Season
- Sprint
Ama Boateng
- Home Rules
- Plate Up
- The Reset
8 of 20 seats confirmed. Intake closes at twenty.
Apply. Matched inside five days. First cut inside ten working days.
STEP 01 — DAY 00
Apply
Format, pace, references, what's not working. Applications reviewed weekly.
STEP 02 — DAY 05
Match
One editor from the twenty. Their credits, their rate, their availability.
STEP 03 — DAY 10
First cut
First cut delivered inside ten working days of rushes landing. Two rounds to picture lock.
Need it faster? Priority turnaround is available on any plan, priced per cut.
Built to hold.
A cutting room is a system, not a freelancer. Here is what sits behind every delivery.
STRUCTURE — 01
One editor who knows your show
You're matched to one editor, deliberately. Over the first weeks they learn your pacing, your typography, your sound design. The cut gets sharper and the process gets lighter every month.
STRUCTURE — 02
A cover editor, always
Every channel has a named second editor with access to your style guide and project files. If your editor is on a series or on a beach, the next cut lands on time and looks like all the others.
STRUCTURE — 03
Music, fully cleared
Every edit ships with production music licensed for creator and branded content. No strikes, no muted uploads, no awkward emails from a rights holder.
STRUCTURE — 04
Your editorial memory, kept
Style guides, graphics, project files and cut history live in one place, maintained by us. Your channel's look doesn't live in one person's head.
Thirty-five creators at a time.
Quality does not survive volume. We hold thirty-five channels on the books — no more — so every creator keeps a dedicated editor who knows the show. When the roster is full, new applications join a waitlist and we work through it as seats free up.
Creators on the books
35 maxEditors on the roster
20 cappedTEN CREATOR PLACES OPEN FOR Q4. APPLICATIONS REVIEWED MONTHLY.
Cut on retainer, or one at a time.
Start with one edit. The paid trial will give you usable content in the first month for your channels, no obligation to stay after this period.
First cut — paid trial
£750
one-off
- 4 shorts (60 seconds) and 1 video up to 4 minutes
- Single use — no rollover
- Two rounds of revisions (a round is one consolidated set of notes)
- Credited in full against your first month if you join
- This is an audition — ours, not yours.
Shorts
£950
per month
- 8 shorts, up to 60 seconds each
- A mix of cuts from scratch and cutdowns of your longer videos
- Two rounds of revisions per short
- Credits roll for 60 days
- Three-month minimum
Creator retainer
£2,700
per month
- 4 long-form videos up to 6 minutes, plus 8 shorts cut down from them
- Dedicated editor matched to your channel
- Two rounds of revisions per deliverable
- First cuts inside ten working days
- Credits roll for 60 days
- Three-month minimum
Channel partner
£5,400
per month
- 8 long-form videos and 20 shorts
- A two-editor pod — a lead on long-form, a second on shorts and cutdowns, both working from your channel's style guide
- Sponsor and branded-content versioning
- Thumbnail frame selects
- Three-month minimum
Add-ons
Extra short
£140
Shorts top-up — block of four
£520
Extra long-form video
£550
Priority 48-hour turnaround
+30% on the affected cut
Extra revision round
£70 per short / £150 per long-form
Sponsor-cut versioning
£90 per variant
Rushes beyond 3 hours per video
Priced per case
Credits roll over for 60 days. Quiet months are fine. A round is one consolidated set of notes. Long-form videos are up to 10 minutes finished from up to 3 hours of supplied rushes — more footage is fine and priced per case.
THREE-MONTH MINIMUM ON ALL RETAINERS EXCEPT TRIAL. REVIEWED WEEKLY. SHORTS AND REPURPOSING ON ANY RETAINER →
The Podcast Room
A separate line for video podcasts. Multicam picture cut, full polish, and five shorts from every episode — delivered on a fixed weekly rhythm by an editor who stays with your show.
Weekly
£4,600
per month
4 episodes · 20 shorts
- Four episodes a month, up to 60 minutes each
- Three and four-camera picture cut
- Dead air, repetition and filler removed
- Titles, graphics, music and sound design
- Five shorts per episode, captioned and vertical
- Subtitles delivered with every episode
- Two rounds of notes on the episode, one on the shorts
- First cut within 5 working days. Locked in 10 working days.
- A dedicated editor who stays with your show
Twice weekly
£8,600
per month
8 episodes · 40 shorts
- Eight episodes a month, up to 60 minutes each
- Everything in Weekly
- Priority slot in the schedule
- Two rounds of notes on the episode, one on the shorts
Single episode
£1,650
one-off
1 episode · 5 shorts
- One episode, one editor
- Same cut, same polish, same shorts
- Two rounds of notes on the episode, one on the shorts
- Priced as an add-on. The monthly rate is materially better.
The Podcast Room starts at four episodes a month. Single episodes are available to existing clients as an add-on.
Send us one episode. We'll send back a first cut.
Offline works with a small number of creators at a time. We take on channels we want to cut — the ones with a story worth building. Applications reviewed weekly.
Three-month minimum. Reviewed weekly.
For editors
Between series? Twenty seats, broadcast-vetted.