BSU graduate shares path to editing prowess

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BSU Film, TV and digital production alum Christina shares her journey within the editing industry

Wednesday, 5 March, 2025

In any sector, climbing the career ladder requires hard work and determination. But add in a global pandemic and having to find post-graduate work within that time, it becomes a somewhat more complicated space to navigate. BSU Film, TV and digital production alum Christina Hill speaks from first-hand experience as she shares her journey within the editing industry.

Having completed her degree amid the pandemic, she graduated from BSU in 2020 before returning home to Ireland for the foreseeable future. With prominent editing jobs hard to secure at home, within six months Christina decided to pursue moving back to Bath with the hopes of regaining momentum in the industry after having time away. 

Landing back at the cinema job that saw her through university, Christina used this time to find editing jobs and send her CV to anywhere taking applications. This eventually led her to securing work in unique circumstances, becoming a livestream editor for a funeral company. 

With the difficult issue of loved ones not being able to attend in-person funerals through the pandemic, livestreaming the service became the next closest thing. At first, she was shocked at the premise of putting together clips of memorial services - especially after being hired and seeing the extreme backlog of footage she was faced with. 

Despite her new manager being positively convinced she would never see the end of it, Christina managed to complete all 400 funeral clips on her first day. Eventually the industry started to open up again, allowing her to explore editing posts elsewhere, looking through Facebook groups for work. 

Landing at One Tribe TV with a glowing reference from BSU’s own senior lecturer Lizzie Powell, Christina was thrown in at the deep end editing history and reality TV programmes on her own, gaining experience on the job for about six months. With her confidence up, it was time to explore what Bristol had to offer, gaining a year’s contract at RDF television before making the big leap to London to work for Quarry.

It was here that Christina really grew into her own, fulfilling her pre-university dream of working on music videos, ads, and global campaigns. Having the opportunity to mix with celebrities and clients, eventually working her way up to a senior assistant. 

This led her to present day where she works as an assistant editor in a London post house. Speaking to Christina, it was clear to see how passionate she was about her job, constantly working to improve her skills and progress in the industry. Asking for her best advice she shared:

“You don’t need to say this is what I’m going to do, and this is it for the next 40 years. I was thinking about what path to go down, and got caught up in it, I was set on directing and producing during uni but that didn’t mean I couldn’t try lots of different roles. 

Remember the first reason your there, if something resonates with you then lean into that. Most of all, use the people on offer to you, pick their brains, teach yourself, put the work in, put your own graft in, and network.”

If you're an aspiring member of the film and television industry, BSU has an excellent array of courses to catapult your career to success.