Jobs at Company 3

Administer and support Linux-based studio infrastructure, including servers, render systems, enterprise storage, virtualization, networks, cloud resources, tape libraries, and identity systems. Monitor performance, resolve escalated infrastructure issues, apply patches and security hardening, support production technology deployments, automate routine tasks, participate in upgrades and migrations, and maintain technical documentation. Collaborate with engineering, operations, production, security, and studio teams while participating in after-hours maintenance and incident response.

Provides evening front desk and administrative support at a postproduction facility. Greets and assists clients, visitors, and vendors; manages badges, logs, shipments, supplies, purchasing, communications, and facility requests. Supports room setup, meetings, screenings, and emergency procedures while coordinating with Facilities, Client Services, and other departments. Requires strong organization, communication, multitasking, confidentiality, and customer service skills in an on-site environment.

Finance Manager overseeing financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, and performance management for multiple business units. The role leads a team, manages monthly reporting and outlook processes, partners with business leaders, supports revenue and expenditure tracking, and identifies improvements to financial systems and workflows. Responsibilities also include team development, reporting automation, financial system upgrades, and strategic financial analysis.

Oversee financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, and performance reporting for multiple business units. Manage a team of three, partner with business leaders, monitor revenue and expenditures, support billing and accounts payable processes, and identify opportunities to improve financial systems and workflows. The role also supports reporting automation, financial system upgrades, executive outlook presentations, and strategic decision-making.

Oversee trailer finishing projects from pre-production through conform, color, and delivery. Serve as the primary client interface, coordinate facility resources and production schedules, manage digital assets, track budgets and billing, generate work orders, and ensure timely deliverables. Collaborate with editorial, color, operations, data, and engineering teams while supporting high-pressure deadlines. The Producer also mentors junior staff and provides onsite support at Hollywood, Santa Monica, and client studios, including occasional weekends.

Designs, builds, and supports high-performance studio infrastructure for post-production and VFX environments. Leads architecture across storage, virtualization, networking, cloud, servers, rendering, and security systems. Provides technical leadership, advanced troubleshooting, capacity planning, project delivery, vendor evaluation, documentation, and infrastructure modernization. Partners with global engineering, production, security, operations, and studio leadership to deliver reliable, scalable, resilient infrastructure.

Assists senior engineers with deploying, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining workstations, servers, storage, network devices, and operating systems. Supports production teams, software licensing, monitoring, documentation, system updates, basic scripting, configuration management, and infrastructure automation. Participates in on-call support and develops practical knowledge of networking, deployment tools, and VFX production workflows.

Supports Producers in coordinating short-form post-production projects from client handoff through final delivery. Responsibilities include managing schedules, timelines, deliverables, project elements, client reviews, meetings, feedback, vendor coordination, work orders, invoicing, and client communications. The role monitors project progress, identifies resource or scheduling issues, supports Operations and creative teams, and helps resolve challenges while ensuring timely delivery.

Develop and maintain scalable VFX pipeline systems and production tools across departments. Provide technical support to artists, troubleshoot workflow issues, automate repetitive tasks, research technologies, document tools, and contribute to Agile sprints. The role requires strong Python development, pipeline infrastructure, CI/CD, package management, DCC integration, and Qt/PySide UI experience in a VFX or animation studio environment.

Provides systems administration, infrastructure engineering, and technical support for a multi-site post-production environment. Maintains servers, workstations, networks, storage, virtual infrastructure, databases, security, backups, and production software. Troubleshoots incidents, improves system performance and reliability, supports video/audio signal paths, calibrates displays, installs and integrates equipment, and recommends infrastructure designs and hardware purchases. Requires Linux, macOS, and Windows expertise, scripting, high-availability systems experience, and familiarity with film, television, or post-production workflows.

The Lighter translates creative lighting concepts into VFX shotwork, developing realistic lighting solutions and completing lighting and rendering tasks. Responsibilities include pre-comps, render-pass quality checks, render setup, scene debugging, render optimization, and collaboration with compositors, CG, VFX, and production teams. The role requires Houdini lighting and VFX rendering experience, creative problem-solving, effective communication, and the ability to meet production deadlines.

Creates and maintains 3D assets and visual effects across modeling, look development, texturing, animation, rendering, shading, lighting, tracking, and effects. Publishes assets, reviews Houdini lighting setups, collaborates with compositors, optimizes render performance, and maintains creative and technical quality. The role requires adaptability across projects and strong knowledge of CG pipelines, including Houdini-based look development and shot lighting rendered with Mantra and Karma.

Create high-quality visual effects simulations in Houdini, including fire, explosions, smoke, liquids, particles, cloth, hair, and crowds. Develop custom or existing setups, light and shade FX shots, and provide slapcomps for reviews. Collaborate in dailies, respond to creative and technical feedback, communicate with project teams, and deliver work under strict deadlines.

Creates high-end visual effects composites by integrating live action, CG, and 2D/3D elements. Responsibilities include keying, tracking, CG integration, set extensions, removals, beauty work, paint, and rotoscoping. The Compositor manages assigned shots, incorporates supervisor feedback, maintains efficient scripts, communicates with production, and meets schedules and deadlines while balancing technical precision with creative quality.

Supervises CG production through the VFX pipeline, developing Houdini workflows, managing artists and resources, reviewing renders and shot progress, ensuring continuity and quality, and coordinating with VFX supervisors, producers, and production teams. Provides creative and technical guidance, handles turnovers, supports final compositing, monitors render queues, trains artists, and develops specialized techniques as needed.

Coordinates post-production projects, client sessions, facility resources, schedules, communications, billing support, and hospitality services. Maintains project status, organizes meetings, reprioritizes tasks, supports Producers, and serves as an evening client-facing liaison. Requires strong organization, communication, customer service, post-production workflow knowledge, and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Supports full-cycle recruitment from intake and sourcing through screening, interviews, offers, and onboarding coordination. Partners with hiring managers and HR teams, conducts candidate outreach and screening, manages ATS processes, coordinates interviews, provides market insights, supports pay equity and budget considerations, and promotes a positive candidate experience. Uses LinkedIn, social media, Microsoft Office, and ATS tools to build talent pipelines across diverse job families.

Coordinates episodic post-production projects, schedules, resources, client communications, status reporting, work orders, billing, deliveries, and session readiness. Supports producers, artists, engineers, clients, and sister facilities while monitoring budgets, deadlines, technical issues, and project requirements. Requires onsite work in Santa Monica, occasional work in Hollywood, and availability for overtime, variable shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Provides Tier 1–3 support for Avid editorial systems and designs, implements, and maintains Avid-based workflows for editing, ingest, media management, and delivery. The role supports creative applications, remote and in-studio production infrastructure, storage, networking, hardware, software, and third-party integrations. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, workflow optimization, documentation, inventory management, system architecture support, and translating technical guidance for nontechnical staff in a fast-paced post-production environment.

Coordinate VFX shot progress, log dailies, manage deliverables and outsourcing, liaise between artists, producers, supervisors and clients, and support production management with tracking and ad hoc tasks.