Color Assist

Business Unit: Company 3
Position: Color Assist
Location: Santa Monica, CA 
*Pay Range: $22.00 - $28.00 USD hourly
POSITION SUMMARY:

The Color Assistant will be responsible for filling a variety of supporting roles to the colorist and providing support to produce color grading operations from ingest to delivery. Primarily they will learn new processes and maintain proficiency with evolving technical applications and trends with the company workflow. In this position they actively provide support and solutions for the colorist team. 

MAIN DUTIES:
The Color Assistant will help support, color and display systems that enable colorists to perform efficiently and productively during sessions. They will collaborate and communicate with fellow colleagues to obtain job instructions and solutions to meet project deadlines. They will be knowledgeable of the various flavors of color spaces (P3DCI, P3D65, XYZ …), LUT applications and skills for color tracing, match grading and rendering. Other duties include:

• Operating DaVinici Resolve v20, or similar application, Barco 4K/2KP, Kinoton film projectors, DVS Clipster, Avid, Final Cut Pro, HDSR video machines and video routers. 
• Detailed oriented with application and equipment settings.   Thoroughly check all work for errors before content is distributed downstream.    
• Help support new processes and maintain proficiency with evolving technical applications and trends with the company workflow. 
• Maintain outstanding levels of oversight of deliverables manufactured within the feature finishing process.
• Drive client supervised sessions; screenings, visual effects reviews and color-correction sessions as directed by colorist and/or production management.   
• Work as part of a collaborative team.  Document workflows and help train incoming new hires.   

WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will bring previous experience with media/post-production industry and hands-on operator experience. They will have excellent communication and organizational skills, as well as an exceptional eye for detail. They will have a solid knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite. They will also bring the following:

• Ability to work overnight shifts. 
• Ability to work overtime with little or no notice. 
• Ability to work on weekends, as necessary. 
• Ability to work variable shifts, as necessary. 
• Ability to work also work at Hollywood/Company 3 offsite location, as necessary. 
• Problem-solving skills, good communication and interpersonal skills, and a great team player.
• A professional level English language skill, i.e. written and verbal.
• Can lift/carry items weighing up to 25lbs.

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of Davinci Resolve v20. 
• Other System knowledge is a plus:  DVS Clipster, Adobe Premiere, OSD/Transkoder, and Avid.
• Digital cinema projectors and film projectors.
• Have the capacity and interest to learn new material as needed in fast-paced and technical professional environment.
• Basic scripting knowledge.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.
Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the Company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise need any accommodation or support in order to participate in the application process.
*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range may be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs. 
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings as adopted and amended from time to time will apply.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws.
This position is for an existing vacancy. Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through the Company’s Career Page. The Company generally only contacts those individuals who have submitted an application which it wishes to interview. The application window for this position is expected to close by January 28, 2025.