Color Assist at Company 3 in New York, NY

Summary: Company 3 provides creative services for content creators, including color grading, post-production finishing, visual effects, animation, and production services. The Color Assist supports colorists throughout short-form color grading workflows, including project preparation, session support, deliverable rendering, media management, and quality oversight. The role also coordinates with producers and operations teams while maintaining evolving technical workflows and participating in weekend on-call rotations.

Responsibilities:
- The Color Assist will support colorists in supervised client sessions, following direction from Colorists and/or Production Management. They will help support colorist hardware; displays, and audio monitoring, that enable colorists to perform efficiently and productively during sessions. They will prep incoming projects for next or same day color sessions. They will render deliverables as per client specifications. They will maintain outstanding levels of oversight of deliverables manufactured within the short form/commercials finishing process. They will color-trace project updates to all appropriate versions. Other duties include:
- Ensure all required color elements are accounted for such as drop-ins, mattes, and conform references
- Set up color suites prior to sessions start per project requirements
- Keep in communication with Production and Operations regarding any outstanding footage needed to complete the project
- Maintain outstanding levels of deliverables created within the short form finishing process
- Ensure all assigned tasks are actualized in task management
- Employee will be required to be in the weekend on-call rotation
- Work with many different media and file types including, but not limited to: VTR formats, frame-based sequences (video), stream/container-based video (compressed and uncompressed), audio files (compressed and uncompressed), and metadata
- Help support new processes and maintain proficiency with evolving technical applications and trends with the company workflow
- Communicate with the project Producer and the Production Coordinators about any issues or changes that may arise with elements
- Flag and contact project Producer and Colorist on any shots that do not line up to the reference
- Ensure that artists add their session time to the work order
- Prep and add any FX drop-in shots for the session
- Ensure hero stills are updated and grabbed for all timelines
- Update the project Producer with any spec and or delivery changes
- Maintain updated information on the central project repository for project specs and changes
- Run internal or client facing sessions as indicated by operations

Required Qualifications:
- Strong willingness to learn
- Technically minded
- Detail-oriented
- Proactive in identifying solutions
- Providing day-to-day operational and creative support to the color team
- Support colorists in supervised client sessions
- Help support colorist hardware; displays, and audio monitoring
- Prep incoming projects for next or same day color sessions
- Render deliverables as per client specifications
- Maintain outstanding levels of oversight of deliverables manufactured within the short form/commercials finishing process
- Color-trace project updates to all appropriate versions
- Ensure all required color elements are accounted for such as drop-ins, mattes, and conform references
- Set up color suites prior to sessions start per project requirements
- Keep in communication with Production and Operations regarding any outstanding footage needed to complete the project
- Maintain outstanding levels of deliverables created within the short form finishing process
- Ensure all assigned tasks are actualized in task management
- Employee will be required to be in the weekend on-call rotation
- Work with many different media and file types including, but not limited to: VTR formats, frame-based sequences (video), stream/container-based video (compressed and uncompressed), audio files (compressed and uncompressed), and metadata
- Help support new processes and maintain proficiency with evolving technical applications and trends with the company workflow
- Communicate with the project Producer and the Production Coordinators about any issues or changes that may arise with elements
- Flag and contact project Producer and Colorist on any shots that do not line up to the reference
- Ensure that artists add their session time to the work order
- Prep and add any FX drop-in shots for the session
- Ensure hero stills are updated and grabbed for all timelines
- Update the project Producer with any spec and or delivery changes
- Maintain updated information on the central project repository for project specs and changes
- Run internal or client facing sessions as indicated by operations
- Strong aptitude for problem-solving
- Multi-tasking and managing competing priorities
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with all stakeholders
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment
- Collaborative mindset with a positive attitude and willingness to contribute within a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:
- Curious and eager to learn new technologies and workflows
- Availability to work overtime and/or weekends on short notice as needed, based on project demands
- Demonstrated experience working in post-production environments, preferably within color grading or finishing departments
- Familiarity with industry-standard color grading software (e.g., DaVinci Resolve, Baselight, or similar)
- Basic understanding of video codecs, color science, and file management workflows
- Experience working in client-supervised sessions or collaborating directly with creative teams
- Previous exposure to short form projects such as commercials, music videos, documentaries, or short films

Required Skills: Post-Production Workflows, Color Grading, DaVinci Resolve, Baselight, Video Codecs, Color Science, Video and Audio File Formats, File Management Workflows, Client-Supervised Sessions

Benefits: Eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US: comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off., Eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US: 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.