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Business Unit: Company 3
Position: Color Assist
Location: Santa Monica, CA (On-Site)
*Pay Range: $21.00 - $30.00 USD hourly
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Colorist Assist will work directly with the Colorists, Finishing Artists and Production Team in a fast paced
environment to help manage project media assets throughout the duration of a title in the studio. Color Assists must communicate effectively with several departments, execute requests from the client, and be
able to quickly diagnose and troubleshoot issues as the arise. Assists are also responsible for the final file
deliveries of all projects and must maintain a high level of quality control during the mastering process. Color Assists must utilize technical skills to ensure all elements within a project are input/output correctly and to
the requested file specifications.
Location: This is not a remote position and will require working in studio on a regular basis and you may be required to travel to our multiple locations in the Los Angeles. You must be willing to work overtime and weekends.
Hours: Available to work variable shifts, including second shift and swing shift, as necessary per business needs.
MAIN DUTIES:
The Color Assist will set up projects and databases according to established department standards. They will perform color tracing across timelines and projects to ensure project accuracy. They will communicate with the Project Producer and/or Associate Producer regarding missing, incorrect, or problematic elements. They will identify and flag assets delivered in incorrect color space and coordinate correction with production. They will proactively update production on prep issues, spec changes, or potential workflow concerns. Other duties include:
Execution of Job

• Prepare color suites at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled session start, ensuring systems are fully operational.
• Verify project integrity and playback performance prior to client arrival.
• Maintain ongoing communication with the Producer and/or Associate Producer regarding missing footage or elements required to complete the project.
• Coordinate with production to ensure the artist has all project details, specs, and references needed for the session.
• Monitor session progress and provide updates to production on schedule or workflow impacts.
• Report any machine downtime or technical issues to production and engineering immediately.
• Ensure hero stills are captured and updated for all timelines.
• Communicate any spec, versioning, or delivery changes to the production team.

Final Delivery

• Render projects according to final project specifications and delivery requirements.
• Properly label and organize all rendered elements per project naming conventions.
• Perform quality control checks on all rendered materials to verify completeness and file integrity.
• Alert production immediately if delivery timelines or cutoffs may be at risk.

Final Billing

• Ensure all tasks are accurately logged and completed with appropriate details.
• Submit completed tasks promptly to support accurate billing and project tracking.

Communications

• Provide clear handoff notes to the production team at the end of each shift when projects are ongoing.
• Maintain consistent communication with production regarding prep status, session progress, and post session updates.
• Keep production informed of any situation that may impact sessions, schedules, or deliveries.

Engineering

• Assist production in reporting technical issues and repair requests through the EMR Jira system.
• Work collaboratively with engineering to track and resolve technical issues affecting sessions or deliveries.
• Help communicate system status updates to production when technical issues impact operations.
• Maintain familiarity with industry-standard file formats, codecs, and technical specifications used in color and finishing workflows.
• Maintain an understanding of the roles and workflows of partner teams including Operations, Deliverables, and Archives.

WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will have basic knowledge of Davinci Resolve. Experience in other color correction software a plus. They will have basic knowledge of HDR and Dolby Vision workflows. They will have knowledge of digital capture cameras and files. They will have a background and/or knowledge of offline editing. They will have file based workflow experience. They will have knowledge of mobile storage devices and formats. They will bring strong communication skills and an ability to teach others. The ideal candidate will also bring the following:

• Highly organized.
• Ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Must be able to work out of both of our Los Angeles studios on an as needed basis.
• Must be able to work occasional overtime and on weekends, as needed.
• Must be able to work variable shifts, as needed.
• Avid and/or FCP experience a plus.
• Great inter-personal skills, be meticulous, always organized and work calmly and professionally especially during high pressure situations.
• An appetite to learn and master the digital finishing workflow including image acquisition technologies, digital camera types, best editorial procedure, online-conform, color correction, LUTs, digital cinema, HDR and deliverable requirements and procedures relevant to each of your projects.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with internal faculties including editorial, color, operations, data and engineering.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to juggle multiple priorities and projects.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment; and ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Highly organized and able to work independently within their own process.
• Entertainment and/or Media Industry experience preferred.
• Experience with task based or workorder system.

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 September 25, 2026.