Color Assistant (Temporary)
New York - Hybrid, NY
Temporary
Company 3
Entry Level
Business Unit: Company 3
Position: Color Assistant (Temporary)
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
Hours of Operation: 3:00pm-11:00pm EST
*Pay Range: $19.00 - $25.00 USD hourly
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Color Assist 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 Assist uses DaVinci Resolve, Baselight and the Adobe Creative Suite to 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, render deliverables as per client specifications, and maintain outstanding levels of oversight of deliverables manufactured within the short form/commercials finishing process. They will drive client supervised sessions: color-grading sessions as directed by colorists and/or Production management, color-trace project updates to all appropriate versions, and ensure all required color elements are accounted for such as drop-ins, mattes, and conform references. They will also be responsible for the following:
WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in the operations of monitors (often 4K) that are designed for film color grading and color accuracy. They must be able to collaborate and communicate with fellow colleagues to obtain job instructions and solutions in order to meet project deadlines and know how to operate HDSR video machines and video routers. They must also be knowledgeable of the various flavors of color spaces, LUT applications and skills for color tracing, match grading and rendering. Additional desired skills include:
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 August 15, 2025.
Position: Color Assistant (Temporary)
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
Hours of Operation: 3:00pm-11:00pm EST
*Pay Range: $19.00 - $25.00 USD hourly
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Color Assist 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 Assist uses DaVinci Resolve, Baselight and the Adobe Creative Suite to 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, render deliverables as per client specifications, and maintain outstanding levels of oversight of deliverables manufactured within the short form/commercials finishing process. They will drive client supervised sessions: color-grading sessions as directed by colorists and/or Production management, color-trace project updates to all appropriate versions, and ensure all required color elements are accounted for such as drop-ins, mattes, and conform references. They will also be responsible for the following:
- 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 manufactured within the short form finishing process.
- Ensure all assigned tasks are actualized in task management software on a daily basis.
- Employee will be required to be in the weekend on-call rotation.
- Works 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.
WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in the operations of monitors (often 4K) that are designed for film color grading and color accuracy. They must be able to collaborate and communicate with fellow colleagues to obtain job instructions and solutions in order to meet project deadlines and know how to operate HDSR video machines and video routers. They must also be knowledgeable of the various flavors of color spaces, LUT applications and skills for color tracing, match grading and rendering. Additional desired skills include:
- Detailed oriented with application and equipment settings
- Ability to troubleshoot.
- Background and/or knowledge of offline editing.
- Linux experience with ability to navigate via command line.
- Is a clear and organized communicator who can manage a client’s expectations, and juggle multiple urgencies.
- A general understanding of the digital intermediate process is preferred.
- Have a strong ability to work unsupervised, at a fast pace in a calm and collected manner with a result-oriented mindset and strong attention to detail.
- Experience with Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel and Word, is a plus.
- Experience with media/post industry, preferably hand on operator experience.
- Flexibility with start and end times, with occasional weekend requirements.
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 August 15, 2025.
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