Producer, Associate

Company3•Santa Monica, CA

2d•$24 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Producer will work alongside the feature finishing producing team in a supporting capacity. The Producing team is responsible for oversight and management of the feature finishing production process from initial pre-pro phase through conform, color and delivery. The Associate Producer will coordinate with internal operations, scheduling and assist teams to schedule facility resources, set project priorities and ensure timely completion of all intermediate processes and deliverables as per client production schedule and requirements. This position will also participate alongside our producing team on regular status calls, production summaries and strategy meetings for high-profile feature finishing projects. The Associate Producer actively provides support and executes task based work for the feature finishing producing team. This position requires strong attention to detail, communication, and time management skills, as well as a positive, professional demeanor when engaging with clients, artists, and internal teams. Associate Producer is expected to be proactive in learning, responsive to direction, and collaborative in supporting day-to-day production operations.

Requirements

Previous experience in a feature or episodic dailies, Post Production or VFX finishing environment.
Ability to perform in a fast-paced high-pressure environment with competing priorities under tight deadlines.
Ability to follow direction and to provide timely, comprehensive updates and follow-thorough.
Strong communication skills and be highly organized.
Understanding of the Post Production scheduling process and the concept of deadlines therein.
Understanding of the digital editorial process and the relationship between offline and online editorial environments.
Develop understanding of finishing process and know when to escalate.
Able to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
This is not a remote position and will require working in either LA studio on a daily basis.
Must be able to work out of our LA studios as needed basis.
Must be able to work occasional overtime and on weekends, as needed.
Must be able to work variable shifts, as needed.
Great interpersonal 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.
Strong systems skills, especially with Media Pulse, Jira/Confluence.
Experience with Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel and Word.

Nice To Haves

Entertainment and/or Media Industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and execute task-based project requests as directed by the feature finishing producer(s). They will use Media Pulse & Click Up.
Generate project-based tasks and work orders for conform, color, data and QC as directed by the feature finishing producing team.
Track conform, color and data production tasks.
Participate in active learning of feature finishing process and workflow; and adhere to the standard operating procedures set forth by the feature production team.
Engage in review of production schedules and coordinate session bookings as directed by lead feature finishing producer(s).
Understand production processes (dailies, VFX, editorial) in relation to post production feature finishing.
Coordinate tasks related to VFX pulls and VFX reviews.
Coordinate tasks related to QC.
Gain knowledge of conform and various color related spec information in features.
Escalate potential risks or timeline issues to the Producer or Supervisor promptly.
Familiarity with various file formats and respective measure units.
Develop an understanding of the relation between feature production team and the various support teams (Operations, Deliverables, Archives).
Active participation in rotating production meetings.