Associate Producer, Trailers

Job Description

Company: Company 3
Position: Associate Producer, Trailers
Location: Hollywood, CA
*Pay Range: $22.00 - $30.00 USD hourly

The Associate Producer will work alongside the trailer finishing producing team in a supporting capacity. The Producing team is responsible for oversight and management of the trailer finishing production process from initial pre-pro phase through conform, color and delivery. The Associate Producer actively provides support and executes task-based work for the trailer finishing producing team.

This position will require working in our Hollywood studio on a regular basis. You may also be required to travel and work out of our studio in Santa Monica, as needed. Available to work overtime and variable shifts, including late nights, weekends and holidays, as necessary per business needs.

MAIN DUTIES:
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 trailer finishing projects.  Additional duties include:
• Coordinate and execute task-based project requests as directed by the trailer finishing producer(s)
• Uses Media Pulse, Jira/Confluence
• Generates project based work orders for conform, color, data and QC as directed by the trailer finishing producing team
• Tracks conform, color and data production tickets
• Participates in active learning of trailer finishing process and workflow; and adheres to the standard operating procedures set forth by the trailer production team
• Engages in review of production schedules and coordinates session bookings as directed by lead trailer finishing producer(s)
• Understanding of production processes (dailies, VFX, editorial) in relation to post production trailer finishing
• Coordinates on tasks related to QC
• Will gain knowledge of conform and color related spec information
• Familiarity with various file formats and respective measure units
• Develop understanding of the relation between trailer production team and the various support teams (Operations, Deliverables, Archives)

WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will have previous experience in Post Production or VFX finishing environment. They will have the ability to perform in a fast-paced high-pressure environment with competing priorities under tight deadlines, and be able to follow direction and to provide timely, comprehensive updates and follow-thorough. They must have an understanding of the Post Production scheduling process and the concept of deadlines therein, as well as an understanding of the digital editorial process and the relationship between offline and online editorial environments. Additional desired skills include:
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Develop understanding of finishing process and know when to escalate.
• Ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• 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 is a plus.
• 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.
• Strong systems skills, especially with Media Pulse, Jira/Confluence is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel and Word

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r042xe-98-82-140-17-42 in your application.