Color Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Business Unit : Commercial Post Production
Position : Color Assistant
Location : Atlanta, GA (Onsite)
Hours of Operation : 10am ~ 7pm

*Pay Range : $25~$30 USD hourly

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Color Assistant is responsible for supporting color grading operations, client sessions, media preparation, conform, rendering, quality control, deliverables, and archival activities for commercial, episodic, feature, and branded content projects.
This role serves as the primary technical support resource for the Color Department while maintaining cross‑functional proficiency in editorial and finishing workflows. The Color Assistant may provide backup support for Creative Editorial and Finishing teams during periods of vacation coverage, illness, workload balancing, or special projects.
Success in this position requires strong technical aptitude, exceptional attention to detail, client service skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast‑paced post‑production environment.

MAIN DUTIES:

Color Session Preparation
You’ll be the backbone of every color session, ensuring projects are ready for creative excellence.

• Organize and manage incoming media, EDLs, XMLs, AAFs, graphics, audio, and reference materials.
• Build and maintain project folder structures that keep workflows efficient and consistent.
• Conform timelines from editorial source materials and verify accuracy against offline references.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to conform, relink, frame rate, color management, and media.
• Prepare DaVinci Resolve projects following department standards and configure color suites for client sessions.
• Test playback performance, audio routing, monitoring, and remote review systems to ensure seamless operation.

Color Session Support
You’ll be hands‑on in the room (or virtually), helping colorists deliver flawless results.

• Support colorists during attended and unattended sessions, anticipating technical needs.
• Troubleshoot live session issues quickly and calmly.
• Execute project updates, versioning, and session modifications.
• Manage remote review technologies and streaming platforms for client collaboration.
• Communicate project status and technical concerns to producers and stakeholders.
• Maintain a polished, client‑ready environment that reflects our high service standards.

Rendering, Deliverables & QC
Your precision ensures every frame meets the highest standards.

• Render graded media in required formats and specifications.
• Generate client deliverables and alternate versions.
• Perform meticulous quality control on all outputs, validating image quality, color accuracy, and file integrity.
• Package and distribute deliverables via secure transfer systems, cloud services, or physical media.
• Maintain backups and archives, documenting completion notes and delivery records.

Media & Asset Management
You’ll keep projects organized from start to finish.

• Manage media transfers, backups, restores, and archive requests.
• Track assets across SAN, cloud, and client‑supplied storage.
• Enforce naming conventions and organizational standards.
• Safeguard data integrity and client confidentiality.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration
The Color Assistant also supports other departments to ensure smooth operations across the studio.

Finishing Support (Flame):

• Assist with media prep, conform verification, rendering, and delivery.
• Perform QC on final outputs and manage archives.
• Provide coverage during peak workloads or team absences.

Editorial Support (Avid / Premiere):

• Help with project setup, media ingest, transcoding, and assistant editor tasks.
• Manage versioning, exports, and deliverables.
• Support posting, graphics prep, and archiving.

WHAT YOU BRING:

Technical Expertise
You bring a strong foundation in post‑production technology and workflows.

• Working knowledge of DaVinci Resolve and professional color grading pipelines.
• Understanding of digital cinema cameras, codecs, color spaces, and file formats.
• Familiarity with SAN/NAS/cloud storage environments and professional video standards.
• Experience with media management and file transfer technologies.
• Solid grasp of editorial workflows and conform processes.

Preferred Experience
Bonus points if you’ve worked across multiple creative platforms.

• Autodesk Flame, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.
• Remote review technologies and workflow automation or scripting.

Core Competencies
We’re looking for someone who thrives under pressure and takes pride in precision.

• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong troubleshooting ability and technical confidence.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities while maintaining composure.
• A proactive, service‑oriented mindset.
• Independent yet collaborative — always ready to learn and adapt.

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 Oct 8, 2026.

 

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