Producer, Associate

About the role

The Associate Producer functions as an extension of the Producer and is a main point of contact while working with internal and external teams to organize, supervise, and monitor the progress of projects. This position is on the Episodic Production team and is responsible for supporting the production process from initial client contact, to bidding, scheduling and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Track color and delivery schedules, drive updates to keep the team on track, and work closely with the Production Coordinators on ensure various elements of projects are handled according to the clients requests and team operating procedures.
• Act as a main point of contact alongside your producer and coordinator for your internal CO3 team and clients via in-person interactions, e-mail, and phone.
• Aid in maintaining effective communication with the internal team and clients regarding job status and changes.
• Coordinate and verify project needs prior to any session start times and/or client arrivals as well as deliveries.
• Communicate with Producers upon arrival and throughout the day.
• Assist in the collection and logging of project statuses and key information.
• Keep the production team up to date on project status.
• Support color assists with project information, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring they have the elements to complete their tasks.
• Interface with client if required elements for jobs are missing.
• Aid in the creation, actualizing and billing of work orders.
• Ensure all resources assigned to job are available as scheduled.
• Make sure projects and resources are ready for sessions to begin on time.
• Work with Studio Operations team to setup and support virtual sessions for offsite clients.
• Work with Producer and assistants to troubleshoot any session related problems.
• Assist in greeting and escorting clients to the bays upon arrival.
• Assist in checking in on artists, clients, assists, and client services on a regular basis to make sure the session is well supported.
• Notify the Producer if any delivery deadlines that will or are in jeopardy of being missed.
• Track revised projects and ensure they are archived daily by the Assist team.
• Work with Production Managers to effectively manage SAN storage capacity.
• Coordinate project details across sister facilities.
• Develop understanding of the relation between production team and the various support teams (Operations, Assists, Scheduling).
• Support the primary producer in managing artist schedules on a daily basis.
• Collaborate with the scheduling team to gather artists’ holds and share them with the client as required.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a post production environment. They will have experience with Media Pulse and/or post production scheduling software. They will have strong communication skills. They will have a self-starting and a positive, can-do attitude. They will be adaptable, organized, and proactive. They will be a great collaboration with all members of a project. They will be perseverant under pressure in a quick pace environment. They will have the ability to follow direction and to provide timely, comprehensive updates and follow-through. They will be an available, reliable source of information about project status updates.

Qualifications

• Ability to work successfully with different personality types and work styles
• Strong sense of urgency and prioritization skills
• Comfortable communicating high status clients and senior level artists/executives
• Strong time management skills
• Basic administrative skills including but not limited to typing, answering phone calls and responding to emails/instant messages, scanning or printing documents, creating and saving PDF documents, organizing electronic and physical project information, etc.
• Desire for post production and being comfortable asking questions to be able to learn and grow
• Ability to anticipate potential project setbacks and proactively recommend solutions to prevent project delays
• Basic knowledge of the Color Correction Process
• Basic knowledge of offline editing, VFX and sound workflows
• Basic knowledge of scheduling the post process
• Basic knowledge of task-based software (ClickUp, Asana, Jira)

Skills

• Previous experience in a post production environment
• Experience with Media Pulse and/or post production scheduling software
• Strong communication skills
• Self-starting and positive attitude
• Adaptable, organized, proactive
• Collaborative with all members of a project
• Perseverant under pressure in a quick pace environment
• Ability to follow direction and provide timely, comprehensive updates and follow-through
• Desire for post production and comfortable asking questions to learn and grow
• Anticipating potential project setbacks and recommending solutions
• Basic knowledge of the Color Correction Process
• Basic knowledge of offline editing, VFX and sound workflows
• Basic knowledge of scheduling the post process
• Basic knowledge of task-based software (ClickUp, Asana, Jira)

Benefits

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.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $22.00 - $30.00 hourly USD.

Schedule and Location

This position will require working in our Santa Monica studio on a regular basis and you may also be required to travel and work from our studio in Hollywood, as needed. The AP typical schedule will be from X to X and must be able to work variable shifts, as needed. Available to work overtime and variable shifts, including late nights, weekends and holidays, as necessary per business needs.

Company Information

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

Diversity and inclusion are at the core of Company 3. 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.