Finishing Assistant

Company3; Vancouver; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the media industry seeks a Finishing Assistant in Vancouver to support projects from ingest to delivery. The ideal candidate will assist the colourist/editorial teams, manage quality controls, and ensure efficient workflows, all while working collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. This role requires strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication, and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Prior working experience in media/post-production industry.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Strong problem-solving and good interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support colourists with colour and display systems.
• Assist finishing editors in consolidating media and quality control.
• Maintain oversight of deliverables in the finishing process.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Attention to Detail

Tools

DaVinici Resolve

Adobe Premiere

Avid

Job description

Business Unit: Company 3
Position: Finishing Assistant
Location: Vancouver, BC (Onsite)
Hours of Operation: 1:00pm – 9:00pm PST
*Pay Range: $22.00 - $24.00 CAD hourly

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Finishing Assistant will be responsible for filling a variety of supporting roles to the colourist/editor. They will be responsible for assisting in the completion of TV/Feature projects from ingest to delivery. Primarily they will learn new processes and maintain proficiency with evolving technical applications and trends with the company workflow in mind. In this position they actively provide support and solutions for the colourist/editoral team.

MAIN DUTIES:
The Finishing Assistant is responsible for supporting colourists by assisting with colour and display systems that enable colourists to perform efficiently and productively during sessions. This may include but is not limited to, colour tracing, vfx inserts, cut revisions, simple VFX work and similar tasks.They will also be supporting finishing editors so they may perform efficiently and productively during and before sessions. This may include but is not limited to, locating and consolidating media, renders, including master deliverables, and qc fixes.The Finishing Assistant is also responsible for the following:

• Colour Support:Knowledgeable of the various flavors of colour spaces (P3DCI, P3D65, XYZ …)
• Resource Support:Operating DaVinici Resolve or similar applications, Sony X300, Barco 4K/2K, and video routers.
• Quality Assurance:Detail oriented with application and equipment settings. Thoroughly check all work for errors before content is distributed downstream.
• New Technology Support:Help support new processes and maintain proficiency with evolving technical applications and trends with the company workflow.
• Quality Control:Maintain outstanding levels of oversight of deliverables manufactured within the finishing process.
• Customer Service:Drive client supervised sessions; screenings, visual effects reviews and colour-correction sessions / editorial reviews as directed by colourist/editor and/or production management.
• Teamwork:Work as part of a collaborative team. Document workflows and help train incoming new hires. Communicate with fellow colleagues to obtain job instructions and solutions to meet project deadlines.

WHAT YOU BRING:
The ideal candidate will have prior working experience in the media/post-production industry, as well as prior hands-on operator experience. They will have excellent communication and organizational skills, as well as an exceptional eye for detail. They will bring strong problem-solving skills, good communication and interpersonal skills, and be a great team player.

• Ability to work overtime with little or no notice.
• Ability to work weekends or variable shifts, as necessary.
• A professional level English language skill, i.e. written and verbal.
• Have a solid knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Other System knowledge is a plus:Adobe Premiere, OSD/Transkoder, and Avid.
• Have the capacity and interest to learn new material as needed in fast-paced and technical professional environment.

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.