Colour Assistant

Blackkitestudios; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Kite is seeking a Colour Assistant to support high-end colour workflows and deliverables. You will assist with colour sessions, prep media, and coordinate with producers and creatives to ensure the best possible colour results.

You will develop towards becoming a Colourist, working closely with the team on exciting projects and feature-quality deliverables. This role is based in our London/Greater London studio.

Responsibilities

• Quality control on all deliverable Colour media.
• Liaise with external parties around the supply and ingest of media for Colour sessions.
• Work closely with Producers and Creatives to ensure best colour workflow on projects.
• Provide colour session prep support for Colourists.
• Transcode rushes and prepare conforms from EDLs using Resolve, Baselight, Flame, Premiere.
• Set up grade scenes on Baselight with edits and reframes.
• Manage grade pickups and run-throughs using scheduling tools.
• Prepare grading suite environment for sessions with clients.
• QC export media for delivery to network/online or external partners.
• Support efficient render workflows and collaborate with the creative team.

Skills

Color grading

Post-production workflow

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Resolve

Baselight

Flame

Adobe Premiere Pro

Tools

Resolve

Baselight

Flame

Adobe Premiere Pro

Job description

Black Kite is an independent creative studio offering world class visual effects and design.

We are a talent first technology inspired studio.

Our community is home to a collective of world-class talent. A group of artists, creators, designers, producers and technologists that have come together to make exceptional artistic visual content.

THE ROLE

The Colour Assistant role at BLACK KITE

As a Colour Assistant at Black Kite you are responsible for helping deliver creative excellence on every Colour project.

We are committed to supporting you and your continued career development. We will work closely with you to enable your personal progression towards becoming a Colourist.

Together we are investing in the future and we believe that your career will grow without limits at Black Kite.

Your responsibilities include:

• Responsible for quality control on all deliverable Colour media.

• Liaise with external parties around the supply and ingest of media for Colour sessions.

• Work closely with Producers and Creatives to ensure they are adopting the best suitable colour workflow on projects.

• Provide colour session prep support for the Black Kite Colourists.

• Transcode rushes and prepare conforms from EDLs and offline edits using required software packages – Resolve / Baselight Conform / Flame assist / Adobe Premier.

• Set up grade scenes on Baselight withcorrect edits, reframes and any additional shots needed.

• Manage and schedule grade pickups and run throughs using CETA.

• Prepare the grading suite environment for Colourists and clients ahead of attended studio sessions.

• Prepare and QC check export media for the network/online or external delivery.

• Responsible for producing efficient render workflows.

• Work closely with the Black Kite Creative and Production talent to ensure they feel supported.

• Ensure that the client experience at Black Kite Studios is always on point.

• Work on Colour grading projects as a colourist to enable continued personal creative development.

• Help us to make outstanding creative work.

WHY YOU

we want you to join us at Black Kite because you are super talented, smart, focused and driven to succeed – You want to be the best.

You are passionate about Colour and have the talent and ambition to become an exceptional Colourist.

Your outstanding talent and commitment to your work and career has made you stand out from the rest.

We want to create an environment where people can develop and exceed their potential at the same time as working on exceptional creative work. We want to support and enable you on your career path towards becoming a Colourist, working on inspiring projects with the best clients.