Color Assistant

Color Assistant

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.