Company: Company 3
Position: Associate Producer, Commercial Finishing
Location: Santa Monica, CA – Hybrid
- Salary Range: $22.00 ~ $35.00 hourly USD
Position Summary
The Commercial Finishing Associate Producer is responsible for working closely with Senior Producers to manage all aspects of a color/finishing project, from planning and scheduling resources, tracking and billing actuals against initial bids, and working with creative teams to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the Company 3 standards of quality. The role requires a basic working knowledge and desire to further understand post-production workflows (primarily color, conform, 2D comp, graphics, and final delivery video formats/specs in Flame).
Successful candidates have excellent communication and follow-up skills with both advertising clients and filmmakers, as well as internal artists & production teams. Other important qualities of successful candidates include effective organization and planning methodologies, strong attention to detail, a proactive and collaborative team attitude, and a positive mindset when adapting to evolving project needs. Hours will vary with individual projects and the role requires flexibility, which allows autonomous self-starters to thrive in this remote position. The candidate will initially support Senior Producers, while also being given growth opportunities to independently manage projects in a quickly growing department.
Main Duties
- Successful production/management of short form commercial color/finish projects.
- Communicating professionally with high profile advertising clients and filmmakers.
- Communicating and collaborating with internal creative and production teams.
- Working closely with other departments to provide a seamless client experience.
- Planning and scheduling staff and freelance resources with other producers.
- Building post-production calendars with posting and delivery milestones.
- Tracking and billing production costs within the scope of a project’s budget.
What You Bring
- Experience with post-production workflows, softwares and technologies.
- Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets formulas.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to effectively organize post-production projects.
- Ability to develop personal rapport and form strong client relationships.
About The Company
Company 3 / Method Studios 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 to otherwise 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. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range will 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 will apply.
Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through this careers’ website.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state and local pay transparency laws.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with applicable law.
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