ETC London are looking for a Colour Assistant to join the team.

A Colour Assistant acts as the right hand person to the Colourists and so they must develop a very close working relationship which is only possible if the Colour Assistant has an innate understanding of the Colourist's technical and creative methods. Although an Assistant defaults to the Colourist, the Assistant must also have the confidence and ability to deal with clients and their requests and to work on jobs without supervision. Assistants are not expected to have their own client base; they are expected to build one by developing and working in tandem with young and upcoming creative talent. Many of these projects are music videos, which allow a greater experimentation in creative and visual approach, allowing the Assistant to apply the skills learnt whilst working with the Colourist.

The Colourists and Assistant Colourists must develop a highly developed sense of Colour imagery coupled with a strong creative and aesthetic sensibility and an in-depth knowledge of the whole post-production process including current technical specifications of film, video and data formats.

They support the Colourists in communicating ideas to the clients and advise on the effects that can be achieved either in-camera or through the grading process whilst ensuring the final grade remains within the required technical specifications - if the grade is too dark, at the next stage of the post process the Flame Operator will be unable to add special effects or remove/add people and backgrounds. Once they have mastered the techniques and have found their own client base they can go on to become a Colourist.

Responsibilities:

Communicating with the Colour Producer to ensure the correct film, data and the EDL relating to this material is delivered for each job

Loading in the EDL, copying the required source files, conforming all the required material as per the EDL.
Ensuring that the Colourists can work with the specified media.
Preparation of data for the Colour Grading suite
Projects fully prepared in readiness for the Colourists session with clients
Exporting graded data from the Colour Grading suites
General assistant duties for all Colourists and Colour Producer
Colour correction on additional shots for completed projects
Successful completion of tasks within the set timeframe and within 100% accuracy
Answer all incoming emails to the colour assist inbox by replying with an ETA.
Archive & deletion of jobs from Baselights on a weekly basis.
Projects assisted by the Colour Assistant are delivered on budget and on time
With reference to the Colourist the assistant is also responsible for keeping the software up to date and ensuring they are proficient with this and any new hardware.
Requirements:

Extensive Knowledge of Baselight
The Colour Assistant must have an understanding of the principles of film, video and data production
A degree in media or equivalent experience preferred
At least three years as a junior in the post production industry
They must be diligent and exhibit good attention to detail
Previous experience of MCR operation is required and a knowledge of the principals of post production is expected.
Photographic interest and experience desirable.
A very solid understanding of operating systems and codecs is required.
Flexibility and adaptability in working hours is expected
If you're interested in coming on board, email with your C.V. and a bit about you!