Senior Producer
Deluxe Entertainment
New York, NYThis was removed by the employer on 10/20/2017 10:35:00 AM PST
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Goal Overview
To oversee and manage the color workflow on assigned projects. This involves the management of the elements, schedules, budgets, workflow,
client relationships & internal personnel.
PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITIES
Artist
• Drive artist schedule and manage Colorist session time.
• Face to face interaction with Colorists regarding sessions, new specs, and clientele.
• Coordinate Colorist time off with the color production team.
Clients
• Act as the main point of contact for clients, via e-mail, phone, in-person meetings.
• Maintain effective communication with clients regarding deliverables and job status, including billing updates when workflow changes; work
with coordinators to meet client needs.
• E-mail prep guide, contact clients for specs and update all Work Order specs.
Bidding and Budget
• Gather all key information (boards, rough-cuts, source material, schedule, & delivery specifications, etc.) necessary to bid & manage project.
• Regularly communicate budget status to clients.
• Establishing a project workflow with the HoP to fit the clients' budget.
Preparations for Projects/Sessions
• Receive a PO for project and/or session prior to its commencement.
• Have credit card authorization filled out and submitted to accounting prior to session for any COD clients.
• Obtain all project details, source, delivery and shipping specs prior to the session.
• Ensure all specs fit within the clients booked time and will meet their delivery deadlines.
• Work with HoP to find alternative workflows to accommodate the clients' delivery deadlines.
• Ensure clients are aware of how and where to deliver elements
• Make sure all necessary elements and prep are acquired prior to session allowing for adequate prep time.
• Organize, with the production coordinator, the set-up of all film scanning projects.
• Verify project is built and setup prior to session start / client arrival. Arrive a half-hour before first sup'd session when needed, double
checking complicated setups/laydowns, etc.
• Communicate weekend and holiday staffing needs to the production team.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings with internal team on complex projects.
Execution of Job
• Create Work Orders for all billable, non-billable, testing and pro bono work. No work is to be done without a Work Order, no exceptions.
• Generate work orders based on the approved work order template.
• Ensure that the production team is aware of any special set-up needs per project.[polycom, food orders…]
• Greet and escort clients to the bays upon arrival.
• Check in on artists, clients, color assists, and client services on a regular basis to make sure the session is well supported. The client should
feel the producer's presence and know that you are taking care of them.
• Organize, supervise and monitor the progress of a session to make sure it is on schedule.
• Make the production coordinator team aware of any known pick up shots coming their way
• Update WO and the production coordinator team with any spec changes.
• Communicate any machine downtime to production, operations, engineering, and clients and arrange for other solutions to keep the session
on schedule.
• Keep track of all elements pertaining to the projects being produced.
• Supervise evening and weekend sessions (if required) or delegate them to evening coordinator with a proper hand off sheet with all details
clearly specified (contacts, renders, duplication, shipping, io, ftp, etc. information).
Final Delivery
• Coordinate the delivery of all required elements by the desired deadline date with the client/vault.
• Email (via vault or yourself) the client all proper tracking information including contents and expected delivery date/time to the requested
location.
• Prepare & send all elements (credit lists, still frames, completed commercials), to our PR division for proper publicity.
• Follow up with client after session to ensure all elements were received timely and accurately.
Final Billing
• Work with accounting to make sure the billing is properly done in accordance to the client's needs.
• Make sure all Work Orders are reviewed and actualized by yourself (with applicable accounting information: i.e. rates, billable hours, etc)
Requirements / Background
• 1 year Color Correction Production experience
• Post scheduling experience
• Xytech and/ or post production scheduling software experience
• Basic knowledge of offline editing workflows including but not limited to the understanding of EDL, XML, and AAF.
• Basic knowledge of Finishing, VFX, and Sound workflow a plus
• Knowledge of digital capture cameras and files
• Knowledge of file based workflow