Visual Color Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Visual Color Specialist to join our growing video production team. As our in-house Visual Color Expert, you will be instrumental in defining the visual tone and color language across a diverse array of content.

You'll bring a deep understanding of color science, S-Log/RAW workflows, and visual storytelling to enhance mood, tone, and brand consistency. Your role is pivotal in ensuring every frame we release meets the highest cinematic standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform color correction and color grading on footage shot in S-Log/RAW profiles, delivering high-quality, visually consistent results across a range of formats.
• Develop and maintain a cohesive color palette that aligns with each project's narrative, mood, and branding.
• Create custom LUTs and grading templates for consistent use across recurring content formats.
• Ensure accurate skin tones, balanced highlights and shadows, and depth that enhances storytelling.

Technical Workflow & Delivery:

• Manage DaVinci Resolve workflows (or equivalent professional grading suites), from conforming and color grading to rendering and final delivery.
• Collaborate closely with cinematographers and editors to ensure footage is captured and delivered to maximize grading flexibility.
• Implement color pipelines that integrate seamlessly with post-production workflows, ensuring efficient turnaround times without compromising on quality.
• Maintain color accuracy through color-managed workflows, ensuring deliverables are optimized for web, broadcast, and LMS platforms.

Quality Control & Consistency:

• Conduct QC checks on final outputs, ensuring there are no color discrepancies, banding, or compression issues.
• Maintain visual consistency across multi-camera setups, different locations, and varying lighting environments.
• Ensure color fidelity between raw footage, graded outputs, and any integrated motion graphics or VFX elements.

Creative Input & Collaboration:

• Work closely with directors, cinematographers, and post-production teams to interpret creative briefs and bring the director's vision to life through color.
• Provide on-set advice during pre-production or principal photography, including recommendations on lighting and camera settings to facilitate post-production grading.
• Stay updated on color grading trends, cinema aesthetics, and technical advancements in the field, continuously pushing the visual boundaries of our content.

Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum 2-3 years as a Visual Color Specialist in a professional environment.
• Software Proficiency: Expertise in DaVinci Resolve Studio (primary), with familiarity in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or other NLEs an added advantage.
• Proficiency in color-managed workflows, ACES, and HDR grading is a plus.
• Deep understanding of color theory, color spaces, LUTs, scopes (waveform, vector, parade), and color calibration.
• Experience working with footage from Sony FX series, Canon Cinema, Blackmagic, and RED cameras.
• Attention to Detail: Obsessive about consistency, color balance, and technical accuracy, with a sharp eye for subtle nuances in hue, saturation, and luminance.
• Creative Sensibility: Strong sense of visual storytelling, with the ability to enhance mood and emotion through color while staying true to the brand identity.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication skills to articulate creative decisions and collaborate effectively with directors, DOPs, and editors.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with HDR workflows and Dolby Vision mastering.
• Familiarity with on-set color monitoring and live grading tools.
• Understanding of VFX pipelines and compositing, ensuring clean color passes for effects-heavy projects.