Bidding Associate

Company Description

Technicolor Creative Studios is the division with Technicolor, which contains Technicolor’s world-leading Visual effects and Animation brands such as MPC, The Mill, and Mikros.

Technicolor’s brands have worked on the spectacular scenes and tiny details that make movies, advertising campaigns and Animation movies genuinely mind-blowing. We’re the people behind the effects in countless blockbuster films like The Lion King, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and advertising campaigns for clients such as Samsung, Audi, Nike and Apple. We are continually looking for the best talent globally, enthusiastic people who come in every day to be a part of some of the industry’s best work.

Technicolor’s artists are wildly creative, uber-talented and passionate about the possibilities of VFX, Experiential, Animation and Technology. When you join the team, you’ll be working with and learning from the most skilled people in the business.

Technicolor Production Services is the division that contains our world-leading Visual effects and Animation brands such as MPC, Mr X, The Mill, and Mikros. Key to the success of our division and its brands is winning the war on talent through acquiring and growing a community where artistry meets technology.

**Job Description**:
Working in a fast-paced and a rapidly evolving team, the Bidding Associate is involved in the creative assessment of potential new projects, up to award for Technicolor’s VFX brands MPC Episodic, MPC Film and MR.X. Under the oversight of the Bidding Producers and EP, Business Development, the Bidding associate will work across multiple projects and learn how to analyse scripts, VFX breakdowns and other materials in order to provide competitive packages to our clients.

Primary Responsibilities
- Shadow Bidding Producers/EP in their work assessing projects.
- Review all materials received from clients and creatively assess and bid the work required to complete a project.
- Compile first pass assessment of projects for review with Bidding Producer/EP on larger projects.
- Attend consultations with VFX supervisors and Head of Departments on creative, technical approaches, and methodologies as needed.
- Attend client meetings when possible and take notes of key information pertaining to bid methodology.
- Develop understanding the industry cost structures and how this effects creative assessment.
- Attend handover meetings for awarded shows.

**Qualifications**:
Other areas of training and development to include but not limited to:

- Advance knowledge and understanding of VFX pipeline
- Required Technology development
- Methodology discussions with sups
- Client liaison
- Preparation for client discussions with Sups
- Preparation of financial proposals
- P&L reviews
- Strategy

**Experience**
- Previous experience in features and episodic VFX
- Entry level understanding of VFX vendor pipeline
- Detail orientated
- Goal driven
- Highly motivated working within a fast-paced environment
- Working knowledge of Excel.

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