DI Smoke Artist

Santa Monica, California-based Ascent Media Group, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascent Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCMA), which provides creative and technical services to the media and entertainment industries. Through more than 40 facilities in regions of Southern California, New York, Atlanta, London and Singapore, Ascent Media provides effective solutions for the creation, management and distribution of content to major motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels, advertising agencies and other companies that produce, own and/or distribute entertainment, news, sports, corporate, educational, industrial and advertising content.

We are seeking a DI Smoke Artist for our Santa Monica, CA location.

Job Summary:
The roll of DI Smoke Artist is to manage the completion of a feature film’s digital editing process from start to finish, including the conform and any last minute VFX fixes that may be requested.

Job Duties:
• Liaison with Production editorial department to obtain EDLs and Offlines of movie to be conformed.
• Assemble specified reels and cross reference scanned shots against the production supplied offline.
• Ensure all information from the production edit is closely matched including repositions, speed changes, titles, if needed and or dissolves at the designated resolution and aspect ratio.
• Assemble VFX imports on an alpha numerical time line and export a corresponding sequence to create VFX VTs for editorial use.
• Meet requests to correct shots which contain obvious errors including blemish fixes for actors, scratch and wire removal in which the DRS department cannot handle and light compositing.
• Interact with production editorial to ensure the correct information is passed along for Co3’s needs as well as feature editorial’s needs.

Job Requirements:
• 3 years operating Discreet products.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, i.e. staff meetings, employee reviews, reporting, etc.
• 2-3 years working with all video tape formats. HD and SD.
• Working knowledge of File import / export from ftp, DVD's, Firewire, LTO3 and SCSI raid drives.
• 2-3 years Feature film post production experience.
• Experience with PC and MAC platforms.
• Capable of developing effective relationships with clients, vendors and staff.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Able to prioritize and meet departmental goals.
• Ability to work under the pressure of multiple deadlines and changing task priorities.

We offer competitive pay and benefits program, including: medical, dental & vision coverage, vacation & sick leave, 401(k), company health screenings and more.

To apply for this position please visit our website at http://www.ascentmedia.com/careers/

Ascent Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer.