Producer, Associate

Business Unit: Company 3
Position: Producer, Associate
Location: Santa Monica, CA (On-Site)
*Pay Range: $22.00 - $30.00 hourly USD
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Associate Producer functions as an extension of the Producer and is a main point of contact while working with internal and external teams to organize, supervise, and monitor the progress of projects. This position is on the Episodic Production team and is responsible for supporting the production process from initial client contact, to bidding, scheduling and delivery.
Possessing a strong sense of urgency, the Associate Producer demonstrates an ability to work successfully within a fast-paced and collaborative environment, delivering accurate and quality work on schedule, and has excellent skills in building relationships and communicating effectively.
In an operations capacity, this role requires a highly professional demeanor and diplomacy when dealing with clients, production management, coworkers, and artists. The Associate Producer relies on previous post-production experience and will draw from what was learned from coordination of past projects combined with the company and client processes. The Associate Producer reports into the Head of Production and actively provides support and executes task-based work for the episodic team.
Schedule and Location: This position will require working in our Santa Monica studio on a regular basis and you may also be required to travel and work from our studio in Hollywood, as needed. The AP typical schedule will be from X to X and must be able to work variable shifts, as needed. Available to work overtime and variable shifts, including late nights, weekends and holidays, as necessary per business needs.
MAIN DUTIES:
The Producer, Associate will help the Producer track color and delivery schedules, drive updates to keep the team on track, and work closely with the Production Coordinators on ensure various elements of projects are handled according to the clients requests and team operating procedures. They will act as a main point of contact alongside your producer and coordinator for your internal CO3 team and clients via in-person interactions, e-mail, and phone. They will assist with maintaining effective communication with the internal team and clients regarding job status and changes. They will help coordinate and verify project needs prior to any session start times and/or client arrivals as well as deliveries. They will have firsthand communication with Producers upon arrival and throughout the day. Other duties include:

• Assist in the collection and logging of project statuses and key information. 
• Keep the production team up to date on project status.
• Support color assists with project information, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring they have the elements to complete their tasks.
• Interface with client if required elements for jobs are missing.
• Assist producer in the creation, actualizing and billing of work orders.
• Ensure all resources assigned to job are available as scheduled.
• Make sure projects and resources are ready for sessions to begin on time.
• Set a positive example for the Production Coordinators and help mentor your new team members based on guidance from your producer.
• Work with Studio Operations team to setup and support virtual sessions for offsite clients.
• Work with Producer and assistants to troubleshoot any session related problems.
• Assist in greeting and escorting clients to the bays upon arrival.
• Assist in checking in on artists, clients, assists, and client services on a regular basis to make sure the session is well supported.
• Notify the Producer if any delivery deadlines that will or are in jeopardy of being missed.
• Track revised projects and ensure they are archived daily by the Assist team.
• Work with Production Managers to effectively manage SAN storage capacity.
• Communicating with our Engineers if any network issues arise.
• Engage Engineering staff to resolve urgent technical problems.
• Coordinating project details across sister facilities.
• Develop understanding of the relation between production team and the various support teams (Operations, Assists, Scheduling)
• Support the primary producer in managing artist schedules on a daily basis.
• Collaborate with the scheduling team to gather artists’ holds and share them with the client as required.

WHAT YOU BRING:
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.
Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:
Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.
It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the Company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or otherwise need any accommodation or support in order to participate in the application process.
*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range may be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.  
The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings as adopted and amended from time to time will apply.
The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws.
This position is for an existing vacancy. Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through the Company’s Career Page. The Company generally only contacts those individuals who have submitted an application which it wishes to interview. The application window for this position is expected to close by October 14, 2026.