Senior Dailies Operator

Description:

Reporting into the Head of Dailies, you will primarily be responsible for providing dailies services including ingesting media, logging, syncing, quality control, deliverables, archiving, and data management. This is a multi-faceted role that requires a strong working knowledge of camera formats, onset procedures, colour pipeline, dailies software (DaVinci Resolve, Filmlight Daylight, Avid Media Composer, YoYotta and Filemaker), editorial requirements, transcoding and dailies deliverables. You have excellent attention to detail and a minimum of 6+ years experience as a dailies operator working on feature films and high-end TV dramas. You should be comfortable communicating with clients and understand the need for tact and discretion when conversing with them. A knowledge of monitor calibration would also be beneficial.

Whilst mainly an operational role, you will have managerial responsibilities. You will provide support and training for the other dailies operators and support the dailies colourist when required. You will contribute to the running of the dailies department and work closely alongside the Head of Dailies to plan and execute all dailies jobs. You will ensure that all tasks are completed accurately and on schedule. For on-location work, you will be required to set up and maintain the onset/near-set dailies system, calibrate monitors and cover any other administration tasks as required. Weekend work and international travel may be required.

What the job will look like:

• Liaise with the Post Supervisor, Cinematographer, Production Team and Dailies Co-ordinator to help set up each show
• Create and maintain a workflow document for each show
• Provide technical support to the other Dailies Operators in the department
• Ingest client media
• Manage hard drive space on NAS and DAS
• Add and edit metadata
• QC
• Transcode media to the required specification
• Upload media
• Create and manage LTO archives
• Manage the metadata database for each show
• Ensure accurate reporting and communicate any issues to the Post Supervisor and Production Team
• Assist with shipping, receiving and RMAs
• Assist with all other Dailies tasks as required
• Any other duties as needed

About you:

• An aptitude for technical problem-solving and ability to troubleshoot
• A very detailed knowledge of grading and dailies software
• Self-motivated, loaded with common sense and resourceful
• Ability to report and solve any issues/requirements
• Shows initiative and capable of working without supervision
• Good IT skills and knowledge of Macs
• A friendly, motivated manner with a flexible and dedicated approach to work.