Color Specialist

3 years

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Job Description

Role Description

Color Matching & QC:

Conduct meticulous color matching between stills and video footage, ensuring consistency across all deliverables.

Identify and correct color shifts, banding, and artifacting in images and videos.

Ensure seamless color continuity across multi-camera shoots and composited elements.

Color Analysis & Correction:

Use waveforms, vectorscopes, histograms, and false color tools to assess and adjust color balance.

Perform primary and secondary color grading to enhance image quality while preserving natural tones.

Develop and apply Look-Up Tables (LUTs) for consistent color reproduction.

File Handling & Technical Compliance:

Work with TIFF, JPEG, PSD, EXR, RAW, and log footage formats, ensuring correct color space conversions.

Maintain color accuracy across SDR and HDR deliverables, understanding Rec.709, Rec.2020, ACES workflows, and gamma curves (sRGB, Gamma 2.2, Gamma 2.4, etc.).

Ensure deliverables meet broadcast and digital platform color compliance standards (e.g., Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Adobe RGB, DCI-P3).

Software & Hardware Proficiency:

Proficient in DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Nuke, and Capture One.

Familiarity with color-managed workflows in Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Baselight.

Work with calibrated monitors (Eizo, Flanders Scientific, BenQ, etc.) and hardware colorimeters (X-Rite, Spyder, etc.) to maintain accuracy.

Quality Assurance & Documentation:

Develop and maintain color reference guides, style guides, and best practices for the production team.

Conduct visual and instrument-based color assessments to ensure consistency in print, web, and video formats.


Qualifications

3+ years of experience in color correction, grading, or QC for video and image production.

Strong understanding of color theory, color perception, and human visual psychology.

Deep knowledge of ICC profiles, CMYK vs. RGB workflows, and display calibration techniques.

Experience in handling log, raw, and HDR formats with an understanding of film emulation techniques.

Ability to differentiate subtle hue shifts, white balance inconsistencies, and exposure mismatches.

Excellent attention to detail with a methodical approach to quality control and troubleshooting.

Strong communication skills to collaborate with creative teams, post-production, and clients.

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