May 6, 2014

Post-Production Producer - The Council - Lebanon

The Council is looking for a full-time post production producer.

About The Council for Visual Affairs
We are a post-production company that specializes in Visual Effects, motion design and editing for Films, TV, Commercials, Documentaries, and innovative visual projects.
Becoming a Councillor
- Our team of Councillors are ‘serious amateurs’. We’re fun but productive. Self starters able to work in the usually challenging conditions of visually driven content creation environments.
- We stick together and foster an open development space for each other both as individuals and as a team. If you’re truly open to it, you can grow as far as your capabilities can take you.
- Working hours are from 9am to 6pm, but work tends to be carried out outside normal working hours, every now and then.
- Our employment package offers a possibility to work on various types of projects, and develop your skills across a wide range of fields.

Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Communication Arts, Audio Visual or Graphic Design or a three year working experience in the Media field. Languages: English, Arabic. French is a plus.

Skills/Qualifications
Reporting Skills, Administrative Writing Skills, Microsoft Office Skills (MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), Managing Processes, Organization, Analyzing Information , Professionalism, Problem Solving, Supply Management, Inventory Control, Verbal Communication.
In your job (Roles and Responsibilities).
Once appointed a Councilor, and to complement our team of VFX artists, motion designers, illustrators, and film editors, you will:
- Ensure that all The Council's resources are operating efficiently.
- Provide assistance to freelance resources, introducing facilities policies and procedures.
- Maintain and restock office supplies.
- Ensure efficient operation of the post production process, from the arrival of the original data files through the delivery of the final product to the client.
- Produce and follow up projects from beginning till completion.
- Maintain accurate scheduling of equipment, post production suites, meetings and deliverables.
- Schedule regular equipment maintenance.
- Assist artist to perform their tasks within the required schedule and budget.
- Respond to content delivery requests from clients.
- Create, initiate and maintain forms to track resource usage and expenditures.
Administrative responsibilities
- Resolve administrative problems by coordinating preparation of reports, analyzing data, and identifying solutions.
- Maintain workflow by studying methods; implement cost reductions; and develop reporting procedures.
- Send and prepare invoices and receipts for clients.
- Follow up on client payments.
- Ensure all company project transactions are well documented and archived.
Client servicing
- Host client visitors: meet and greet hospitality, provide assistance when needed.
- Complete operational requirements by managing job time sheets and project sheets; scheduling and assigning administrative projects; expediting and reporting work results.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed.
Production assistance (If/When needed)
- Be a ‘data wrangler’: back up video material from cards and drives
- Encode files for DVD and web use
- Author DVDs, duplicate small quantities of DVDs
- Negotiate permissions and facilities fees for location filming
- Subtitle productions

info@thecouncil.com.lb