Post Producer: (Feature Film)

<strong>Post Producer: (Feature Film)<br><br></strong>Location: NYC/LA/London<br><br>Employment: Contract<br><br><strong>About Wonder Studios<br><br></strong>We are an AI native creative studio building performance centric, productionised pipelines for ambitious short and feature projects. We combine traditional VFX craft with emerging AI-driven techniques to reduce cost, speed up iteration and preserve high quality finish.<br><br><strong>Role summary<br><br></strong>We are hiring a senior Post Producer to lead bidding, budgeting and workflow design for a VFX-heavy feature films. The role will define a repeatable, productionised approach that blends AI-driven processes with conventional comp, roto, 3D and cleanup. You will own the commercial and operational delivery model for VFX across pre-production and post.<br><br><strong>Key responsibilities<br><br></strong><ul><li>Lead VFX bid and budget creation for feature film scope</li><li> Break down sequences and shots, produce detailed shot lists and task lists suitable for vendor and internal costing</li><li> Translate creative VFX requirements into realistic vendor scopes, staffing plans and delivery milestones</li><li> Design and document a hybrid workflow that combines AI tools with traditional comp, roto, 3D and cleanup, including handoffs, approvals and quality gates</li><li> Build vendor strategy: selection, negotiation, rate cards, pipeline integration and SLAs</li><li> Create costed staffing models and vendor splits with contingency planning and risk mitigation</li><li> Set up and run ShotGrid, ftrack or equivalent tracking, delivery and review systems and integrate with studio task management tools</li><li> Manage post schedules, resource allocation and timely deliveries through to final delivery and certification</li><li> Provide day to day post production supervision and quality control during editorial and online phases</li><li> Produce sample budgets or reference rate cards for stakeholders and commissioners<br><br></li></ul><strong>Must have<br><br></strong><ul><li>Significant experience bidding and producing VFX for feature films with demonstrable credits on VFX heavy features</li><li> Strong track record producing accurate, defensible feature-level VFX budgets and vendor bids</li><li> Hands on experience with shot breakdowns, vendor costing and creating productionised workflows for complex VFX projects</li><li> Proven vendor management and negotiation experience across comp, roto, 3D and cleanup vendors</li><li> Practical familiarity with post tracking tools such as ShotGrid, Nuke, Maya, Houdini or equivalent pipelines</li><li> Excellent stakeholder communication and the ability to present budgets and workflow proposals to producers and financiers<br><br></li></ul><strong>Nice to have<br><br></strong><ul><li>Practical understanding of AI-enabled workflows and tools used in image and video generation, enhancement or automation</li><li> Experience integrating AI processes into a VFX pipeline</li><li> Experience working with distributed editorial and VFX teams, remote review platforms and high throughput delivery models</li><li> Experience with cost per minute or cost per shot pricing frameworks for features</li></ul>

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