Mumbai
Freelance
On-Site
WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS
- Most of our 2026 films needed a post producer, and the work has been carried by one or two people
- Post is where films slip quietly. We want one person who owns it on every film
THE JOB IN ONE LINE
- You take each film from the last shoot day to the final masters, on time and to the director's standard
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
The post schedule
- Build the post plan before the shoot: offline, CG, grade, online, sound, deliveries
- Keep it current every day and flag any date at risk the day you see it
The studios and artists
- Book and brief the editor, colourist, online artist, CG studio, music composer and sound studio
- Hold them to the schedule and the budget
Feedback rounds
- Log every round of agency and client feedback the day it arrives
- Turn it into clear notes for each artist, and track every change until it's approved
Quality control
- Check every output against the brief, the script, the legal supers and the brand guidelines before it leaves
- Catch the spelling, the logo version and the sound level before the client does
Deliveries
- Deliver every cut-down, aspect ratio, language version and format the media plan needs, named and archived properly
- Keep the project archive clean, so any film can be reopened a year later
HOW WE WORK
- Chase the last 5%. We only hire people who pursue excellence. Most work stops at good enough. The last 5%, the detail nobody asked for, is where our films are made
- Move first. Start before you feel ready. A rough version today beats a perfect one next week
- Lead with the answer. Be clear, give the context, then say what you need
- Update before anyone asks. "Done", "doing it by [date]" or "stuck, here's my suggestion" are all fine. Silence never is
- Plan for the obstacle. If X goes wrong, then Y, decided in advance
- Show the number, not the story. Results over effort
- Raise the hard thing early. Flag the risk on the day you see it
THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF YOU
- Have run post on ad films with several vendors at once
- Know editing, grading, online and sound well enough to brief them precisely
- Love a clean tracker
- Stay calm on the night before a release
THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU
- Wait for the agency to chase you for a version
- Approve an output you haven't watched end to end
- Leave the archive for someone else
HOW WE'LL MEASURE YOU
- Final masters delivered on the agreed date
- Post spend against the post budget
- Rejected deliveries: zero
- Feedback rounds logged on the day they arrive: every one
WHAT YOU GET
- A hot seat. We're setting up our processes right now, so your work shapes how they turn out
- A real view of how a production company runs, from brief to delivery
- You learn from the best in our system, and you help build it
- A house with more than 150 international creative awards, Cannes Lions among them
THE DETAILS
- Freelance. Paid per project or on a monthly retainer, agreed in writing before you start
- Starts immediately, on live films
- Mumbai, at our office in Andheri West and at the studios we work with
HOW TO APPLY
- Apply with the form on this page
- Share three films you post-produced, and tell us what went wrong on one of them and how you fixed it
- Know someone who'd be great at this? Email their name and number to mail@1stdecember.com. Even one name helps