Production Assistant
Job Summary
Job Description
- Support production team
- Manage calendars & schedules
- Strong communication skills
- Organized & detail-oriented
- Proficient in MS Office Suite
- Animation experience
- Flix & ShotGrid experience
4 skills required
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Supports the production team to achieve overall goals, shift priorities as departmental needs change
- Daily office activities including scheduling meetings and rooms, copies, filing, partner with facilities on supply needs, orders, runs
- Assisting preparation of presentations, director reviews, dailies, and other meetings
- Supports Production Supervisor in managing department calendars
- Taking detailed meeting notes and timely distribution
- Work side by side with Production Supervisor(s) to achieve daily needs and goals
- Assists Supervisors and Coordinators to track statuses by maintaining continuous awareness of production timeline
- Consistent line of communication with other departments regarding needs and deadlines including cross-site, multi-location
- Coverage for Production Supervisor, other production crew, and additional departments as needed
- Day-to-day administrative tasks as necessary
- Champion team of artists
- Other ad hoc duties as necessary
Requirements
- Enthusiasm and desire to learn all areas of animation pipeline and related workflows
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload to meet deadlines, strong organizational habits
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Exemplary communication skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to maturely and professionally interface with all levels of internal management, vendors, and outside contacts, etc.
- Possesses a high level of discretion and confidentiality
- Strong proficiency with MS software, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Flix and ShotGrid experience, a plus
- Previous experience within animation, including internships, a plus
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About The Company
About Skydance Media
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.
About Skydance Interactive
Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.
About Animation
In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA.
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