Production Coordinator
Job Summary
Job Description
- 3+ years VFX/Animation experience
- Production coordination experience
- Proficiency in MS Office & Google Suite
- Strong communication & organizational skills
- Shotgun software knowledge
- Collaborate with various departments
6 skills required
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Understands the department(s) and works with the Production Supervisor and Department Head to maintain and manage the department schedule.
- Under the Production Supervisor's guidance, tracks tasks' progress for assigned artists or sequences in Shotgun to reflect scheduled, in-progress, and completed departmental work. Collaborates with other coordinators and supervisors to keep all data accurate and current.
- Partners with the Production Supervisor and Department Head to set the priorities of the department taking into account the priorities of the show that are established by the Production Supervisors and the Production Manager.
- Enters and maintains production data in the studio's production database and related departmental records to reflect scheduled, in-progress, and completed departmental work. Collaborates with other coordinators and managers to keep all data accurate and up-to-date.
- Schedules meetings at the request of the Manager and Lead(s). Proactively maintains the calendar with alertness to topics, deadlines and conflicts. Manages the schedules of key personnel.
- Ensures proper preparation for all meetings and reviews. Records and publishes notes from meetings and reviews that accurately reflect action items and distribute as needed.
- Coordinates work that enters and leaves the department to ensure completeness. Provides administrative support as needed to ensure that communications are accurate and complete.
- As second in command to the Production Supervisor, proactively responds to requests for information and assistance from those within and outside of the department.
- Follows up with Artist Leads on a daily basis to ensure task deliveries remain on schedule.
- Assists Production Supervisor with maintaining quotas, deadlines & inventory, ensuring departmental productivity goals are consistently met. Generates weekly reports from the department, quota… Brings concerns about potential schedule or budget overruns to the Production Supervisor and Production Manager.
- Understands the department's workflow from the area she/he is attached to and understands the dependencies from departments of other areas. Acts as a point of coordination of work that enters and leaves the department ensuring procedures are followed to ensure workflow from one department to the next is as seamless as possible.
- Communicates with other departments regarding department needs.
- Stays abreast of issues on the floor and elevates information appropriately to the Production Supervisor.
- Assists the Department Head and CG Supervisor in dealing with issues related to the department.
- Coordinates crew meetings.
- Responsible for multiple daily sessions each day, as well as client reviews.
- Ensures proper preparation for all meetings and reviews. Sets up Cinesync/RV sessions. Records and publishes notes from meetings and reviews that accurately reflect action items and an appropriate sense of urgency.
- Keeps up on current production methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
- Collaborates with other team members, when necessary.
- Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead´s guidance.
- Mentors the Production Assistants.
Requirements
- 3+ years in VFX or animation industries preferably as a Production Coordinator in feature-animation film production or VFX.
- Bachelor’s degree in film, art, communications or related field.
- Professional working knowledge of Google Spreadsheets, Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.
- High English level.
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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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