Script Coordinator

DreamWorks Animation is seeking a Script Coordinator to manage the daily workflow for its writing staff. This role involves taking notes during various meetings, ensuring timely and accurate distribution of executive notes, generating and conforming scripts for recording sessions, and coordinating schedules with other departments. The position requires strong organizational skills and a keen interest in children's television, particularly preschool animation, with a minimum of 1 year experience in TV animation production.

Must Have

• Take notes during writer’s meetings, story note meetings, and animatic reviews
• Ensure executive notes are transcribed, saved, and distributed
• Generate physical scripts for recording sessions, pickup, and ADR sheets
• Take notes during records and distribute
• Conform scripts to edited dialogue and action of locked animatic, locked picture, and final mixed picture
• Proofread, file, catalogue, and distribute all premises, outlines, script drafts and revisions
• Update and organize files and database of all premises, outlines and drafts of each script
• Track pickup and ADR lines
• Work in conjunction with Line Producer, Casting, Music, and Talent Relations to schedule cast records efficiently
• Flag potential writing and scheduling issues to Line Producer and/or Production Manager
• Stay abreast of notes meetings and regularly elevate information appropriately
• Coordinate the writing schedule and distribute and update the weekly script status report
• Track and provide cast list with line counts for script drafts
• Working knowledge of Final Draft, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Suite
• Minimum 1 year of prior experience in TV animation production
• Strong interest in children’s television programming, particularly preschool animation
• Flexibility to work across multiple time zones, adapting schedules as needed
• New York–based position offering hybrid flexibility

Good to Have

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with partner studios
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced production environment

Company Description

DreamWorks Animation is looking for more adventurous dreamers who shoot for the moon. We tell stories about the journeys our unconventional heroes take to make dreams come true. As a growth-minded studio, we pride ourselves on being one of the world’s leading producers of high-quality, award-winning, animated films and series, reaching consumers around the globe. We push to feel more, laugh more, and build immersive new worlds.

DreamWorks creates a diverse array of original content in a variety of formats, delivering compelling stories with unique characters. We place tremendous value on the experiences our talent brings to the table from their own non-traditional paths to success. We believe in frequent communication and that transparency and trust yield the best work. We are a community of artists, technologists, innovators, and creators, who are passionate about animation and also happen to love eating lunch together.

The Script Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day production workflow for writing staff.

DreamWorks Animation Television has an exciting new opportunity for a Script Coordinator to join a production based in New York.

If you are part of the fandom and believe teamwork makes the dream work, join us in #livingthedream and #doingyourdreamwork!

Job Description

Responsibilities: “What would you say you do here?”

• Take notes during writer’s meetings, story note meetings, and animatic reviews
• Ensure that executive notes are received in a timely manner, accurately transcribed, saved in the appropriate format, and distributed.
• Generate physical scripts for recording sessions (record drafts), as well as pickup and ADR sheets
• Take notes during records and distribute.
• Conform scripts to edited dialogue and action of locked animatic, locked picture, and final mixed picture.
• Responsible for proofreading, filing, cataloguing, and distributing all premises, outlines, script drafts and revisions
• Update and organize files and database of all premises, outlines and drafts of each script, including submissions.
• Track pickup and ADR lines.
• Work in conjunction with the Line Producer, Casting, Music, and Talent Relations departments to schedule cast records efficiently
• Flag potential writing and scheduling issues to Line Producer and/or Production Manager.
• Stay abreast of notes meetings and regularly elevate information appropriately to Line Producer and/or Production Manager.
• Coordinate the writing schedule and distribute and update the weekly script status report; give script progress updates at regular production meetings.
• Track and provide cast list with line counts for script drafts to other production staff.
• Working knowledge of Final Draft, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Google Suite

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: “What do I need to have in order to do this job?”

• Minimum 1 year of prior experience in TV animation production.
• Strong interest in children’s television programming, particularly preschool animation.
• Flexibility to work across multiple time zones, adapting schedules as needed.
• New York–based position offering hybrid flexibility (remote and Midtown office), with periodic travel for in-person meetings and recording sessions.

Desired Qualifications: “What can I offer?”

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with partner studios.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced production environment.

Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Salary Range: $66,300 - $73,000

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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