Job Description
- Meet with clients to review scripts, breakdowns and storyboards for a specific project.
- Partner with key creatives to develop the show approach plan and provide clients with estimates of budget and schedule requirements.
- Prepare bid letter, key dates schedule, and assumptions for the work.
- Proactively manage schedule; utilizing ILM’s global resources and 3rd party partners.
- Serve as Principal Mumbai contact for non-creative issues, tracking and reporting progress, budgeting and negotiating cost, and delivering cost/schedule changes.
- Responsible for assigned show / scope of Mumbai work P&L.
- Actively maintain the overall production schedule and manage the budget for assigned show(s).
- Work in conjunction with ILM Mumbai Talent Managers, to crew artists/production in shows effectively.
- Partner with production accounting to ensure financial accuracy of the show progression.
- Participate in bi-weekly Production & Tactical Capacity meetings and portfolio meetings.
- Evaluate changes in schedule, body of work and provide advice on solutions for resource capacity/utilization and complexity challenges.
- Partner with ILM SF, SYDNEY, VANCOUVER and LONDON producers to determine communication framework and procedures on projects.
- Partner with HUB Producer(s) to determine specific turnover requirements and to evaluate incoming turnovers.
- Manage crew performance. Supervise assigned production staff, providing timely performance feedback.
- Partner with key creative leadership to ensure successful project completion.
- 10+ years’ hands-on digital production experience.
- Proven track record of successfully working in Visual Effects Producer capacity on several major productions at a facility (6+ years).
- Proven track record in bidding and client management.
- Excellent organization and social skills.
- Excellent computer skills including: Word, Excel, Google suite.
- Experience with databases and a wide range of production management tools (such as Shotgun, Filemaker Pro, MS Project).
- Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.
As we grow ILM Mumbai, we are seeking a VFX Producer to join the team and be a part of this exciting opportunity. The VFX Producer is responsible for overseeing bidding and production of Mumbai-based work as well as partnering with the Executive Producer, Mumbai Studio on ensuring ILM strategies and initiative progress forward. Responsibilities include the proactive problem-solving and partnership required for success, with oversight of budgets and schedules, ensuring work is produced to the quality and standards requested by the client on time and on budget, identifying best practices and approaches as needed, while advising on the strategy for potential new work.
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Meet with clients to review scripts, breakdowns and storyboards for a specific project.
2. Partner with key creatives to develop the show approach plan and provide clients with estimates of budget and schedule requirements needed to complete the work.
3. Prepare bid letter, key dates schedule, and assumptions for the work of a specific project.
4. Driven to share responsibility for the success of the entire ILM portfolio by proactively managing schedule; utilizing ILM’s global resources and 3rd party partners, where appropriate.
5. During production, serve as Principal Mumbai contact for non-creative issues, tracking and reporting progress of work, budgeting and negotiating cost of work, and delivering cost/schedule changes to ensure client is updated as needed. Responsible for assigned show / scope of Mumbai work P&L.
6. Actively maintains the overall production schedule and manages the budget for assigned show(s).
7. Brings production issues to the attention of Executive In Charge, Director of Production, Executive Producer as needed. Work in conjunction with ILM Mumbai Talent Managers, to crew artists/production in shows effectively.
8. Partner with production accounting to ensure financial accuracy of the show progression
9. Participates in bi-weekly Production & Tactical Capacity meetings and portfolio meetings as appropriate. Evaluates changes in schedule, body of work and provides advice on solutions for resource capacity/utilization and complexity challenges.
10. Partners with ILM SF, SYDNEY, VANCOUVER and LONDON producers to determine communication framework and procedures on projects
11. Partners with HUB Producer(s) to determine specific turnover requirements and to evaluate incoming turnovers.
12. Manage crew performance. Supervise assigned production staff, providing timely performance feedback to Production and Artists at studio.
13. Partner with key creative leadership to ensure successful project completion
Education / Experience:
14. 10+ years’ hands-on digital production experience
Required Skills / Technical Competencies:
15. Proven track record of successfully working in Visual Effects Producer capacity on several major productions at a facility (6+ years)
16. Proven track record in bidding and client management
17. Excellent organization and social skills
18. Excellent computer skills including: Word, Excel, Google suite
19. Experience with databases and a wide range of production management tools (such as Shotgun, Filemaker Pro, MS Project)
20. Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal
