Production Assistant

Guru Studio is a creative-driven entertainment company and an industry leader in animated storytelling. For over twenty years, our studio has brought to life some of the most recognizable and beloved children’s properties in the world.

Guru Studio's dedicated team is passionate about bringing inspired character driven stories to screens around the world. Our award winning and internationally renowned Toronto animated entertainment company is looking for a proactive, highly organized and detail-oriented Production Assistant to support the VP of Production in both production coordination and administrative tasks. This is a great opportunity for someone with early experience in animation, media, or entertainment production who’s eager to learn, grow and make an impact by supporting creative teams and leadership in a dynamic studio environment.

Responsibilities:

• Reporting directly to VP of Production (Your “Supervisor”)
  

Production Support Tasks:

• Assist tracking schedules, deliverables, and production milestones.
• Help coordinate production meetings, reviews, and daily check-ins.
• Prepare and distribute production notes, updates, and calendar invites.
• Organize scripts, assets, and production files using internal tools and systems.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams to support production needs and keep things moving smoothly.
• Take notes during meetings and track action items for follow-up.
• Help maintain department documents, files and contact lists.

Administrative Support to the VP of Production:

• Provide direct support to the VP of Production, including calendar management, travel and meetings.
• Screen and prioritize emails, messages, and meeting requests on behalf of the VP.
• Ensure the VP stays informed and organized by proactively flagging important dates, priorities and follow-ups.
• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.

Qualifications:

• Excellent communications skills
• A highly organized team player.
• 1 year experience in an animation, media, or entertainment production setting preferred

Why Join Guru?

• We create a collaborative and creatively fulfilling work environment by promoting courage, purpose, inspiration, integrity, transparency, and empowerment as our core values
• We take great pride in our work and we always ensure it reflects a high standard of quality and creativity
• We encourage individuals to grow with us by offering learning opportunities that encourage skill development and growth
• We are proud to support philanthropic initiatives that support our local and global community through our charity committee Guru Gives
• We offer health and wellness support through an extensive benefits plan and extended mental health services and initiatives
• We allow the flexibility to work remotely while making our downtown studio available for in-person team building and collaboration

Guru is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that celebrates the diversity of its employees. We are dedicated to employment equity and welcome applications from people from all Indigenous groups, races, religions, genders and people with disabilities.

We are committed to providing an accessible candidate experience during our recruitment process and are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible ‎environment where candidates and ‎employees feel valued and respected. Guru strives to respect the dignity and ‎independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same ‎‎opportunity to succeed in the recruitment process as all other candidates. If you have a disability, you may request ‎to be accommodated at any time. Guru will work with all candidates to accommodate individual accessibility needs to the point of undue hardship. 

Guru Studio would like to thank all applicants for your interest, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.  Guru Studio is an equal opportunity employer.  

Please note this is a Hybrid / In-Studio position