Production Assistant

Job Description

As a Production Assistant you will provide overall general production assistance to the Production Coordinator, Production Supervisor and Production Artists within a specific department.

Responsibilities

• Under the guidance of the Production Supervisor, track s progress of tasks for assigned artists or sequences in the production tracking system.

• Assist s Production Coordinator/Supervisor with department calendar and handl es the scheduling for the Department Head. Interact s with department leadership.

• Assist s Production Coordinator/Supervisor with maintaining quotas, deadlines & inventory, ensuring departmental productivity goals are consistently met.

• Understa nds the department and works with the Supervisor to maintain and manage the department schedule.

• Follow s up with Artist Leads on a daily basis to ensure task deliveries remain on schedule; communicat ing any schedule changes to appropriate Artist Leads, Supervisors and Production team as needed.

• Is r esponsible for multiple daily sessions each day, as well as client reviews.

• Ensur es proper preparation for all meetings and reviews. Record s and publishes notes from meetings and reviews that accurately reflect action items and an appropriate sense of urgency.

• Is aware of work in progress in the department.

• Enter s and maintains production data in the studio's production database to reflect scheduled, in-progress, and completed departmental work. Collaborate s with other coordinators and managers to keep all data accurate and current.

• Schedule s meetings at the request of the Manager and Lead(s).

• Proactively maintain s the calendar with alertness to topics, deadlines and conflicts.

• Proactively respond s to requests for information and assistance from those within and outside of the department.

• Is r esponsible for various daily office activities: schedules meetings, books rooms, copies, files, types up notes and distributes accordingly and distributes and collects timecards for the department.

• Communicates with other departments regarding department needs.

• Will s to take on new challenges in order to have a more detailed knowledge of the department and pipeline.

• Keeps up on current artistic 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.

• Assists other team members, when necessary.

• Follows the Supervisor's and Lead´s guidance.

Requirements

• 0-2 years of professional experience in VFX or animation industries.

• Desirable knowledge or experience in Animation 3D .

• Degree in film, art, communications, media communications or related field .

• Professional working knowledge of Google Spreadsheets, Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word .

• Experience with production tracking software is a plus (for example, Shotgun) .

• M edium English level required .

• Spanish desirable .

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