Studio: Boat Rocker Media
Job Opening: Production Manager
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Primary in-house contact with series producers, and liaison with internal corporate departments for active productions, and advising on production topics such as purchases, insurance coverage and union matters
- Create preliminary schedules for upcoming projects, both live action and animation
- Manage development project work, in conjunction with Content development team
- Oversee smaller productions as required
- Maintain studio production calendar
- Weekly tracking of production status for all productions
- Monthly tracking of production cost reports from all productions
- Set up production insurance per project
- Track equipment purchases
- Track live action storage facilities
- Work with BLA, create initial credit lists
- Assist in sourcing third party animation studios in Canada and around the world
- Receive and review wrap documents from productions and create internal archive
Qualifications & Skills:
- 5+ years experience in Production Manager or higher production roles, preferably live action
- Ability to work on multiple productions simultaneously either independently or in a supporting role to the SVP, Production
- Strong knowledge of WGC, DGC & ACTRA guidelines (SAG a plus) and other union knowledge
- Comfortable working with cost reports and budgets
- Proficient in Movie Magic
- Ability to build production schedules
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including formula writing
- Working knowledge of Canadian funding agencies including tax credits
