Studio: Plug-in Media
Job Opening: Production Manager
Location: Brighton, England
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Resource management across all production departments. Includes internal resources, conducting staff reviews in collaboration with the head of the department, schedule updates, and absence/holiday tracking.
- Coordination of drafting job descriptions in collaboration with heads of departments and the people and talent team
- Create and maintain overview/department schedules and delivery oversight for all production departments, including the setting of production priorities and defining milestones.
- Serve as the main point of coordination and contact between the team and the production’s senior/management staff.
Be across the production as a whole as well as individual departments. - Motivate departmental heads/supervisors to ensure quality and stay on schedule.
- Generate internal progress reports for the production team and management as well as reporting externally to clients.
- Back up the MD of Plug-in and Head of Productions at Blue Zoo / Director in terms of client management and communications.
- Lead production and dependencies meetings.
- Communicate clearly and regularly between the production team and the client.
- Help to plan and troubleshoot the pipeline for production.
- Manage and update Ftrack with assets and reviews to and from the client.
- Plan with the available resources to optimize the efficiency of each department, in line with the schedule and budget, and raise any concerns with the MD of Plug-in/Head of
- Productions at Blue Zoo.
- Ensure the team is working towards the various goals and deadlines needed.
- Manage assets and final delivery to our client.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Understands the importance of taking responsibility for ensuring problems are solved.
- Puts the outcome for the studio as a whole first.
- Can both anticipate a problem and either prevent it or limit the damage.
- Can see past the noise.
- Delegates responsibility effectively.
- Having the ability to interact with Directors, CG Supervisors, Lead and Technical Artists, to determine creative and technical requirements of productions is integral to this role.
- A solid work ethic and a positive attitude in the face of challenging situations are vital.
- Attention to detail is essential.
- Having the ability to keep a calm head under pressure is key.
- Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with the client in a timely manner.
- 3D or 2D Production Management experience.
Bonus Points:
- Previous experience as Production Manager on both long and short-form production
- Previous experience in 2D Production Management in Children’s TV/ Episodic
- Previous experience working with International Partners
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