Production Assistant

This is a Full Time Job

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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