Director, Physical Production Animation

Full Time Job
DIRECTOR, PHYSICAL PRODUCTION – ANIMATION

DIRECTOR, PHYSICAL PRODUCTION – ANIMATION

SUMMARY:

The Director, Physical Production – This role serves as liaison between producers, production

management and multiple operations groups to ensure efficient and effective production.

This position monitors all aspects of production and post-production operations, from prep through wrap,to ensure staff maintains project schedules, budgets and creative expectations. Develops and documents workflows, facility standards and production strategies.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assist the EVP and SVP Physical Production in developing production schedules/plans/budgets

on feature films and series.
• Manage Development APM's to facilitate and drive their weekly goals and maintain weekly status

of all feature development projects.
• Collaborate with the Creative Development group to execute production plans for Projects in

Development.
• Work with EVP's direct Reports on current issues, including reporting structures, data

organization, and standard operating procedures including Production and Associate Production

Managers
• Help expedite changes in production schedules.
• Coordinate with SPI software development team on any SPA tools in development
• Implement policy and procedures for SPA Productions.
• Help establish and maintain show production tracking reports report collaborating with both

Production Finance and show specific Production Management

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Minimum of 3 years experience budgeting, scheduling and maintaining visual effects/animated

projects.
• Experience with outsourcing, including identifying vendor studios.
• Strong working knowledge of Google Docs and production software.
• Must be able to multitask and work effectively under changing priorities and daily time constraints
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Take direction when needed and also take the initiative where applicable.
• Trustworthy with the ability to maintain a high level of discretion.
• Driven, innovative, strategic and solution focused.
• Demonstrated ability to work with creative individuals.
• Ability to communicate in a constructive, proactive manner.

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

*As part of our commitment to health and safety, SPE requires all U.S. non-union applicants and employees to submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or to request and obtain approval of a reasonable accommodation based on disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance. To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at SPE_Accomodation_Assistance@spe.sony.com.

* Sony Pictures - CA - Culver City Area & Studios