Associate Project Manager Digital Studio Services
Walt Disney Pictures
Burbank, CAThis was removed by the employer on 9/16/2020 9:15:00 PM PST
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Associate Project Manager – Digital Studio Services (Project Hire)
Job Summary:
Studio Operations is comprised of multiple disciplines related to the postproduction of our films. This includes localizing formats for global theatrical release, ensuring consistency and continuity in the voice and representation of our characters in media formats worldwide, ensuring secure delivery of films to exhibitors, retailers, and homes worldwide, converting of classic film content into digital formats, and managing of all Walt Disney Studios production and postproduction facilities (including sound stages and the Digital Studio).
The Associate Project Manager will assist the Manager of Operations in support of Master Asset Prep and Quality Control to ensure the on-time and right the first time delivery of Studio library films to Disney Streaming Services. Additionally, this role will support other departments as needed (ex: Filmmaker Services, Title Graphics, QC, Audio and other Ad Hoc work).
The APM must be technically knowledgeable, through the gathering and understanding of business requirements, technical specifications, schedules and workflows. The APM coordinates with the digital operator team to ensure timely, accurate, and efficient delivery and ''owns'' the customer relationship between internal Walt Disney Company clients/stakeholders (DSS), third party customers and Disney Digital Studio Services. In addition, the APM is a hospitality specialist who delivers excellent customer service by interacting comfortably with creative and executive team members. He/she must possess flexibility and creativity and be willing to assume challenges and increased responsibility, including handling routine matters in Manager's absence as well as keeping an eye out for ways to improve workflows/increase efficiency, etc. He/she must have a strong desire to grow within the job, learn more about Disney Digital Studio Services initiatives and businesses. Work responsibilities will include but are not limited to assisting manager in operational tasks such as workflow management, billing, ISO 9001 best practices and metrics reporting. Disney Digital Studio Services provides on-lot creative and technical post-production services to filmmakers and Walt Disney Company stakeholders. Services offered by Disney Digital Studio Services include sound mixing, editorial rooms, theatre and screening room operation, as well as a broad array of digital file-based services in support of filmmaking, mastering, asset finishing, and distribution. This is an 18 month project hire.
Responsibilities:
• Project Management: Coordinate the day to day delivery priorities whiles also forecasting the optimal plan of attack to maximize resources. Additional tasks include:
• Scheduling, status updates, reports, managing metrics, evaluating issues and escalating when necessary, system status updates, billing, facilitate meetings and manage a schedule book of our business and operations (including room, equipment, QC, delivery, etc.).
• Assist in assigning day-to-day priorities of Digital Operators and assist them to ensure they are set up for success while performing their work. Creation of smart spreadsheets will greatly aid in the maximization of time.
• Client Services and partner management: The building and fostering of relationships with our customers and partners – being a friendly and helpful person who is happy to serve our clients and facilitate smooth deliveries with our partners.
• Support management, partners and customers in understanding their Mastering Schedule needs and liaises with other departments and partners (i.e. Engineering, QC, Projection, Audio, Title Graphics, Subtitles, etc.) to ensure proper environment set up and availability of staff, rooms, assets, and experts.
• Maintain daily communication regarding the status of the work. Due to the nature of production and postproduction, there is the need to proactively communicate how changing schedules impact work and costs. Work must then be closed out and billed in a timely manner.
• Process Improvement & Innovation: Identify opportunities to improve existing workflows/systems and understand new technologies that we can leverage to be the most effective, innovative, and secure facility in the industry.
• Work Order Creation & Billing: The APM creates work orders and is responsible for accurate billing of services offered. Billing must be complete on time. He/she works together with clients to ensure that the proper time and facility rates are billed.
Basic Qualifications:
• The APM must have at least 5 years' experience working in Mastering, File Prep or a related field.
• Strong understanding of the motion picture post production process and technical delivery requirements.
• Strong understanding of Mastering, asset prep, prequal, and QC.
• General and specific knowledge of the workflows and services offered within DDSS (with the ability to learn and grasp new workflow concepts in the context of the industry's changing requirements).
• College Degree Preferred (field of study Media, Cinema, Post Production, etc. preferred)
• Proficient in Salesforce, Microsoft Office suite, post-production scheduling tools.
• General knowledge of industry leading non-linear editing systems (Avid, Premiere) and Mastering tools (DVS Clipster, Colofront Transkoder, Resolve) preferred.