Production Coordinator

Roles and responsibilities

• Monitoring and track the production schedule in accordance with the progress and deadlines.
• Communicate with  Production Managers and/or Production coordinators at the coproduction’s partners’ studios daily to ensure that the departments outputs are aligned with the production schedule.
• Manage asset transfers between the different artistic departments and partner studios using various tools such as Shotgrid, Kitsu, FTP, etc.
• Prepare and adapt production tasks scheduling/tracking tools and anticipate needs for incoming tasks.
• Anticipate needs for new resources and prepare for the recruitment of the staff required for the production, together with the Production Manager and the producers.
• Track production progress through scoreboards
• Communicate and work closely with the Heads of the other production department : Directors, Artistic directors, Technical Directors and IT Manager.
• Ensure follow-up with external service providers, contractors and sub-contractors. Help developing strong relationships with partners to ensure daily communication runs smoothly.
• Run Production meetings with the team on a weekly basis in conjunction with the production manager.

Skills and requirements

• First experience in an animation studio.
• Knowledge of MS Office, with very good knowledge of Excel (formulas & functions).
• Excellent command of written and oral English and French.
• Ability to work on different tasks at the same time.
• Ability to adapt to and learn how to use new software and tools (Example: Shotgrid, kitsu).
• Pro-active, anticipating mind and solution oriented.
• Very good organization and rigor in the work.
• Knowledge of animation workflow processes, both 2D & 3D from pre-production to post-production will be a plus.

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