Production Manager

Details

Job Title: Production Manager
Full Time: 37.5 hours, 9.30am- 6pm
Contract: Fixed term
Salary: DOE
Start Date: 06/01/2025
End Date: 28/11/2025
Location: Bristol

A Productions are looking for a Production Manager to join our team working on an exciting new CG/2D/Live action mixed pre-school art series. The animation will be produced in-house at our central Bristol Studio.

As Production Manager, you will be the lynchpin of the team and be the central point of contact for all members of the crew and external partners. You will work closely with the Line Producer to ensure the production stays on schedule and that deadlines are clearly communicated and monitored. You will need to demonstrate previous industry experience as Production Manager or Production Coordinator on an animated TV series.

A Productions is an award-winning animation studio based in central Bristol. Our success in creating engaging, original and award-winning content is made possible through the unique chemistry of the creative teams we build. This shared vision is underpinned by our focus on diversity and inclusion, staff wellbeing and ensuring an authentic voice across all our productions. Delivering a creative, inclusive work community that encourages collaboration, engagement and mutual trust at its core.

General Duties:

• Working closely with the Line Producer and Production Coordinator to ensure the production stays on schedule, flagging any concerns and troubleshooting as necessary
• Creating departmental schedules and tracking documents and updating these to maintain good visibility of progress across all stages of production
• Maintaining clear communication with all heads of department, including creating daily to-do lists, as appropriate
• Attending meetings and reviews, taking notes and disseminating the relevant information
• Downloading and saving files from external partner studios and notifying the relevant parties
• Ensuring production tracking software is kept up to date and that there is a clear workflow for all processes
• Tracking and saving all client feedback
• Overseeing delivery of files and feedback to and from the Post Production House and the client
• Liaising between crew (both in house and remote), your line managers and the HR department to ensure that any and all crew concerns and queries are attended to promptly

Essential skills and experience

• Computer literate – MS Office, Googledocs, Frame.io and Ftrack knowledge are a bonus
• Experience in a fast-paced ever changing environment
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good communication skills and experience working in a team environment
• Must be able to work to own initiative and be confident delegating tasks
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of 3D animation pipelines
• Excellent problem-solving skills and methodical working methods
• Previous experience of working on a CG/Live action mixed project would be a bonus

We actively encourage you to apply if you come from a group that is under represented in the TV industry. This includes, but is not limited to, Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, neurodivergent & disabled people and people from the LGBTQ+ community; those not in education, employment or training; under employed or people on zero hours contracts.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and are open to discussing flexible working hours.

To be based inhouse in our Bristol Studio

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

End date for applications 22/11/24