Production Coordinator (VFX)

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive VFX Production Coordinator to join our dynamic production team, based out of our up and coming studio in Toronto.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in managing the day-to-day operations of VFX projects, ensuring smooth communication between artists, supervisors, and clients. If you have a keen eye for detail, excellent communication skills, and a passion for VFX, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Assists the Production Supervisor in all evolving support needs (including duties such as calendar booking, updating schedules and documents, timecard processing, etc) 
• Assists Production Supervisor with maintaining quotas, deadlines & inventory, ensuring departmental productivity goals are consistently met 
• Understands the department and works with the Supervisor to maintain the department schedule 

• Ensures workflow from one department to the next is as seamless as possible. 
• Escalates to the Production Supervisor of any issues or risks that might impact the schedule. 
• Checks in with artists daily to ensure they are on track with their tasks and helps remove blockers and issues that impact the schedule. 
• Coordinates crew meetings 
• Preps for reviews by building the agenda, liaising with the PA to ensure attendees are invited and room set up is in place ready for a smooth meeting. 

• Building / running playlists for reviews. 
• Follows up on action items from meetings. 
• Understands the pipeline and has a sensibility to understand the impact of issues within the team that can impact further down the pipeline and communicate with the wider production teams.  
• Attends production meetings and provides department updates as needed. 

• Experience: 1-2 years of experience in a production role within the VFX, animation, or film industry.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

• Organization: Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in production tracking software (ShotGrid,etc.) and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc.).

• Team Player: A collaborative attitude with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Problem Solver: Ability to anticipate potential issues and proactively address them.

• Passion: A genuine interest in VFX

At Jellyfish Pictures, we foster a community of diverse talent to create engaging worlds. We empower our employees to think creatively and collaboratively to achieve common goals. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that you can focus on your passion in a supportive environment conducive to growth. We're currently pursuing B Corp certification and offer a range of social events, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives to support our team members.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a recruitment process based solely on merit, without bias towards ethnicity, age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation/preference, national origin, religion, or any other protected category.

We have both flexible and hybrid working models on offer at Jellyfish Pictures, so whether you are remote, love coming into the studio or a mixture of both we try our best to accommodate a healthy work life balance.

Please do let us know which method of communication works best for you in the questions included in the application, as well as highlighting whether you require any reasonable adjustments to the screening or interview process.

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