Production Coordinator (PH)

Lucasfilm Animation is the creator of the Emmy award winning animation series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance and Star Wars: The Bad Batch, all now streaming on Disney+, is looking for a Shot Production Coordinator.

The Shot Production Coordinator will be responsible for assisting the Associate Production Managers to create and maintain the Animation and Lighting department records and processes from pre-production through post production on an animated television series.

What you’ll do:

• Coordinating the day to day running of the Animation and Lighting department, facilitating schedules through production planning and troubleshooting.
• Preparing meeting notes, memos, and documents as required. Capturing, proofreading, editing, and delivering Animation and Lighting dailies notes to our overseas vendors.
• Populating our internal database with dailies notes, script dialogue, and other pertinent data.
• Scheduling and organizing meetings for the Animation and Lighting Supervisors, and assisting the APMs in managing their respective supervisor’s daily calendars and task lists.
• Collaborating with the overseas vendor’s production team by sending and receiving media files and keeping milestone schedules on target. Organizing and shipping reference materials and Maya files to overseas studios.
• Coordinating all paperwork and setup required for department turnovers and kickoffs internally and overseas.
• Build and maintain effective working partnerships with overseas production staff in order to achieve seamless and efficient workflow through both studios.
• Managing the organization and tracking of internal shot work for Animation and Lighting Supervisors.
• General production support through all departments on an as-needed basis – such as running department dailies, or completing special projects.
  
  
  

What you’ll need:

• 3 years of experience in Production, preferably in Animation.
• Excellent administrative and note taking capabilities, including exceptional listening skills for precise word processing, proofreading, and paraphrasing for clarity as needed.
• Strong working knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must be capable of working independently and as part of a team.
• Needs to demonstrate a high level of initiative, flexibility, and confidentiality.
• Strong attention to detail, time management, communication, and follow up/follow through skills required.
• Experience or interest in the areas of Animation, Lighting, or FX.
• Ability to multi-task efficiently within a high-pressure, fast paced environment while prioritizing appropriately to meet strict deadlines.
  
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Animation, Art, Film or related field preferred.
  
  
  

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco is $53,581.00 - 66,976.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.