Production Assistant - London, United Kingdom - WildBrain

WildBrain

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Hybrid work:
Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our Euston office and remote work.

Find a job that lets your imagination run wild

WildBrain Spark is a digital media leader that creates, manages and distributes kids' entertainment content on platforms such as YouTube, Amazon Video Direct and ROKU.

WildBrain Spark's branded YouTube network is one of the largest of its kind, featuring over 500 brands and 300K videos across 800 kids' channels.

Our team also produces original content at our studio including animation, stop motion and live action, both for our channels and those of popular kids' content and toy brands.

If you have an idea, WildBrain Spark will help you develop and grow it into a reality Our content reaches 1 in 3 kids globally with over 4 billion monthly views, engaging families everywhere This huge reach could not happen without our legendary team - and we are looking to add to it

To work at WildBrain Spark means you get to help create and share stories that lets imaginations run wild. Join our team today to become part of the story

About the job/role
We are looking for a 6-mont contract Production Assistant at WildBrain Spark.

In this role, you will assist the Producers and make sure the production is running smoothly, so the project is being delivered on brief, schedule and budget.

You will be also be supporting the production's team. This role reports directly to the Producer/Senior Producer and Creative Producer.

Responsibilities

Support the production and delivery of the project, reporting to the Senior Producer and Creative Producer
Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure excellent customer service
Lead on all administrative and coordination tasks associated with the production; asset & data, schedule and supplier management
Work collaboratively across all teams ensuring we use the full capabilities of the business to deliver (Marketing, Commercial, Distribution, Data, Post Production)
Negotiate timelines with suppliers and freelancers
Keep the project on budget and running to agreed schedules
Assist the Producer or Senior Producer on daytoday tasks
Work across multiple complex productions with often conflicting schedules
Find new suppliers, locations vendors and crew on short notice when required
Flexibility and understanding on the roles and responsibilities across projects
Play a key role in the seamless handovers and relationship between teams and suppliers.

Qualifications

Understanding of the animation pipeline
Being able to detect animation inaccuracy (color check, scale and layer issues, continuity errors) and QC animation files across the series
Revising digital assets from preproduction to final delivery
Knowledge of the digital content industry and production processes (experience in the kids market preferable)
Experience in relationship management with external clients
Experience with multitasking and working under pressure on a number of projects with a range of complexity
Working across narrative content, Short Form or YouTube specifically is preferred
Confidence in own creative judgement, or interpretation of creative briefs
Negotiation, leadership and management skills, plus ability to motivate and develop multifunction teams

What We Offer

Working at WildBrain Spark is more than a job — it's the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality.

We offer competitive benefits and we invest in our people and their future.

Some of the perks we have are private medical insurance, income protection, gym subsidy, bonus time off, employee share programmes and flexible & home working.

Our Commitment
Diversity and Inclusion are in our DNA.

As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world.

We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain CPLG.

To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities.

**We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we've listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills