Production Manager - TV Featurette

Bardel Entertainment; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading animation studio in Metro Vancouver seeks a Production Manager to oversee the workflow from script to screen. Responsibilities include managing pre-production assets, collaborating with the Line Producer on schedules, and supervising production staff. Candidates should have over 5 years of animation production experience and strong leadership skills. This role offers a competitive salary range of $1400-$1650 CAD weekly, depending on experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of animation production experience on a fully animated or hybrid feature.
• 2+ years experience in a leadership role on a fully animated or hybrid feature.
• Previous experience managing multiple departments.
• Experience working in 3D animated series; 2D knowledge an asset.

Responsibilities

• Manage the workflow of the production crew from script-to-screen.
• Ensure pre-production assets are completed on time.
• Work with the Line Producer on schedule delivery.
• Supervise production coordinators and assistants.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Scheduling

Education

Post-secondary education in Film or TV Production Management

Tools

Shotgrid

Job description

The Production Manager will manage the work-flow of the production crew from script-to-screen and maintain the production pipeline based on milestone dates established by the approved production schedule and budget. Inspire and motivate the production crew.

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for ensuring all pre‑production assets have been scheduled and assigned and are completed within the allocated time, including but not limited to storyboards, animatics, models, rigging, and that all materials are approved and ready for animation in accordance with the production schedule.
• Exercise superior leadership, collaborative, and communication skills to ensure that inter and intra departmental tasks are assigned, understood and completed as per instructed.
• Work with the Line Producer to ensure scripts are delivered according to schedules published.
• Responsible for Script breakdown reviews and viability meetings with internal and external key stakeholders.
• Work with the Line Producer to maintain and update working production schedules – overall, departmental, client, and service studios as requested.
• Supervise production coordinators and production assistants. Manage their assigned departments.
• Utilize Shotgrid and oversee its use by the production team. Ensure that all tasks are tracked accurately.
• Review and coordinate weekly to do lists with the members of the production team to ensure tracking and reporting are accurate and up to date.
• Actively participate in scheduled production and team meetings.
• Provide internal and external weekly production status reports.

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of animation production experience on a fully animated or hybrid feature.
• 2+ years experience in a leadership role on a fully animated or hybrid feature.
• Previous experience managing and tracking against a schedule.
• Previous experience successfully managing multiple departments.
• Previous experience with Shotgrid, scheduling, monitoring and reporting on tasks.
• Experience working 3D animated series, 2D knowledge an asset.
• Post‑secondary education in Film, TV Production Management.

Salary Range $1400-1650 CAD Weekly The Salary Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.