UK Only | Production Coordinator

Blue Zoo Animation Studio; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Online wellbeing programme

Profit share after 2+ years

Discounts and offers

Job summary

Blue Zoo Animation Studio, a leading UK animation studio, is seeking a Production Coordinator to act as the central communication hub across all departments and with clients. You will help plan and troubleshoot the production pipeline, resource allocation, and ensure delivery within schedule and budget.

The role requires strong leadership, excellent organisation, and calm under pressure. Hybrid and remote working options are available as the team grows for a feature animation project starting

Qualifications

• Must have strong leadership and communication to motivate and guide teams under tight deadlines.
• Experience with production management software and Microsoft Office is required.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong team player who can work collaboratively across departments.
• Self-motivated with the ability to deliver on schedule under pressure.
• Hardworking and efficient with good IT skills.
• Excellent at controlling finances and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Act as the communication hub across all animation departments and with clients.
• Help plan and troubleshoot the pipeline for production.
• Plan with available resources to optimise department efficiency within schedule and budget.
• Be across all aspects of production and individual departments.
• Ensure the team works toward goals and deadlines of the production.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Multitasking

Deadline-driven

Hardworking

IT skills

Financial control

Tools

Production management software

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

Our Production Coordinators are enthusiastic, willing to learn, and have very strong communication skills, as well as a flare for organisation and a passion for animation production. They undertake unique, daily challenges that arise from producing a 3D animation project.

About The Role

Our Production Coordinators are enthusiastic, willing to learn, and have very strong communication skills, as well as a flare for organisation and a passion for animation production. They undertake unique, daily challenges that arise from producing a 3D animation project.

Our Production Coordinators are excellent communicators, organised, able to use their initiative and generally make themselves indispensable in this fast-paced and rewarding environment.

The successful candidate will need to be based in the UK and will require the right to work in the UK. We are very happy to discuss flexible, hybrid and remote working options for all our vacancies.

Please note that this vacancy can close early if we receive a high number of applications.

This opportunity is to work on a feature film with the role starting in Autumn 2026.

Day To Day

• Act as the communication hub across all animation departments, as well as with our clients.
• Help to plan and troubleshoot the pipeline for production
• Plan with the available resources to optimise the efficiency of each department, in line with the schedule and budget.
• Be across all aspects of the production as a whole, as well as individual departments.
• Ensuring the team are working towards the various goals and deadlines that the production demands.

About You

Must Have:

• Confidence in motivating and leading teams with enthusiasm whilst working to a tight deadline.
• Experience of working with Production Management Software & Microsoft Office.
• Excellent organisational skills and good at multitasking.
• Great team player.
• Self-motivated, and able to deliver on schedule, working calmly under pressure.
• Hard working and efficient.
• Very strong communication skills.
• Have good IT skills.
• Excellent at controlling finances.

Bonus Points

• Experience in scheduling and managing teams across multiple departments.
• Client-facing experience.
• Experience working on feature animation.
• Experience of post production processes.

About Us

Blue Zoo is a leading animation studio in the UK, with a world-class reputation as the go-to place for creating bold, fun and characterful animation. Established in London in 2000, the studio has grown to become the largest dedicated CG animation studio in the UK, picking up a shelf full of BAFTAs, an Annie and an Emmy along the way!

We couldn’t be prouder that Blue Zoo is the first major animation studio in the world to receive B Corp certification. We’ve been independently certified by B Lab, a non-profit organisation who award the B Corp certification. The certification verifies companies who are working to improve the lives of employees as well as industries as a whole. The certification process involves over 170 rigorous metrics to improve the lives of our staff, customers, suppliers, and the local community, ensuring we are not just saying we are ethical with empty gestures, but independently evidencing it.

We are going through an exciting period of growth and are building a studio that is full of amazingly talented, happy artists, making work they are proud of, which in turn makes a small contribution to a happier world. Blue Zoo believes that a healthy balance in our lives - whatever our situation - is key to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We offer flexible working to support this.

We look for people who have expertise, enthusiasm and are motivated to make things better. You’ll work alongside a talented and diverse group of people who respect each other's differences and seek to understand and embrace fresh perspectives.

What We’ve Got For You

• Winner of Broadcast Best Places to Work in TV 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025 & 2026.
• Inclusive self-funded shorts programme.
• Many fun in person and remote social events throughout the year.
• Bi-monthly employee feedback and engagement programme.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including loads of discounts and offers.
• Online wellbeing programme.
• Profit share (for employees who have been with us for 2+ years).

Blue Zoo is committed to creating and nurturing an inclusive studio that promotes and values diversity and invites everyone to ‘bring their whole selves’ to work. We believe that companies that truly embrace and value diversity, and create an environment where everyone from any background can do their best work, are better companies.

To be engaged our people have to feel included and valued. We work hard to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is embedded in the way we work, not just an initiative. We strive to engender a studio community that feels a deep sense of pride and commitment that transcends any role, department or level and works together to produce excellent and engaging work.