UK Only | Production Manager

Blue Zoo Production; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Zoo Production is seeking a Production Manager to oversee all aspects of computer animation production for a feature film. The role collaborates with the Line Producer and department heads to maintain an overview of production, ensuring schedules, milestones, and client communications stay on track.

Key responsibilities include resource management, drafting department job descriptions, maintaining schedules, and reporting progress to both internal teams and clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in a feature animation pipeline.
• 3D Production Management experience.
• Ability to interact with Directors, CG Supervisors, Leads and Technical Artists.
• Excellent communication with the client.
• Strong ownership and ability to stay calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Oversee resource management across all production departments.
• Coordinate drafting of job descriptions with heads of departments and talent team.
• Create and maintain department schedules and milestone delivery oversight.
• Serve as main point of coordination between team and senior management.
• Lead production and dependencies meetings.
• Generate internal progress reports and report to clients.

Skills

3D Production Mgmt

Client management

Problem solving

Delegation

Scheduling

Communication

Job description

The Production Manager on this exciting new 3D production will oversee management of all aspects of computer animation production in collaboration with the Line Producer. The primary duty of the Production Manager is to support the successful running of the production, by maintaining a broad overview of all production departments.

Reporting into the Line Producer, the role provides a great opportunity to work with a talented team on an exciting production. Problem solving, task delegation and a keen eye for logistics are the key skills for this role.

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:

• Resource management across all production departments. Includes internal resources, conducting crew reviews in collaboration with the head of department, schedule updates and absence/holiday tracking.
• Coordination of drafting job descriptions in collaboration with heads of departments and the people and talent team
• Create and maintain overview/department schedules and delivery oversight for all production departments, including the setting of production priorities and defining milestones.
• Serve as the main point of coordination and contact between the team and the production's senior/management employees.
• Be across the production as a whole as well as individual departments.
• Motivate departmental heads/supervisors to ensure quality and stay on schedule.
• Generate internal progress reports for the production team and management as well as reporting externally to clients.
• Support the Line Producer/ Directors in terms of client management and communications.
• Lead production and dependencies meetings.
• Communicate clearly and regularly between the production team and the client.
• Help to plan and troubleshoot the pipeline for production.
• Manage and update Ftrack with assets and reviews to and from the client.
• Plan with the available resources to optimise the efficiency of each department, in line with the schedule and budget and raise any concerns with the Head of Production.
• Ensure the team is working towards the various goals and deadlines needed.
• Manage assets and final delivery to our client.

Each of these responsibilities will be further defined by the Head of Production and the needs of the specific production.

Must Have:

• Understands the importance of taking responsibility for ensuring problems are solved.
• Previous experience working in a feature animation pipeline.
• Puts the outcome for the studio as a whole first.
• Can both anticipate a problem and either prevent it or limit the damage.
• Can see past the noise.
• Delegates responsibility effectively.
• Having the ability to interact with Directors, CG Supervisors, Lead and Technical Artists, to determine creative and technical requirements of productions is integral to this role.
• A solid work ethic and positive attitude in the face of challenging situations is vital.
• Attention to detail is essential.
• Having the ability to keep a calm head under pressure is key.
• Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with the client in a timely manner.
• 3D Production Management experience.

Bonus Points:

• Previous experience as Production Manager on both long and short form production.