Associate Producer

Institute Pictures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Institute Pictures is seeking an Associate Producer for a full-time on-site role in Los Angeles, CA, working directly with Director Lauren Greenfield and the documentary/photography team. The candidate will be the director's right-hand, handling schedules, materials, and production tasks across multi-disciplinary projects.

The ideal candidate has 4–5 years of experience in film production and some photography experience, with strong communication, organization, and travel flexibility.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of professional experience in film production and some photography experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage Director's schedule, travel, and itineraries.
• Organize and prepare Director’s materials (calendars, treatments, deliverables, publicity).
• Assist Senior Producers with production tasks (travel, call sheets, rentals, location, field production, treatments, publicity/press planning, licensing, post production).
• Assist in management of images and photography workflow (resizing, labeling, logging).
• Support Director on photo/video projects from concept to delivery, including decks and outreach for subjects/casting.
• Create materials related to photography/video (proposals, presentations, treatments, books, exhibits).
• Coordinate speaking engagements and events with venues, publicists, sponsors.
• Office management: daily office operations, correspondence, mail, shipping, supplies.

Skills

Communication

Tools

Premiere

InDesign

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Company Description Institute Pictures is a production company that brings together creative talent across commercials, photography, fine art, film, and television. Co-founded by artist Lauren Greenfield and producer/filmmaker Frank Evers, the company is rooted in visually driven, story-centered work. Institute Pictures collaborates with a wide range of clients and partners to produce high-quality, impactful content. Team members join a multidisciplinary environment that values artistic vision, thoughtful storytelling, and professional craftsmanship.

Role Description The Associate Producer is a full-time, on-site role based in Los Angeles, CA. This position is within the documentary production and photography division of the company working directly with Director Lauren Greenfield and her documentary/photography team. The Associate Producer role is a great opportunity to be an award-winning director’s “right-hand,” as well as work with her award-winning production team/company to learn and grow within the producing field both in office and on location.

The ideal candidate has experience and a skill set working in both documentary production and photography. They should be enthusiastic, calm under pressure, detail-oriented, organized, professional, excellent people skills and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and seamlessly. 4-5 year professional experience as an associate producer or project coordinator ready to move to the next level is a must.

Responsibilities:

• Manage appointments, daily/weekly schedule, travel and itineraries for Director (and Producers when needed).
• Manage, organize and create Director’s materials from calendars to treatments, to final deliverables to publicity.
• Work directly with Senior producers on various production tasks as needed such as travel, call sheets, equipment rentals, location, field production, research, treatments, publicity/press planning, licensing, post production, etc.
• Assist in management of images and photography (resizing, labeling, digitizing, logging, tracking) in a highly organized, timely and detailed manner. (especially when on scouts or working with Director on shoot prep)
• As requested, assist Director (in-house and on-location) from concept to production to delivery on both photo and video projects including the ability to create development decks, reach out and call potential subjects and casting.
• Assist in creation of materials related to photography and video work such as proposals, presentations, treatments, book, exhibition materials, etc.
• Manage speaking engagements and events with hosting venues, publicists, and sponsors.
• Office Management: daily running of a small office that includes coordinating office correspondence, schedule, mail, shipping, general supplies and day to day activities.

Requirements:

• Must have at least 4-5 years professional year’s experience with the film production industry AND some experience in the photography industry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to call potential subjects for projects as well as help with casting and being good with people is a must.
• Skilled in basic office programs (word, excel), knowledge and general use of photo and video programs including Premiere and InDesign as well as the ability to make decks and help with writing and research. Please list the specific programs worked with in the past and level of skill.
• Knowledge of photo and video equipment. Please list equipment used in the past from development, production, post and final presentation.
• Well-organized, with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize work and handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Willingness to travel and work flexible hours potentially on weekends with short notice if in production. Willingness to travel for extended periods of time for production with notice.
• Flexibility in terms of accepting process changes, variable work volume and new ideas.
• A team player with the ability to work with diverse personalities.
• Must be a team player, eager to learn + organized.

Salary: $70 - $75K/ year USD

NOTE - only Los Angeles-based applicants should apply.