Responsibilities
- Manage calendar of the Directors and Producer, assist in navigation of daily schedule and needs, identify priorities
- Supports the production team to achieve overall goals, shift priorities as departmental needs change
- Daily office activities including scheduling meetings and rooms, copies, filing, partner with facilities on supply needs, orders, runs
- Assisting in preparation of screenings, presentations, meetings; supports department coordinators in managing department calendars
- Taking detailed meeting notes and timely distribution
- Work side by side with Production Coordinators to achieve daily needs and goals
- Assists Producer(s), Supervisors, and Coordinators to track statuses by maintaining continuous awareness of production timeline
- Consistent line of communication with all departments regarding needs and deadlines including cross-site, multi-location
- Arrange detailed travel plans and itineraries, compile travel documentation
- Track and submit invoices and expense reports
- Research tasks, projects, and gathering materials as requested
- Monitoring and timely collection of timecards
- Day-to-day administrative tasks
- Other ad hoc duties as necessary
Requirements
- At least 1-year as assistant or PA within entertainment; experience at animation studio a plus; agency experience a plus
- Enthusiasm and desire to learn all areas of animation pipeline and related workflows
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload to meet deadlines, strong organizational habits
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to maturely and professionally interface with all levels of internal management, vendors and outside contacts, etc.
- Possesses a high level of discretion and confidentiality
- Strong proficiency with MS software, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Flix, ShotGrid, Photoshop experience, a plus
- Previous experience within animation, including internships, a plus
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What We Do
About Skydance Media Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter. About Skydance Interactive Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA. About Animation In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly
