Rapid Prototype Production Supervisor

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Hillsboro, OR, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Digital Media
The Role
Manages rapid prototype production schedules, priorities, staffing coverage, task tracking, and cross-departmental asset handoffs. Supervises and trains production coordinators and assistants, supports artists, tracks bids versus actuals, documents progress in production systems, prepares meetings, and communicates milestones, risks, and changing resource needs to creative and production leadership.
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GENERAL SUMMARY

The Rapid Prototype Production Supervisor manages the schedules and day-to-day operations of a team of artists and reporting production staff in the Rapid Prototype (RP) Department. They are responsible for the maintenance of assigned department/sub-department schedules, documentation of developments, and ensuring adequate RP production and artist coverage on a daily basis.  

JOB FUNCTIONS
  • Work with the RP Production Manager and RP creative leadership to create and maintain an up-to-date and accurate RP build schedules and team priority lists, track bids vs. actuals on all RP build tasks, and prioritize tasks on a near-term basis. 
  • Collaborate with production staff cross-departmentally on asset deliverables to ensure progress and handovers are clearly tracked and communicated. 
  • Collaborate with the RP Production Manager and RP creative leadership to better inform staffing and resource needs.
  • Provide daily priorities and schedule expectations for RP team members, communicating progress to the RP Production Manager and reinforce milestones/deadlines with reporting RP production staff and collaborating artists.
  • Ensure consistent RP creative leadership feedback opportunities are provided and notes and progress are tracked via production reports and Flow PT (formerly ShotGrid).
  • Train and oversee reporting RP Production staff (Coordinators and/or PAs) by providing informed workflows and growth opportunities and ensuring accurate notetaking and dissemination of RP developments to collaborating teams.
  • Ensure and/or provide coverage in the absence of RP Production Manager and RP production staff.
  • Responsible for assessing impact on RP artists from scheduling changes, providing insight on how to adapt to evolving production needs and escalating impact to RP Production Manager to ensure overall goals are maintained.
  • Ensure all RP department meetings are adequately prepared, and notes are captured accurately and distributed quickly.
  • Provide onboarding, training, guidance, and backup/support for RP production staff and ensure assigned RP creative leadership provide the same for their artists. 
QUALIFICATIONS
  • 3+ years’ experience in a production management role in feature films; stop motion experience a plus.
  • 1+ years' experience managing a team of artists.
  • Ability to plan, schedule, and monitor R&D and build progress across multiple, interdependent departments.
  • Extensive experience with asset management database software, preferably Flow PT (formerly ShotGrid) and Consilium.
  • Proven project management experience with MS Project and Excel, or similar packages.
  • Base-level knowledge of Photoshop a plus.
  • Ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
  • Exhibit strong attention to detail, communication skills, great attitude, and work ethic.  
  • Must be adaptable and capable of re-prioritizing according to evolving project and studio goals.
  • Capable of motivating and leading teams with enthusiasm.
  • Able to effectively manage shifting priorities within tight deadlines while fostering positive working relationships. 
  • Clear planning, problem solving, and analytic skills with an organized and methodical approach to work. 
LOCATION

On-site in Hillsboro, OR

SALARY

Salary is commensurate with skills and experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

  • Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk; stand; sit; use hands to operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear both in person and by telephone. The employee must lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee works under typical office conditions and is exposed to variable indoor temperatures. The noise level is usually quiet or moderate.  
DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Please review our EMPLOYMENT DISCLAIMER and MATERIALS SUBMISSION AGREEMENT.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER​
LAIKA is an equal opportunity employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of individual qualifications and merit. We have created a workplace where everyone is respected, valued, and encouraged to contribute. We value everyone’s differences and understand that we each contribute in different ways. Hiring, work assignments, rates of pay, promotion, layoff, and recall are based upon skill and ability, satisfactory attendance and conduct, productivity, quality of work, length of service, and other legitimate, job-related factors.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO A WORKPLACE FREE OF DISCRIMINATION​
We don’t allow discrimination of any type and we consider everyone for a job based on their skills and abilities, not their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, workers’ compensation status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local non-discrimination laws. Discrimination based on any of these factors is inconsistent with our philosophy and is not tolerated at any time. It is our firm policy to maintain a work environment that is free of such discrimination.​

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of experience in a production management role in feature films
  • 1+ years of experience managing a team of artists
  • Ability to plan, schedule, and monitor R&D and build progress across multiple interdependent departments
  • Extensive experience with asset management database software, preferably Flow PT formerly ShotGrid and Consilium
  • Project management experience with Microsoft Project and Excel or similar software
  • Base-level knowledge of Photoshop
  • Ability to work collaboratively and independently
  • Strong attention to detail, communication skills, positive attitude, and work ethic
  • Adaptability and ability to reprioritize according to evolving project and studio goals
  • Ability to motivate and lead teams enthusiastically
  • Ability to manage shifting priorities within tight deadlines while fostering positive working relationships
  • Clear planning, problem-solving, and analytical skills with an organized and methodical approach
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The Company
HQ: Hillsboro, OR
553 Employees
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

LAIKA was founded in 2005 in Oregon and is guided by the vision of its President & CEO Travis Knight. Located just outside Portland, Oregon, LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar® for its innovation in 3D printing in 2016. Its five films - Missing Link (2019); Kubo and the Two Strings (2016); The Boxtrolls (2014); ParaNorman (2012), and Coraline (2009) - were all nominated for Oscars® and PGA Awards as Outstanding Animated Film. Missing Link was the first LAIKA film to win the Golden Globe® for Best Animated Feature and was awarded two Visual Effects Society (VES) awards for Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature and Outstanding Animated Character, and received seven Annie Award nominations. Kubo received a second Oscar® nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects and won the BAFTA Award, as well as three Annie Awards, the National Board of Review's Best Animated Feature citation, and 19 regional and critics’ group awards. The Boxtrolls earned Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Award nominations and 13 Annie Award nominations, more than any other film that year. ParaNorman garnered BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, and GLAAD Media Award nominations, won two Annie Awards, and was cited as the year’s best animated film by 14 critics’ groups. Coraline earned Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Critics’ Choice nominations and was named one of the year’s 10 Best Films by the American Film Institute (AFI). For more information, visit http://www.LAIKA.com.

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