Lucasfilm Animation and creators of the Emmy award winning animation series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and the highly successful animation series “Star Wars: Rebels” are looking for a versatile Animation Production Coordinator to join their production team.Job Purpose: The Animation Production Coordinator will be responsible for managing and maintaining the Animation department from pre-production through post production on an animated television series.Responsibilities
Coordinating the day to day running of the Animation department, facilitating schedules through production planning, coordination and troubleshooting.
Responsible for populating internal tracking system with dailies notes, script dialogue, and other pertinent data.
Schedules and organizes meetings for the Animation Lead and manages his daily calendar and task lists.
Prepares meeting notes, memos, and documents as required. Takes and delivers Animation dailies notes to the overseas vendors.
Collaborates with external production in sending and receiving media files and keeping milestone schedules on target. Organizes and ships reference materials and Maya files to overseas studios.
Coordinates all paperwork and setup required for turnovers/kickoffs internally and overseas. Will be required to continue building and maintaining effective working partnerships with overseas production staff in order to achieve seamless and efficient flow of work through the studios.
Schedules and attends show Pipeline and Development meetings, as well as takes and delivers notes.
Manages the organization and tracking of internal shot work for the Animation Lead.
May be asked to help with general production support throughout the rest of the show – such as running department dailies, completing special projects as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
3 years of experience in Production, preferably in Animation.
Requires excellent administrative and note taking skills, including word processing, strong working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
Must be capable of working independently and as part of a team. Needs to demonstrate a high level of initiative, flexibility and confidentiality.
Strong attention to detail, time management, communication, and follow up/follow through skills required.
Experience or interest in the areas of Animation, Lighting, or FX.
Ability to multi-task efficiently within a high-pressure, fast paced environment while meeting strict deadlines.
Preferred Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Animation, Art, Film or related field preferred.