Overview

Company Name: Deluxe Toronto Ltd. dba Method Studios Vancouver

Business address: 50 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1B3

Job title – Central Production Manager

Job location: Vancouver, BC

Relevant NOC: 0512 – Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

Positions available: 1

Terms of employment: Full-time, Permanent

Language of Work: English

Minimum education: Diploma

Benefits: 15 days vacation. Extended Healthcare, Dental, Life Insurance, Employee and Family Assistance Program. Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

Extra Information: Eligible for incremental raises in accordance with company policy on an annual basis.

Salary: $90,000pa – $120,000pa

Method Studios is an award-winning international visual effects group with facilities in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, London, Melbourne and Montreal. As an artist-driven company known for its creativity, we service high-end feature film, commercial, television, games and motion graphics clients in the global marketplace.

Job Duties

  • Design and development of standardised Production workflows and processes
  • Develop efficient and timely solutions to Production difficulties.
  • Implement the right tools, technology and workflows, to deliver the highest quality work in an efficient manner.
  • Ensure that tutorials, educational and training tools are available to production team members (Managers, Coordinators and Assistants)
  • Provide leadership (technically and creatively) as well as providing support and feedback for production team members (Managers, Coordinators and Assistants)
  • Leading performance feedback sessions for production team members (Managers, Coordinators and Assistants)
  • Increase productivity and efficiency between departments
  • Collect and act on feedback from the production team members (Managers, Coordinators and Assistants)
  • Implementing production training plans to ensure upcoming work is able to be completed.
  • Developing a strong team so strategic vacancies can be filled internally
  • Work with Artist management to create and implement retention and engagement strategies
  • Assist Head of Studio with scheduling and resourcing the production team members (Managers, Coordinators and Assistants)
  • Resolving conflicts
  • Quality control work and ensure that the highest creative and technical standards are systematically maintained.
  • Provide career development opportunities for production team members (Managers, Coordinators and Assistants)

Must Have

  • Deep understanding of Production within visual effects for film
  • Experience as a Central Production Manager, Production manager and Department Manager within a large scale VFX studio
  • At least 5 years’ experience in production management for feature film VFX
  • Strong technical understanding of visual effects pipelines and processes
  • Advanced demonstrated knowledge and production experience in a number of Production tools