Production Assistant (VFX)

As a Production Assistant you will be reporting to the VFX Leadership team in Toronto and working closely with them for the benefit of the whole production team, you will be supporting that team with administration, coordination of tasks, and supporting other projects as needed for the development and success of the Jellyfish VFX team and their exciting Film & TV projects. An understanding of the industry is required, and basic understanding of VFX pipeline is beneficial. 

• Provide administrative support for your assigned department, making sure that tasks are completed within the timeframe given, to budget. 
• Keep track of day budget to assure budget and schedule are respected. 
• Escalate any issues which may affect day to day project or production deadlines your line manager or project lead.

• Act as a liaison for all activities relating to assigned production(s). 
• Provide administrative support to the producer, and the production in general. 
• You may be requested to create and/or maintain elements of production schedules as directed by Producer. 
• Maintain distribution and contact lists for wider team.
• Support with communication and company messaging.

• New Hire coordination and set up with Key stake holders to support inducting new team.
• Note taking in meetings when required.

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

Requirements

• Excellent English language skills both verbal and written. 

• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail. 

• Strong Microsoft Office knowledge, in particular Microsoft Word and Excel is essential. 

• Strong verbal communication skills, and solid interpersonal skills. 

• Ability to organize, prioritize and follow through in a multi-tasking environment. 

Benefits

Culture:

At Jellyfish Pictures, we foster a community of diverse talent to create engaging worlds. We empower our employees to think creatively and collaboratively to achieve common goals. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that you can focus on your passion in a supportive environment conducive to growth. We're currently pursuing B Corp certification and offer a range of social events, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives to support our team members.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a recruitment process based solely on merit, without bias towards ethnicity, age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation/preference, national origin, religion, or any other protected category.

We have both flexible and hybrid working models on offer at Jellyfish Pictures, so whether you are remote, love coming into the studio or a mixture of both we try our best to accommodate a healthy work life balance.

Please do let us know which method of communication works best for you in the questions included in the application, as well as highlighting whether you require any reasonable adjustments to the screening or interview process.

If you would like to keep up to date with all our vacancies, information on projects we are working and want to become part of our wider talent community, please feel free to opt in to our quarterly recruitment newsletter the JellyGram using the below email

optin@jellyfishpictures.co.uk

About Us:

Founded in 2001, Jellyfish Pictures has evolved from a "two-man band" into an internationally recognized operation. Renowned for our world-class animation and VFX, we've garnered multiple awards, including EMMY, BAFTA, and VES Awards, among others.

Last updated on Apr 6, 2023