This job has expired, please see additional jobs below
Head of Production
Framestore
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Job Details - this job has expired, please see similar jobs below
Advertising - Head of Production - Live Action
Framestore Pictures is the production arm of global company Framestore. We are looking for an experienced Head of Production (Live Action) to join our growing team. We are a creative dynamic team producing a wide variety of content including high end television commercials, long form projects, experiential work, emerging technologies and VR experiences.
The Head of Production will play an integral role in managing our live action projects across the US and internationally including bidding live action, overseeing all shoot production management, client relationships and working closely with our stable of live action Directors. The ideal candidate will be bidding projects covering live action with an understanding of post production and VFX.
We are looking for a Head of Production with solid production company experience or line production experience who has experience in bidding domestically and abroad.
This is a staff role with benefits and can be based in either our LA or our NY offices.
Responsibilities:
• Overseeing all aspects of live action production in our US offices
• Development of client relationships and new business leads.
• Creatively working with Framestore Picture's stable of directors, and our agencies and clients, overseeing treatments and creative concepts from the initial pitch through to delivery of projects.
• Creating appropriate and accurate bids (working with creative teams) with an emphasis on creativity to meet budgetary constraints of clients.
• Bring in and oversee freelance bidding producers if needed
• Collaborate with our VFX producers on projects in order to bid projects covering both live action and post production in one bid
• Attend shoot start up production meetings
• Negotiate all freelance agreements within Union rules
• Management of all freelancers during pre production as well as during the shoots
• Full budget and financial reconciliation and responsibility, working closely with the Framestore finance team
• Work closely with the Executive Producer, running the day to day in the office
• Help to execute State tax incentives
• Build up good relationships with clients/agency producers when needed
• Enforce the Framestore production guidelines
• Interface with directors in conjunction with the EP
• Research and maintain high quality crew and production members lists
• Overseeing multiple projects at once
Skills Required:
• Minimum of 5 years experience working in an established production company as a bidder or HOP. Line producer/production manager with bidding skills
• Good communication skills essential - ability to deal with creative and technical departments within Framestore
• Extremely organized
• Solid experience with US wide Union policy knowledge
• Overview of individual State tax incentives
• Eagerness to learn and work with emerging technologies
• Positive can do attitude, ability to work within a large global organisation
• Extensive vendor, crew, agent and industry related contacts
• Management of freelance production teams
• Knowledge of post production and VFX Possesses
• Critical-thinking, negotiating, and logical reasoning skills, especially under pressure