Production Coordinator - Netflix

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Production Coordinator to join our team on an exciting new animated feature film. In this role, you will be a department-focused coordinator reporting directly to the Production Manager. As a key liaison between the production team, department leads, and artists, you will provide day-to-day support, ensuring clear communication and smooth workflow across the team. You will be responsible for tracking progress, facilitating daily workflows and deliverables, and maintaining a department floor schedule.

We’re seeking someone who is passionate about animation, highly organized, and excels at planning and scheduling. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and eager to contribute to a collaborative and creative environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain daily floor schedules in collaboration with Production and Craft Supervisors, assigning tasks to artists and ensuring they have the necessary support and materials required to achieve targets.
• Ensure statuses for all tasks within your team are up-to-date at all times and provide timely Estimate to Complete (ETC) reports, and log all materials.
• Work towards agreed targets as set by the Production Supervisor and priorities as set by the Production Manager and clearly communicate any variance from these.
• Provide weekly summary reports highlighting team progress, achievements, and challenges; collaborate with supervisors to adjust weekly goals and communicate updates.
• Raise flags for any technical or creative issues that could jeopardise upcoming targets.
• Check and approve all artist timesheets on a weekly basis.
• Coordinate and prepare for reviews working with the Craft Lead to organise content for each review and provide a clear agenda.
• Take clear, concise notes during reviews and follow-up with artists to ensure direction from the review is understood
• Ensure any cross-department requests are clearly communicated and liaise with other Production Coordinators for cross-department issues affecting your team.

What You’ll Need:

• Working as part of a production team in 3D animation.
• Coordinating large scale teams on animated projects (features is strongly preferred).
• Managing schedules, tracking progress, and delivering reports using Autodesk Flow Production Tracking.
• Working with multiple departments and liaising between artists, supervisors, and production teams.
• Solid understanding of the 3D animation pipeline from Assets through to Lighting and Compositing.
• Proficient in scheduling with strong understanding of core production tracking terminologies and metrics.
• Strong knowledge of and/or extensive experience with Flow Production Tracking and spreadsheets.
• Ability to use production data to forecast future performance.
• Strong problem-solving, organisational, and multi-tasking skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to summarise information clearly.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a large production team, while able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• High attention to detail and consistent follow-through.
• Organised, diligent, and resourceful.
• Adaptable and self-motivated, with a calm and professional approach.
• Effective listener, comfortable speaking up, and able to engage and motivate teams.
• Diplomatic communicator, able to work well with different personalities.
• Able to engage and motivate a team.