Art Department Coordinator

Description

ON THE FRONTIER OF ANIMATION

Building on Paramount’s 100 years of making some of Hollywood’s most iconic films, Paramount Animation is bringing visionary artists and storytellers together to create a world-class animation studio. We are looking for talented, collaborative, and hardworking artists who will help us continue to shape an all-star team of filmmakers.

Paramount Animation is currently has exciting opportunities for an Art Coordinator to join the animation team at our Hollywood, CA studio.

Art Department Coordinator

This position supports the Art Department Production Supervisor on a day-to-day basis and provides first point of contact for artists. The Coordinator maintains departmental records and reports, communicates the day’s scheduled events, arranges key meetings and provides general administrative support. 

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Enter and maintain production data in the studio's production database and related departmental records to reflect scheduled, in-progress, and completed departmental work.  Collaborate with other coordinators and production supervisors to keep all data accurate and up-to-date
• Schedule meetings at the request of the Production Supervisor and Lead. Proactively maintain the calendar with alertness to topics, deadlines and conflicts.  Manage the schedules of key personnel
• Ensure proper preparation for all meetings and reviews
• Record and publish notes from meetings and reviews that accurately reflect action items
• Prepare, maintain and distribute artwork, department notes, reports as needed
• Have daily check ins with all members of Production, artists and Creative Lead
• Flag potential problems and delays for the Production Supervisor and Producers
• Coordinate work that enters and leaves the department to ensure completeness. Provide administrative support as needed to ensure that communications are accurate and complete. 
• As second in command to the Department Production Supervisor, proactively respond to requests for information and assistance from those within and outside of the department. Substitute for the Department Manager during absences
• Partner with the Department Production Supervisor and Creative Lead(s) to maintain a positive team environment
• Complete special projects as needed or requested

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of practical experience, preferably as a Production Coordinator in feature-animation or short-animation film production or VFX production
• Understanding of production terminology and the production environment.
• Strong understanding of classic 2D and 3D animation process
• Computer literacy and ability to work with database as well as standard word-processing and spreadsheet software
• Ability to work autonomously and on a team
• Ability to maintain focus on detailed priorities in a dynamic work environment
• Ability to self-organize and follow organization system of the department
• Ability to communicate effectively with others both in the department, outside of it and across shows.
• Prefer BA or equivalent experience in feature-animation production
• Proficiency with Excel, Word and Photoshop; Final-Cut-Pro and experience with project-planning applications a pl