What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Content Production position at Scanline VFX?
Eyeline Studios
At Eyeline, Scanline VFX's virtual production division, we want to provide you with a solid foundation where you can be a part of an innovative team of brilliant researchers, developers and virtual storytellers. Learn more.
Eyeline Studios serves as the central hub of innovation for Netflix and its partners with the goal of empowering the creators with unparalleled creative and technical capabilities to share their vision with audiences across the globe. Our studio is strategically positioned to give filmmakers early access to our latest innovations to not only help execute their vision but also to have them help shape those capabilities to better serve the global community of storytellers.
To effectively serve the needs of the business as well as our partners, the role of the Director of Content Production is being created to oversee the Eyeline production team in all aspects of production including bidding, planning, execution, and delivery of our engagements.
The Director’s role is to oversee all Eyeline Producers and provide the Production workflow structure for a wide variety of projects. In this senior leadership role, they will provide an environment where the production team can excel in leading challenging projects and achieving exceptional results.
This role will work closely with the internal & external teams including Virtual Production, VFX, Research, pipeline and development to maintain a positive working relationship and facilitate innovative solutions for all production needs.
The Director of Content Production will be a proven leader, with a deep knowledge of the VFX, Virtual Production, and emerging workflows and a developing knowledge and industry changing innovations. They will demonstrate expert negotiation skills, business acumen and a passion for coaching and production crew development. They must be able to juggle multiple responsibilities and reconcile competing priorities. They will be able to adapt to change while remaining productive and focused on long term goals.
Responsibilities
- Maintains an overview of all projects ensuring projects are completed to the highest standard achievable
- Maintains a deep partnership with Production Finance to assess EFC / Margins on our projects that will have revenue attached to them.
- Manages new project set up workflows and procedures, ensuring proper forecasting and reporting to Finance and Resource Management
- Work directly with technology development: Software, IT, Hardware and Robotics, in order to assure development of goals are aligned with Production needs.
- Cultivate strong, collaborative relationships between the Production Team and all Clients and Stakeholders including Scanline VFX, Netflix, and Eyeline Research teams
- Lead an aligned cross-functional internal team supporting multiple projects and competing schedules.
- Build systems and manage all calendars and schedules to provide transparency
- Maintains close communication and alignment with business development staff on all potential revenue projects
- Supervise and mentor all Eyeline Producers and core production team at both a project and career level
- Responsible for overseeing all project bidding for Eyeline work, including both Eyeline and Eyeline shared projects with Scanline VFX
- Is the key point of escalation for Eyeline projects and work done in the Eyeline innovation space
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a VFX Producer, or Virtual Production Producer role with an emphasis on leadership
- Proven experience in collaborating with multiple stakeholders across business units
- Thorough understanding of production pipelines and post-production in general
- Excellent communication skills required, both written and verbal
- Must have strong organizational skills
- Must have strong scheduling, tracking, and resource management skills
- Must be collaborative and a resourceful and creative problem solver
- Requires a self-starter with a high level of initiative
- At least 10 years of producing experience
- Experience leading teams of at least fifty (50) or more people
- Extremely organized and proficient in overseeing multiple project schedules
This salary range is specific to applicants applying to our position in Los Angeles, California. To determine your base salary, we consider your qualifications, skills, and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary outside of this range and will also be dependent on your location.
About Us
Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.
We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.
Powered by Netflix
Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.
Come as you are
We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.
