Production Manager, Animation Technical Crew (Contract)

ABOUT MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT:

Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children's media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?

Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids’ entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

This role reports ON-SITE at our West Hollywood office.

The Production Manager will be part of a specialized technical team charged with cleaning up and rebuilding our asset pipeline and creating an asset management system over a period of 6 months.

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain the production schedule based on CG Supervisor’s roadmap
  
• Build and manage the production budget
• Prioritize and assign project tasks
• Provide regular status updates and reports to key stakeholders and senior management
• Lead team meetings
• Chiefly responsible for on time and on budget completion of the technical crew’s objectives

Requirements

• 2+ years experience as a CG Production Manager in children’s animation or a related animation field.
  
• Experience managing technical departments is a plus
• Experience managing production schedules and budgets required
• Ideal candidate has experience working with Monday.com, the Microsoft Office suite and Google Calendar/Docs/Sheets/Slides.
• Excellent working knowledge of a Maya CG animation pipeline
• Production management tracking software proficiency, such as Shotgrid, is required
• Must be a self-starter and have excellent leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Wellness Resources
• Others