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Director, Content Production Jobs in Los Angeles, CA at Scanline VFX
Title: Director, Content Production
Company: Scanline VFX
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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 Virtua…
