Department Manager
Description
Weta Digital is
looking to hire a Department Manager to join our growing Production team. We
are keen to talk to experienced production candidates who have a track record
of handling large teams working on challenging projects.
Job Description:
The Department Manager is responsible for overseeing all scheduled work,
managing the department crew and production team. The role is primarily
planning and resource-based, entailing the close management and support of crew
and the oversight on all department deliverables.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain an overview of
department schedule and manage resource requirements, working with VFX
Producers, Production Managers and central production
- Ensure weekly departmental
progress reports are delivered to Show Production in the form of tasks
completed, resource plan updates and schedule updates
- Along with Department HoD
ensure any planned development work related to the dept tools or pipeline
is factored into any show milestones
- Forecast resource
requirements for the department – identifying key shortfalls and
anticipating surplus crew scenarios
- Working with HoD to identify
areas where development of crew skill-sets can benefit current or upcoming
projects.
- Approve artist leave and
formulate coverage plans for any artist absence to ensure project targets
are not compromised.
- Oversee department
recruitment strategy. This includes identifying candidates with HoD and
key Leads, establishing hiring windows and targeting candidates within
that timeframe. Working with crew services to update job descriptions and
maintain a good knowledge base of industry-wide crew trends and project
plans.
Needs to know and
have:
- Strong communication skills
– with an ability to deal with a wide range of different groups, including
internal Dept prod team, Show production groups and central production
team.
- Effective in crew
management, including fostering career development within the team and
casting tasks to strengths from available resource pool
- Proven scheduling
experience, with a working knowledge of Filemaker/Shotgun a plus
- Concise and comprehensive
approach with written communication
- Strong leadership qualities,
with a confidence to front department plans and form solid partnership
with Dept HoD.
If this sounds like
you, we would love to hear from you!
https://careers.wetafx.co.nz/jobs/659?a=creativeheads
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