Rapid Prototype Production Supervisor

About the Role

The Rapid Prototype Production Supervisor oversees the schedules and daily operations of a team of artists and reporting production staff in the Rapid Prototype (RP) Department. Responsibilities include maintaining department schedules, documenting developments, and ensuring adequate RP production and artist coverage.

Responsibilities

• Work with the RP Production Manager and RP creative leadership to create and maintain up-to-date and accurate RP build schedules and team priority lists, track bids vs. actuals on all RP build tasks, and prioritize tasks on a near-term basis.
• Collaborate with production staff cross-departmentally on asset deliverables to ensure progress and handovers are clearly tracked and communicated.
• Collaborate with the RP Production Manager and RP creative leadership to better inform staffing and resource needs.
• Provide daily priorities and schedule expectations for RP team members, communicate progress to the RP Production Manager, and reinforce milestones/deadlines with reporting RP production staff and collaborating artists.
• Ensure consistent RP creative leadership feedback opportunities are provided and notes and progress are tracked via production reports and Flow PT (formerly ShotGrid).
• Train and oversee reporting RP Production staff (Coordinators and/or PAs) by providing informed workflows, growth opportunities, and ensuring accurate notetaking and dissemination of RP developments to collaborating teams.
• Ensure and/or provide coverage in the absence of the RP Production Manager and RP production staff.
• Assess the impact on RP artists from scheduling changes, provide insight on adapting to evolving production needs, and escalate impact to the RP Production Manager to ensure overall goals are maintained.
• Ensure all RP department meetings are adequately prepared, and notes are captured accurately and distributed quickly.
• Provide onboarding, training, guidance, and backup/support for RP production staff, and ensure assigned RP creative leadership provides the same for their artists.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience in a production management role in feature films; stop motion experience a plus.
• 1+ years' experience managing a team of artists.
• Ability to plan, schedule, and monitor R&D and build progress across multiple, interdependent departments.
• Extensive experience with asset management database software, preferably Flow PT (formerly ShotGrid) and Consilium.
• Proven project management experience with MS Project and Excel, or similar packages.
• Base-level knowledge of Photoshop a plus.
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Strong attention to detail, communication skills, great attitude, and work ethic.
• Adaptable and capable of re-prioritizing according to evolving project and studio goals.
• Capable of motivating and leading teams with enthusiasm.
• Able to effectively manage shifting priorities within tight deadlines while fostering positive working relationships.
• Clear planning, problem-solving, and analytic skills with an organized and methodical approach to work.

Location

On-site in Hillsboro, OR.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Physical demands: While performing duties, the employee is required to walk, stand, sit, use hands to operate standard office equipment, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk, or hear both in person and by telephone. The employee must lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: The employee works under typical office conditions with exposure to variable indoor temperatures. The noise level is usually quiet or moderate.