Visual Effects Manager

Job Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is one of the leading digital video services on the Internet today, and we're just getting started changing the way millions of people around the world enjoy content. Now available in more than 240 countries and territories, Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service, including our critically-acclaimed Amazon Originals Series such as the multi-award-winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, The Boys; UK-produced hit Amazon Original series like Good Omens, The Grand Tour, All or Nothing: Manchester City and forthcoming drama series The Power; exclusive TV shows like Star Trek: Picard, American Gods and Vikings; and movies like Late Night and Get Duked, plus live sport including ATP and WTA Tour and US Open Tennis and Premier League football.

Amazon Studios is looking for a seasoned, dynamic Visual Effects Manager to support global production efforts on Originals series and movies.

The Visual Effects Manager will be responsible for overseeing the budgets, schedules, and overall visual effects plans for a slate of projects. The position will work closely with internal partners, including Post-Production, Business Affairs, and Creative Development teams. The candidate will also construct organized system architecture, and develop coordinated workflows, that curate both projects and the department.
Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• • Assist the Global Head of VFX in building a robust departmental structure that oversees the visual effects needs on a demanding slate of multi-genre programming.
• • Collaborate with production, creative, and finance in greenlighting and prepping projects.
• • Create VFX breakdowns from scripts, storyboards, and pre-vis; working alongside the line producer and director to develop a production plan.
• • Investigate emerging technology and how to apply it to projects in order to achieve creative goals; and perform statistical analysis to understand financial implications and cost efficiencies.
• • Develop department databases to track vendor costs, project financial snapshots and talent availability pools.
• • Collaborate with Amazon production technology and AWS to create and provide cloud hosting for department and show databases.
• • Oversee the development of custom pipelines when necessary for projects with specific creative and/or technological needs (including new technology) in collaboration with Amazon's engineering teams and existing, turn-key solutions.
• • Develop an asset management system for the VFX department that can organize and distribute assets to shows, departments, and projects as needed.
• • Help recruit VFX teams such as VFX supervisors, producers, production supervisor, coordinators, and editors; negotiate deals and contracts with agents and individuals.
• • Work with VFX production teams to bid out shows, vet vendor-side teams, and award work. Collaborate with the legal team on vendor contracts, including delivery milestones, rebate minimums, asset ownership, and credit allocations.
• • Manage weekly cost report tracking with VFX producers to track the overall VFX budget.
• • Work with our VFX producers and the studio VFX team to develop an internal weekly reporting system.
• • Coordinate with internal teams to provide information and creative content that supports marketing, product placement, promotions, and publicity.
• • Manage weekly delivery reporting with VFX producers to keep shows on schedule.
• • Review VFX finals to ensure quality of delivered work and attend reviews as necessary.
• • Identify potential production problems and work with VFX teams and the studio to resolve while preserving and achieving creative goals.
• • Collaborate with the creative executives, music, physical production, and post departments to develop a workflow process that allows all departments to share information.
• • If needed and on occasion, act as VFX Producer for projects in development, and for smaller projects during production and post.
• • Establish and maintain talent relations across the globe.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Multiple years of experience as Visual Effects Executive / Manager or the equivalent.
• Extensive experience in big-budget films and or/series, preferably in heavy visual effects arenas.
• Multiple years of experience building reports and delivering insights on budget, scheduling and cost.
• Excellent organization skills; ability to handle multiple projects at once.
• Experience working in the whole LATAM territory (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, etc).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience with global SVOD delivery workflows.
• Experience with a variety of digital media workflows and post production.
• Experience with local guilds and unions.
• Experience with a thorough reach of global VFX vendor partners.
• Experience working and clear understanding of both domestic and global VFX tax incentives
• Efficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and respond effectively in fast paced environment, across shows in various points of production.
• Strategic problem solving.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us

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