Production Coordinator

Job Description

Overview

Eurosport is seeking a Production Coordinator, on a 1 year fixed term contract, to join its UK team based in the UK. This role is responsible for supporting the Production Management team in delivering the day to day logistics across all sports on Discovery's Sport portfolio.

The Production Coordinator will work in a fast-paced production environment and be responsible for supporting Production Managers in their daily tasks together with support for up and coming live events and post production across the Eurosport channels. Over-communicating to keep everyone in the know every step of the way, will be crucial to this role.

The role will cover 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day to include weekend work when

required. When working on live events hours and days may differ and be longer.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Production Management team the responsibilities include:
• Responsible for coordinating the staff & freelance rotas across all sports
• Produce accurate edits & facilities document on a weekly basis allocating Production team, facilities & remote assigns to all our team including freelancers.
• Good communication is key to all parts of the business.
• Maintaining the Production Rota, allocating all staff and freelancers across each sport, allocating facilities and resources across each sport, inputting data across our internal systems.
• Plan and book travel and accommodation for all crew including hotels, flights, trains, taxis, hire cars etc.
• Support Production Managers in Producing call sheets detailing all logistics around productions
• Attend fortnightly schedules meeting, make notes for the Production Management team and action all Production points
• Ensure all crew/freelance payments are processed and supported where required on our Fieldglass payment systems. Liaising with payment departments as/when necessary to ensure freelance and crew payments are processed.
• Inputting relevant booking information onto our MediaPulse system.
• Deliver accurate cost reporting to assist the Production Management team in keeping productions within budget
• Assist the commentary department from time to time in the planning of events to ensure all sports under your remit are covered.

Qualifications
• Articulate and clear communicator.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, precise attention to detail and methodical approach to work
• Produce work of high quality that is checked prior to it leaving the department.
• Ability to multitask
• Time management - demonstrable ability to meet deadlines.
• Enthusiastic and approachable disposition.
• Proactive, can-do attitude to work.
• Able to take the initiative and work without supervision.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with staff and freelancers
• Availability to work flexible hours and days
• An interest in sport is desirable.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwen5p-18-117-70-132-42 in your application.