Senior Production Executive

Job Description

Responsibilities

Reporting to VP Production, this role is the Key production executive for Universal Studio Group / Heyday productions. Senior production role suited to an experienced production executive or seasoned line producer with solid line producing experience in multi-episodic TV arena. This role will be supported by the Operations manager during production and will liaise with the post production executive for all post related matters.

Essential requirements / skills
• Recent Line producing experience on episodic drama series. Ideally across a minimum of two different budget bands.
• Development budgeting and scheduling - Experience with production planning and overview from early development stage, working with outlines / treatments to develop production feasibility planning and AAG schedules and budgets.
• MMB Budgeting – ability to generate accurate full multi territory, multi currency MMB with inclusion of relevant tax relief coding, fringes etc.
• Managerial level experience with excellent organization, planning, interpersonal and analytical skills underlined by ability to stand by difficult managerial decisions, with demonstrable evidence of ability to manage and resolve conflicts in the workplace and when appropriate to involve additional support to resolve.
• Industry knowledge of key technical requirements for production – ie. Camera, Lighting, Grip, Facilities etc.
• Knowledge of current crew and department equipment rates and trends.
• Professional awareness of correct department crewing structure based around demands of editorial and constraints of budget level.
• Experience liasing and managing international production service companies including intial research, working with NBCU legal team across PSA and management of PSC.
• Good industry knowledge and ideally relationships with key recognized industry organisations such as PACT, BFI, Production Guild, BAFTA etc
• Producing experience with technical suppliers – i.e. proven track record in directly negotiating production deals with eg Camera house, Lighting companies etc
• Line Producing level experience of directly negotiating production agreed rates with Agents and Crew.
• Line Producing experience in assessing and advising on departmental budgets and schedules in order to support NBCU production LP's and HODS to ensure correct allocations are in place and importantly, skilled at advising and discussing logic for adjustments when required.
• Cost Reporting. Ability to understand production key cost reporting and associated financial reports underpinning the logic and accuracy of the cost report. LP level forecasting experience to assist with early identification of possible overages and underages. Solid experience with liaising with the producers to manage this process.
• Ability to be across all daily production paperwork – Callsheet, RA's, Progress reports etc and ability to track these documents and ensure accuracy and consistency with the production paperwork reporting.
• Experienced with Cost reporting processes and budget management
• Responsibility for the implementation of NBCU company policies, supported by NBCU production manager, including but not limited to, Child Protection, GDPR, Risk Assessments, Anti harassment and bullying.
• Ability to be across more than one production at a senior management level and to present information reliably and succinctly.

Preferred but not essential skills
• Good relationships with crew agents and HODs
• Production Insurance ideally first hand experience with responsibility for Insurance claims and ideally management of the claim directly with Insurance Loss Adjustor.
• Movie magic scheduling

Qualifications/Requirements
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