COORDINATOR / DATA MANAGER

BLT Recruiting is looking for a full-time tech savvy Production Coordinator / Data Manager to be an integral part of our CG design and production studio. This is currently a remote position as we are primarily working as a virtual studio at the moment, though a plus if you were local to the San Francisco Bay Area should those needs arise. We have needs across several projects and opportunities for longer term roles for a candidate with the right fit and experience.

In this position you will be responsible for providing a wide range of technical and administrative support across the production management team and crew. At least (2) years of production experience either in games, real-time engines, visual effects, VR/AR, or animation is required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setup of Dailies and all Client reviews across Zoom, Slack, Ftrack, Cinesync, Syncsketch, Google Calendar etc.

• Tracks and maintains a log of all deliveries to and from the Client.

• Manages all deliveries to and from Client via approved designated systems (GDrive, Box, Aspera, etc.)

• Coordinates meetings with department leads and/or Production Managers, takes excellent notes and distributes them to appropriate team members.

• Tracks and maintains revisions and other creative and technical changes, and notifies the crew and Production as needed.

• Follows up with artists on a daily basis to ensure task deliveries remain on schedule, and communicates any changes between the appropriate artists, supervisors and Production Team as needed.

• Provides overall administrative support to the Production Management team as needed.

• Under the guidance of the Production Managers, schedules and tracks progress of tasks for assigned artists.

• Coordinates meetings with department leads and/or Production Managers, takes excellent notes and distributes them to appropriate team members

Skills & Experience:

Required

• Minimum of 2 years experience either in games, real-time engines, visual effects, VR/AR, or animation is required.

   

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including thorough and accurate notes taken and distributed from review sessions.

• Attention to detail, follow-through, and pro-activity.

• Strong knowledge of Google GSuite, Microsoft Office and related apps (Airtable etc).

• Experience with production tracking and asset management software such as FTrack, Shotgun, etc.

• Experience with web-based review software such as FTrack Review, Syncsketch, Cinesync etc.

• Understanding of CG production fundamentals including asset development, modeling, layout, shaders, animation, fx, lighting, rendering and compositing.

• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred

• BA or BS degree in game development, VFX, film, art, communications, or related fields strongly preferred.

• Knowledge of Unreal Engine and other real-time and graphics production workflows is a big plus.

• Familiarity with the workflow/software/tools of working remotely (VPN, Remote Desktop, etc)

• Knowledge of industry standard content creation software (Maya, Adobe, etc) is very helpful.