Production Manager

Function: Production Office Location: Toronto Business: Brown Bag Type of Position: Full-time Contract Salary: 75,000.00 - 90,000.00

At Brown Bag Films, our motto is simple: “We Love Animation™.” And we mean it — we put our artists at the heart of everything we do. As one of the most creatively driven animation studios, we are passionate about creating high-quality, engaging content for kids and families everywhere.

We are looking for a CG Production Manager to manage CG schedules and resource planning, ensuring the successful delivery of asset production milestones.

Role Title: CG Production Manager Reporting to: CG Producer

Purpose: Why you’re here at Brown Bag Films

• To manage the CG team’s adherence to asset design & build project schedules and CG resource plan.

Delivery: What you produce

• CG Schedules aligned to master schedule
• Resource plans
• Effective, managed solutions to production challenges
• Production reports for CG Producer and Director of CG.

Measurements: How we measure it

• On time delivery of CG department’s weekly/monthly task quotas
• Observance of agreed production workflows
• Feedback from Director of CG & CG Producer
• Project team review feedback
• Team development & sustainability.

Key Responsibilities: What you are regularly responsible for doing:

• Managing the CG production team ensuring their implementation of:
  • Effective resource allocation to tasks
  • Task scheduling and delivery to agreed deadlines
  • Daily reports, capturing metrics, note taking and time logging
• Monitoring time logging (STEVE) against resource plan.
• Planning appropriate resources in line with the project’s schedules and budgets; managing impact to this plan because of breaches in agreed assumptions or estimated task time bids.
• Leading the department’s resource allocation and crew planning process in order to meet monthly targets and the project’s cg production schedules
• Collaborating with HODs and Department Supervisors on resource and talent requirements to meet current and future needs.
• Running effective weekly production meetings with project team in order to optimise clear communication on the status of the CG department deliverables.
• Coordinating inputs from CG Production and submitting monthly CG status reports (BART etc.).
• Collaborating with CG producer, Director of CG & pipeline team to develop new production management workflow tools.
• Conducting regular one on ones with the CG Production Coordinator team and submitting quarterly performance reviews.

Key Requirements: Things that help you do your job (what is essential and what is desirable)

Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of asset schedules and production milestones; project management techniques.

Experience:

• Extensive and broad experience in managing 2 or more long-form Film/TV and/or Animation productions.
• Strong experience in managing scheduling and leading production teams across multiple departments.
• Experience in communicating with client and/or vendors.
• Strong experience with asset tracking/database systems (e.g. Shotgun, F track).

Technical skills:

• Strong expertise in Microsoft Office and/or use of Google Suite, in particular Excel and Outlook.
• Strong expertise using asset tracking software e.g. Autodesk’s Shotgun, F-Track.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The salary range for this role is $75,000 – $90,000 per year.

We consider several factors in determining salary offers including experience, skills, qualifications, and education. Our employees receive competitive perks including comprehensive benefits, paid vacation, and health & wellness days.

Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Canada and have Ontario residency.

9 Story Media takes diversity and inclusion seriously and we are committed to ensuring equity in the recruitment process. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, Racialized and LGBT2SQ+ communities, candidates from a range of ages and religious beliefs and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and 9 Story Media is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all identities are represented and respected.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process to be successful in performing essential job functions. We’d love to know how we can support your requirements for accommodation.