Production Coordinator
Netflix
Netflix Animation Studios is on a mission to entertain the world with bold, immersive animated films that are timeless and impactful. We are paving the way for the future of animation by building a community of amazing artists and talent across three vibrant locations globally. Come join us!
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Production Coordinator to support our teams on an exciting new animated feature film. In this role, you will be a department-focused coordinator reporting directly to the Production Manager. As a key liaison between the production team, department leads, and artists, you will provide day-to-day support, ensuring clear communication and smooth workflow across the team. You will be responsible for tracking progress, facilitating daily workflows and deliverables, and maintaining a department floor schedule.
What You’ll Do:
Build and maintain daily floor schedules in collaboration with the Production Supervisor, Craft Lead, and Craft Supervisor, assigning tasks to artists and ensuring they have the necessary support, information, and materials required to achieve targets.
Ensure statuses for all tasks within your team are up-to-date at all times, provide timely Estimate to Complete (ETC) reports, and ensure any material received or distributed to artists is logged and tracked.
Work toward agreed targets set by the Production Supervisor and priorities set by the Production Manager, clearly communicating any variances.
Provide weekly summary reports highlighting team progress, achievements, and challenges; collaborate with supervisors to adjust weekly goals and communicate updates.
Escalate any technical or creative issues that could jeopardise upcoming targets.
Review and approve all artist timesheets weekly, ensuring accuracy.
Coordinate and prepare for reviews, working with the Craft Lead to organise content for each review and provide a clear agenda.
Take clear, concise notes during reviews and follow up with artists to ensure direction from the review is understood.
Ensure cross-department requests are clearly communicated and liaise with other Production Coordinators regarding issues affecting your team.
Build strong working relationships with artists and foster a positive, supportive team environment.
What You’ll Need:
Experience working within a production team for an Animation, VFX or Games studio (Animation is preferred).
Solid understanding of a CG-based pipeline from Assets through to Lighting and Compositing, and awareness of the dependencies and outputs within each stage.
Experience coordinating large-scale teams on feature or series productions (animated features is strongly preferred).
Experience managing schedules, tracking progress, and delivering reports using asset and shot tracking software (Autodesk Flow Production Tracking is preferred).
Strong scheduling, reporting, and project coordination skills
Experience liaising across departments and supporting artists and supervisors.
Ability to interpret production data and anticipate performance trends.
Highly organised with strong problem-solving and multitasking abilities.
Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a large team.
Calm, adaptable approach in a fast-paced production environment.
Collaborative mindset with openness to feedback and inclusive teamwork.
This role is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hybrid Role (Minimum of 3 days a week in the office).
At NAS, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your compensation. We rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, location, skills, and experience. The overall market range for this role is typically $64K-$74K CAD. This reflects total compensation; we do not have stock options.
NAS benefits can include medical/dental/vision plans, mental health support, retirement programs, and family-forming benefits, paid leave of absence programs, and paid time away programs to be used for vacation and sick paid time off. See more detail about our benefits here.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.