WildBrain Spark are looking for a creative producer to work on the third season of a 2D animation/Live Action hybrid narrative comedy show. Working alongside the Producers and rest of the Production team to deliver project on budget, on brief and on time, You will be a part of a team that is dedicated to building content for new and existing major kids brands and the world that surrounds it.
This is initially a 3 month contract for what will be a 12+ month project.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
. Production and delivery of partner funded 2D animation and Live Action content
. Reviewing scripts, animatics, design and ensuring they are produced to the highest standard
. Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure visual development and art direction is to brief
. Full ownership of project delivery on time and budget and to the highest standard, co-ordinating across internal and external stakeholders in order to meet brief
. Working collaboratively across all teams ensuring we use the full capabilities of the business to deliver, Commercial, Distribution, Data, Post Production...
. Negotiating costs and timelines with suppliers and freelancers
. Working with the client directly, where applicable, to ensure productions deliver against objectives, and run to agreed schedules
. Have a strong understanding of digital and short form formats and how to deliver the compelling solutions on tight budgets
. Work across multiple complex productions with often conflicting schedules
. Finding new suppliers, vendors, crew etc quickly and confidently when required
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
. Excellent knowledge of the digital content industry and production processes (experience in the kids market preferable)
. Experience in relationship management with external clients
. Ability to multi-task and work under pressure on a number of projects with a range of complexity
. Working across narrative content is essential, Short Form or YouTube specifically is preferred
. Confidence in own creative judgement, or interpretation of creative briefs
. Strong negotiation, leadership and management skills, plus ability to motivate and develop multi-function teams
. Experience of reconciling creative aspirations with budgets, proven qualities of adaptability and flexibility
. Experience working on turning music into audio visual narratives in greatly benificial
. Understanding of animation design and art direction
. Understanding of children's audiences and key developmental stages
. Previous experience producing for YouTube highly desirable.
. Understanding of COVID-19 production processes and protocols is advantageous
DAY RATE
£150-250 depending experience
REQUIRED COMMITMENT
5 days per week
STARTING DATE
ASAP
About WildBrain Spark
WildBrain Spark is an industry leader in the management and creation of preschool and children's entertainment content on platforms such as YouTube, Amazon Video Direct and others. WildBrain's branded YouTube network is one of the largest of its kind, featuring more than 65,000 videos for 600 kids' brands. The WildBrain network generated over 30 billion minutes of watch time in the period between October and December 2017. Connecting kids' content owners with advertisers in the Advertising Video-on-Demand (AVOD) space, the WildBrain network features popular third-party brands such as Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam, Shopkins and Lazy Town, as well as much of DHX Media's world-renowned library of 13,000 half-hours of kids' and family content, including Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Caillou, Inspector Gadget, Degrassi, Yo Gabba Gabba! and many others. WildBrain Studios also specializes in the creation of new, original content for its network, such as animated and live-action shorts; toy-play and stop-motion videos; book readings; preschool counting and alphabet videos; nursery rhymes and more. WildBrain is a wholly owned subsidiary of DHX Media (TSX: DHX.A, DHX.B; NASDAQ: DHXM).