Production and Administration Assistant:

Bright Button Productions makes award-winning factual, documentary and educational content for TV and online. We're a small, young and growing team looking for a new member to support the producers.

The ideal person is driven, can act independently and has excellent communication and organisational skills. You will be articulate and able to confidently write emails to external contacts, understanding how to modulate your tone and language according to the situation. You will be brilliant with people, with strong emotional intelligence.

It is a great bonus if you have an understanding of the media industry or experience in production as this helps with creating production paperwork, however it is not necessarily a requirement.

The role primarily entails supporting the producers in the logistical, organisational and administrative aspects of projects in production, and general company administration. There is scope to grow this role as you develop your skills and experience. You'll be asked to contribute as much as you can to our regular team meetings, giving us updates on the work you're undertaking to ensure we can all support each other in our respective roles. These meetings provide an opportunity for creative suggestions outside of the usual scope of work.

Personal qualities:
- Attention to detail
- Smart and fast-learning
- Trustworthy
- Good listener
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Sociable, people person who can ingratiate themselves with contacts and contributors
- Able to prioritise and manage time effectively
- Not afraid to ask questions, but also able to work independently once a task is understood
- Organised and able to think clearly about logistical tasks such as scheduling shoot days (taking into consideration where locations are, the filming to be carried out there and arranging travel to and from locations)
- Willing to take on administrative tasks such as managing data collected as part of our productions in line with GDPR and maintaining clear and comprehensive production files
- Ambition to grow within the company and take on greater production responsibilities in the future as projects allow.

Regular tasks / scope of work:
- Helping with aspects of production paperwork such as call sheets and schedules, risk assessments, release forms, filming enquiry forms etc.
- Post-production paperwork and coordinating delivery of assets (experience with Silvermouse a bonus but not a requirement as can be taught)
- Sourcing and communicating with crew and other freelancers
- Finding and engaging with filming locations and contributors in an appropriate manner
- Maintaining our databases of contacts in line with GDPR
- Maintaining clear and comprehensive production files for every project you're working on
- Ensuring our internal records are up to date, such as the status reports on our development slate
- Managing the general email inbox
- Keeping tabs on the company calendar
- Contributing to team meetings
- Some research tasks relevant to production (e.g. location research, sourcing props or other resources)
- Reporting back to the producer and keeping them up to date on progress
- Minor administrative duties as required
- Being present on location when required during filming, or else providing remote support
- Enthusiasm for factual and educational content in all its forms.

About Bright Button:
We want to invest in you, so if you join our team we will care about your development. We are a small team and therefore we get to know one another well, which means you're always on our radar. We are supportive of our team members engaging in extra training and industry events whenever possible and appropriate. We are growing and want a team that will grow with us. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and welcome you outlining reasons why you consider yourself underrepresented in the media when you contact us.