Production Supervisor

Production SupervisorThe Production Supervisor supports the post-production team through operational coordination, workflow oversight, delivery management, archival support, and cross-functional production assistance across multiple projects and departments. This role serves as a senior production resource, partnering closely with Producers, department leadership, and internal teams to maintain organization, continuity, and efficiency throughout the post-production process.The Production Supervisor leverages extensive production experience to support project execution, troubleshoot workflow challenges, assist with departmental operations, and provide high-level organizational support without maintaining full ownership of large-scale productions. In addition, the Production Supervisor exercises independent judgment in accordance with departmental SOP to produce indie (or smaller scale) projects, as assigned by department management throughout the year. This role contributes to the overall success of the production team by providing experienced support across workflows, deliverables, and internal processes, helping identify potential issues and supporting the team in keeping projects on track.The Production Supervisor will support the Vice President, Production, the Head of Production, and the production leadership with operational and administrative production needs. They will oversee delivery coordination, archive requests, and assist management workflows. They will assist with workflow coordination, scheduling support, and production tracking across multiple projects. They will monitor billing, work orders, documentation updates, and internal tracking systems and provide recommendations and/or support as needed. They will recognize recurring team or workflow trends and surface observations to Production management as appropriate. Other duties include:As directed by department management, maintain visibility into active project status and assist in ensuring effective communication across departments.Lead smaller scale projects from beginning to delivery.Anticipate potential challenges and proactively elevate critical information to appropriate people/teams.Assist with resource coordination and proper workflow transitions between teams.Escalate issues and recommended solutions to department leadership.Resolve production challenges through collaboration with cross functional-teams.Evaluate team operations, identify potential gaps and elevate recommendations to VP, Production.Partner with the VP, Production to strategize and implement team improvements.Mentor and support junior production team members.Maintain production documentation, templates, and internal processes to ensure standardization in accordance with current SOP's between teams.Coordinate communication between production, artists, engineering, and delivery teams.Participate in production meetings and track status of necessary follow-up action items.Support training and onboarding initiatives for new hires, including workflow guidance and system familiarization.Assist in reinforcing departmental workflows, best practices, and operational standards across the team.Support department initiatives and special projects as assigned.The ideal candidate will bring previous experience in post-production project management. They will bring experience supporting episodic, feature, or commercial finishing workflows. They will have a strong understanding of finishing workflows, scheduling, billing, delivery, and archival operations. They will have excellent organizational, communication, and ability to effectively manage competing priorities across multiple projects and workflows. They will bring reliable problem-solving skills and ability to coordinate multiple parties to remedy situations. They will have the ability to collaborate effectively across a range of working styles and team dynamics. The ideal candidate will also bring the following:Ability to manage shifting priorities across multiple teams and projects.Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the adaptability to navigate varying communication styles, working styles, and team dynamics.Strong attention to detail and proactive follow-through skills.Ability to successfully meet multiple project deadlines in a fast paced environment.Nice to Have:Familiarity with MediaPulse, ClickUp, or similar production management systems.Experience coordinating deliveries, archives, and media management workflows.Leadership or mentorship experience within production teams.Basic knowledge of the Color Correction Process.Basic knowledge of offline editing, VFX and sound workflows.Basic knowledge of scheduling the post process.Company 3, including its various business units and family of brands, provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more. 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