Production Scheduler

**Production Scheduler**
The Farm

**Overall Job Purpose**

Artist and resource scheduling.

Allocate artists and resources to ensure projects are rolling through the facility without issues.

Customer Service: Build and maintain relationships with new and existing clients by fielding inquiries and establishing confidence within Picture Shop, Formosa Sound and The Farm Scripted services.

Communication: Foster internal and external communications to keep employees informed of ongoing activities.

**Main Dut**i**es**:

- Responsible for artists schedules within the company.
- Negotiate with production for artist time.
- When required, negotiate directly with clients for artist time.
- Work through challenges with internal production teams to ensure that we reach an amicable arrangement for all shows.
- Schedule artist holidays in conjunction with production and other stakeholders.
- Long-term take over the scheduling for varying resources across our all scripted television & features business.
- Track bid vs actual detail for oversight of scheduling/billing conflicts.
- Being open and able to negotiate with the production staff and clients when conflicts arise and challenges for bookings need to be made.
- Keeping the client and/or production staff aware of the schedule that they are holding, and any challenge or conflict that that might arise.
- Production Support:_
- Provide support to other Producers on the team, producing, billing as well as gap coverage for project management or take on assignments as needed to help the team
- Customer Relations:_
- Field customer inquiries, issues, and questions. Maintain forward facing contact with clients and guide the sales team, and Heads of Production with regards to schedule and client requests.

**What You Bring**:
Post Production experience, specifically working on long form scripted or feature productions

Knowledgeable of feature and television Post Production practices and the timelines for these.
Accustomed to working with creative teams globally.

Must be a team player.
You must have problem-solving skills and be a self-starter. You must be able to adapt to Production changes, must take direction well and must be detail-oriented, proactive, and well organised, as well as able to grow and thrive in a fast-paced high-pressure environment

**Business System Experience**:
Microsoft Office 365: Outlook / Excel / Word / PowerPoint proficiency
Previous experience with scheduling software: Media Pulse, Xytech, Ceta, or ScheduAll
Operational knowledge of post-production systems and process timelines.

**About the Company**:
**About Picture Shop**

Picture Shop, part of Streamland Media, is an award-winning, state-of-the-art post production house offering comprehensive picture services to the entertainment industry’s most imaginative filmmakers and top-tier studios. Picture Shop’s roster of innovative talent and cutting-edge technologists deliver industry-leading colour, editorial, and dailies services that help bring creative visions to life.

**About Formosa Sound**

Formosa Group, part of the Streamland Media community, is a full-service post-production sound company composed of award-winning talent. Among its many divisions, Formosa Group offers content creators services including sound supervision and design, sound and music editorial, re-recording mixing, integration and music for film, broadcast, games and other platforms. It is home to some of the most creative and well-respected sound artists in the entertainment industry today. Formosa Group has five unique divisions - Features, Broadcast, Music, Interactive and Commercials - and multiple locations throughout Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Toronto and the UK.

**About The Farm Group**

The Farm Group, part of Streamland Media, provides award-winning comprehensive post-production services from facilities throughout the UK in addition to partnerships at BBC sport and UKTV. Our capabilities encompass picture, sound, and location services for both unscripted and scripted content. The combination of our gifted creative teams and our powerful technology core provides collaborative workflows which positions The Farm Group as the go-to resource for the most challenging and ground-breaking productions.

**About Streamland Media**
***Streamland Media is a global post production company delivering picture, VFX, sound, and marketing services through its well-established industry brands, Picture Shop, The Farm, Ghost VFX, Formosa Group and Picture Head. These integrated businesses support feature film, episodic, interactive and emerging forms of entertainment by providing top-tier talent, technical expertise and customized solutions. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Streamland Media offers multiple locations worldwide throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and the UK that are focused on providing a unique, regional approach to meeting client needs.