Visual Effects Producer

Beyond schedules and budgets lies the magic. ILM London is looking for a VFX Producer who doesn't just manage projects, they ignite them. If you thrive in a fast-paced, creatively charged environment and possess the expertise to bring cinematic visions to life, your next adventure awaits.

Position Summary

The VFX Producer will oversee the bidding and production of London-based work as well as partnering with the Executive Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor, and Animation Director to lead crew in fulfilling the Director's vision - on time and on budget, while maintaining the highest quality of work and ensuring ILM strategies and initiative progress forward.

Responsibilities include:

• Proactive problem-solving and collaboration required for success.
• Oversight of budgets and schedules, ensuring work is produced to the quality and standards requested by the client on time and on budget.
• Identifying best practices and approaches as needed.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with key creatives to develop the show approach plan and provide clients with estimates of budget and schedule requirements needed to complete the work.
• Share responsibility for the success of the entire ILM portfolio by proactively managing the show schedule; utilizing ILM's global resources and 3rd party partners, where appropriate.
• During production, serve as principal London contact for non-creative issues, tracking and reporting progress of work, overall production schedule, budgeting and negotiating cost of work, and delivering cost/schedule changes to ensure the client is updated as needed.
• Responsible for assigned show/scope of London work P&L.
• Bring production issues to the attention of DOP and management as needed.
• Support, guide and mentor the show Production team.
• Work closely with ILM London Talent Managers, crew artists effectively.
• Evaluate EFC's for assigned projects.
• Work with assigned producers and production accountants to provide management with early, consistent and accurate EFC reporting.
• Participate in Production & Capacity meetings and portfolio meetings as appropriate.
• Evaluate changes in schedule, body of work and provide advice on solutions for resource capacity/utilization and complexity challenges.
• Partner with ILM San Francisco, Vancouver, Mumbai and Sydney Studio Producers, where applicable for the show, to determine communication framework and procedures on projects.
• Manage crew performance.
• Supervise assigned production staff, providing timely performance feedback to DOP and Production Talent Manager as appropriate.

What We're Looking For:

• Extensive practical experience in digital production.
• Demonstrated success as a Visual Effects Producer on numerous large-scale productions within a facility.
• Proficient in project bidding and client relationship management.
• Excellent organization and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with databases and a wide range of production management tools (such as Shotgrid and Google Suite tools).
• Clear and effective communication skills, both in writing and verbally.
• Set-work may be required.

This role is Hybrid, which means the employee will be required to work a minimum of 2 days on-site per week at a Company designated location, and occasionally from home.