The Scheduler is responsible for managing the schedule for creative resources within the Mill New York studio. They must work in collaboration with our in-house Producers to champion the welfare and career development of The Mill’s most important asset: people.
The Scheduler must have an in-depth understanding of The Mill’s services. Their key responsibility is to work closely with the Producers in order to maximize the resources of the company and ensuring that the job is scheduled in a timely manner and with enough time to effectively complete all work.
Main Responsibilities:
- Managing the Creative teams by scheduling resources in line with the needs of the Producer and Client. This includes liaising with Producers, analyzing the brief of the project and carefully allocating resources appropriately.
- Maximizing revenue by scheduling work between the disciplines and suites efficiently.
Key Duties:
- Knowledge of the technical capabilities of (2D/3D/CT/Design) to effectively schedule work projects and advise clients and producers of any new working methods.
- Proactive in ensuring all work on the schedule is confirmed, allowing old bookings to fall away and new business to be scheduled appropriately.
- Ensure quotes have enough time booked using your knowledge of 2D/3D/CT/Design to ensure realistic timing estimates.
- Resolving conflicting requests by understanding priorities based on business strategy and artist welfare. Highlighting if a clash of schedules arises and working with colleagues and producers to find a successful solution while maximizing revenue.
- Using ETA, the company’s project management tool, to maximize the work flow of the scheduling department.
- Relaying important information between Tech Ops and MCR to allow projects to reach the desired department quickly.
- Creating and updating worksheets to allow the jobs to be tracked and artists to know where and what they will be doing on a daily basis.
- Identifying any issues which may affect work flow and or hinder the effective allocation of resources for that day and find ways to resolve them.
- A responsibility to report and monitor extreme working hours of artists and to allocate appropriate rest time or days in lieu.
- Efficient administration of systems in departments.
- Artist staff welfare well monitored and managed. Ensuring staff retention.
- Client satisfaction and retention.
- Producers are fully supported on the day-to-day scheduling needs of their projects
Requirements:
- Experience in managing demanding schedules in a fast-paced environment.
- Highly developed knowledge of the production, visual effects and advertising industries.
- Highly developed knowledge of the software and hardware used in every aspect of the VFX post-production process.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Able to act calmly under pressure.
The pay for this full-time position is: 21$ - 25$/hour, which is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and pursuant to the New York Pay Transparency Law.
Interested in working with our team at The Mill? We love connecting with passionate talent, so even if you feel you may not meet the given requirements or your salary expectation is outside the provided pay range, please apply as we may be able to find an opportunity on our team that aligns with your background and career goals.
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At The Mill, we want to work with the best people and we want them to have a great career with us. We will make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process and beyond to help people shine and enable them to show us their skills and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace that reflects the needs of a diverse workforce. We will offer flexible working practices and make relevant workplace adjustments for employees who need them to be at their best.
