TV Business Affairs Assistant - LA
Company: Fox - TV Business Affairs
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience:
Job Description: The TV Business Affairs Assistant will provide administrative support primarily to the VP of Business Affairs and will also be responsible for ensuring timely receipt of contracts for Fox Productions. Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Answer calls, send emails, and assist in distribution of agreements/documentation to executives on a regular basis.
- Schedule meetings and conference calls, create meeting agendas and circulates meeting materials, manage expense reports, and arrange mail, messenger and UPS/FedEx packages.
- Assist in initial drafts of deal memos and other agreements; draft routine letters and other correspondence, and review and edit prepared documents for formatting and accuracy.
- Work closely with Production, Business Affairs and Music to confirm on-time delivery of waivers, contracts and legal agreements based on production schedules.
- Daily communication of status of production and recording schedules across multiple departments.
- Coordinate production schedule tracking for all releases, to ensure accuracy and signed agreements are in place.
- Maintain and administer filing system and information relating to the status of agreements, including keeping extensive status charts and coordinating the information with other internal departments and external stakeholders.
- Deliver agreements for execution by parties and assist in monitoring dates of legal significance (e.g., options and expiration's)
- Other administrative duties as assigned.
Summer 2020 Interns - LA/NY/Stamford
Company: A+E Networks
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Start Date: June 1 - August 7, 2020
Type of Position: Internship
Minimum Education Level:
Minimum Years of Experience:
Job Description: A+E Networks is launching its annual recruitment for the 2020 Summer Internship Program. The Summer Internship Program is designed to provide students with real-life exposure to the cable and entertainment industry through a diversified selection of meaningful assignments. The 2020 program will run from Monday, June 1, to Friday, August 7.
Read moreSecond Assistant - LA
Company: Anonymous Content
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level:
Minimum Years of Experience: not entry-level
Job Description: Seeking second Assistant to the President of Television at Anonymous Content. Duties involve heavy scheduling, phones, travel, expenses. Desk experience is a must, there is a lot of overtime involved. This exec is incredibly busy but a fantastic mentor! Experience in television is a plus but not required. This is not an entry level desk.
Read moreExecutive Assistant, Original Programming - LA
Company: Showtime
Location: West Hollywood, CA
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level:
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 years
Job Description: Executive Assistant to support VP of Original Programming and Director of Original Programming.This assistant will perform an array of administrative and project management duties which include, but are not limited to, the responsibilities listed below.
Managing High-Volume Calendars:
- Utilizing tools such as Studio System, the assistant is expected to learn of key clients and their relationships with the executives so they may schedule or reject meetings as necessary.
- Reasonably schedule meetings/calls, ensure that the executives have locations secured for these meetings in advance, place meetings/calls on their calendars, and remind executives of upcoming scheduled items.
- Prepare by confirming external meetings, researching potential projects, researching upcoming meeting participants, and printing or flagging material relevant to meetings in advance
- Ensure executives are on-time for meetings/calls, manage delays by communicating with affected parties, and create contingency plans for issues that may arise due to their high-volume schedules.
- Coordinate table reads and screenings on behalf of programming and the executives
Office Production Assistant - LA
Company: Adult Swim series (animated)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Start Date: immediate
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience:
Job Description:Applicants must have a four-year degree, valid Driver’s License, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Duties include general organization of the office, running errands, and answering/keeping track of phone calls.
Read moreCoordinator, Film & TV - LA
Company: UMe
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience:
Job Description: UMe is currently seeking to fill the role of Coordinator, Film & TV. The Coordinator of Film & TV researches copyrights, obtains necessary approvals for the use of Universal Music Enterprises copyrights in all forms of audiovisual media, including but not limited to film, television and home entertainment.
Read moreVP of Production - LA
Company: 20th Century Fox TV
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level:
Minimum Years of Experience: 10 years
Job Description: Production team as Vice President, Production. The VP Production position will help oversee several scripted productions on various networks. The VP Production will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to the EVP of Physical Production.
Responsibilities
- The VP Production will be responsible for supervising and managing all aspects of physical production for 20th Century Fox Television series and pilot productions including and not limited to production planning, crew staffing, scheduling, budgeting, physical production and post-production
- In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of each series, the VP Production will work closely with the 20th Century Fox Television departments including the current and development creative teams, producers and key crew members to ensure an efficient and cost-effective production process for all parties. The position will interface with freelance talent and crew and should have an extensive list of contacts they can utilize on a project basis
- Working closely with the EVP of Production and Creative Team(s) to successfully realize the creative and financial objective for each show
- Effectively communicate with producers, showrunners in the execution of their duties
- Help draft and publish initial production budgets, schedules and planning documents
- Supervise all aspects of production and develop effective procedures and systems to keep productions running smoothly
- Continually monitor all projects in progress with regard to schedule and budgets
- Resolve budgetary issues while maintaining the creative integrity of the program
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Provide daily supervision for Production Managers, Supervisors and Coordinators for scripted programming
- Review Production Reports, Hot Costs, and Cost Reports on a daily basis
- Stay abreast of each state’s tax incentive credits and film crew availability
- Work closely within the organization to manage each project efficiently from pre-production through delivery
- Stay abreast of new developing digital production technologies, workflows and new cameras
- Able to travel both domestically and internationally when required
TV Music Executive - LA
Company: Amazon Studios
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Start Date:
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience:
Job Description: We are seeking a Music Executive to join the dynamic music team supporting the studios original TV productions. Amazon Studios are building an effective way to develop commercially viable feature films and episodic series globally. The TV Music Executive will work closely with the Head of Music and be an integral part to the music team and will be located in Culver City. The successful candidate will be highly organized and have experience in TV Music Production and Music Supervision with a robust knowledge of music and an extensive network of relationships within the entertainment and music industry. The role requires a deep understanding of music licensing; the management and tracking of music budgets, talent deals, composers, scoring process; and supervision of productions on behalf of the studio. In addition, the candidate will be expected to leverage strong communication and interpersonal skills in order to partner effectively across internal divisions and with external partners.
Read moreProgram Director - LA
Company: Harvardwood
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Start Date:
Type of Position: temporary
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience: 1-2 years
Job Description: We're looking for a new program director to take over one of Harvardwood's flagship programs, Harvardwood 101, for current undergraduate students. This is a temporary position that will require largely remote work (emails/phone calls) in the late fall, and then the director will need to accompany the 101 students on all company visits from Jan. 6-10, 2020. The program director must be based in Los Angeles and have prior experience in entertainment. The ideal candidate has a broad network of contacts at numerous companies to help organize company visits and speaker panels for the annual 101 program.
Read moreAssistant to Show Creator/EP - LA
Company: n/a
Location: Hollywood, CA
Start Date: ASAP
Type of Position: Full-Time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 yr
Job Description: Assistant to TV Developer/Writer/Producer who has an overall deal at a major studio. Looking for an eager and well-read assistant who can handle a modest amount of admin work: phone calls, scheduling meetings, managing a small office, as well as minimal personal assistant needs. Ideally, also want someone to help with pilot and series development on a number of ongoing projects: reading and giving coverage on scripts, ip, etc. This would be a great opportunity for someone interested in being a CE or writer.
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