Production Manager

The Company: Founded in 2016, Amuse Animation is a digital-first animation studio based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with offices in Paris, London, and Beijing. The company focuses on two primary business streams: incubating original IPs created by the studio or in partnership with toy and content creators; and third-party service work for 2D & 3D animation. Its catalog of original productions comprises 30+ self-funded preschool properties in 25+ languages cumulating over 600 million views per month, three audio stories, and 13 gaming apps with 20+ million downloads and 680k+ monthly active users per app. Our Mission: At Amuse Animation, our goal is to create 360 universes that entertain, educate, and inspire young audiences worldwide. Our creative process revolves around putting the audience at the forefront and utilizing cutting-edge technologies to produce and share our content globally. To do so, we analyze and recombine the elements that generate intrigue, engagement, and impact to create unique original content. By leveraging innovative technologies and accessing the best resources globally, we establish an efficient workflow that is cost-effective, maintains high quality, and enables the agility to quickly launch new ideas and integrate audience feedback. Our ultimate aim is to distribute our content through all touchpoints and connect with our audience wherever they may be. We are currently looking for a Production Manager for an external movie project to oversee multiple international projects reporting to the Head of Studios. **KEY DUTIES**: - Contribute to Develop best practices and improve production processes in partnership with the Production efficiency Supervisor. - Provide support to Set / maintain guidelines, goals and good performance - Manage and develop employees and creative operations - Work with HR Manager and Outsourcing Manager to hire new members of the team - Oversee and work with IT Manager / CG Supervisor departments for internal goals and project-related needs (rendering, security, plug-ins, scaling studio, deliveries...) General "housekeeping" of daily and weekly tasks of overseeing budgets, invoices and timesheets with production team - Coordinate Technical onboarding of new hirings. - Lead the weekly production meeting and provide reports/metrics - Assessing project and resource requirements - Estimating, negotiating and agreeing budgets and timescales with clients in collaboration with the Head of Studio. - Overseeing production processes, detect improvement needs and work closely to Pipeline and technical team. - Re-negotiating timescales or schedules as necessary - Organizing the repair and routine maintenance of production equipment and pipeline in collaboration with IT Team - Liaising with buyers and marketing and sales staff when required. - Organizing relevant training sessions related to business and individual needs. **ABOUT YOU**: **Previous experience**: - 5 years minimum experience in 3D and/or 2D animation company **Languages**: - Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral in English and Spanish. **Production management**: - Advanced skills in Gantt pro, Google Drive, SHOTGUN and other task management software **Your skills**: Strong management skills. Possesses natural leadership and organizational skills Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and delegate accordingly. Does not shy from diplomatic conflict resolution / management Ability to work independently, take initiative, and think ahead, as well as be highly collaborative Ability to multitask and supervise multiple ongoing projects, budgets and timelines Interest and passion in operations oversight, including front desk Passion in fostering young artists (creative interns) and production coordinators ***General information**: - Starting date**: May - June 2025 - **Job location**: Presential Las Palmas. - **Working shift**: Monday to Thursday 08.00 to 06.00, Friday 08.00 to 14.00 - **Contract**: Project (2 years) **Recruitment process**: 7 days. You will go through 2 interviews: - HR First interview screening. - Production management/head of Studio: Final interview - Conclusions and Process offer.