Company Name: Hamlett Films
Sector: Educational Video Production
Job Role: Production & Research Assistant, Full Time based in office in Hackney
Job type: Full Time, In office.
Salary band: 20 – 25k per annum
Location: Hackney, East London.
Deadline: End of August / 5th September
Hamlett Films is a specialist production company. Working with leading academics, brands and educators, we produce films designed to attract, engage and enthuse your learners. We tell important stories and help people learn.
Job Description:
We have an exciting new role at Hamlett Films, an award winning production company of documentaries and dramas for the education sector. This is for someone keen to develop their career in a professional production environment.
This position is unique and is only suitable for an intelligent individual with experience in education and film production, and essentially, strong technical skills across post production and design packages.
We have exceptionally experienced industry professionals in our team, 4 in the office full time, and a wide circle of expert freelancers. We want to find a new Production & Research Assistant who would thrive in this style of production environment. This is to work on a full-time basis, based in our East London office. So, if you are well organised, enthusiastic and creative, this is a great opportunity for you.
You’ll be working across multiple projects at once, so you also need to be confident working efficiently and collaboratively with all members of the team. You’ll need to be a quick thinker, intelligent and able to think through problems carefully and have a positive attitude especially under pressure.
We are big believers in helping people to develop their careers, so we are looking for someone who is hungry for opportunities for career progression. You will be able to learn and develop, working across all areas of production.
An immediate start is required, early September.
Experience:
This is not an entry level role, we require at least 2 – 5 years experience as it’s key to the running of our team.
Key Responsibilities You Would Be Able To:
Admin & Pre-production
- Provide general admin support e.g. schedule and organise meetings, log team and company expenses, manage project information on google docs, take briefing notes at meetings, help us keep cupboards super organised and tidy, order supplies
- Research talent, locations, stock footage, images and music, be able to sort costs and understand rights
- Be able to book freelancers, accommodation and travel confidently
- Prepare production documents e.g. supplier paperwork, call sheets, risk assessments and schedules
- Draft quotes, proposals, storyboards, shot lists and Vox pop questions
- Prepare and organise supplied video assets
- Source props
- Liaise with clients in a professional and clear manner e.g. manage enquiries and small scale projects
- Contribute to client proposals and team brainstorms with your own creative ideas
- Work with our script writer to plan and post engaging content to social media channels three times a week
- Upload blog posts and our completed videos to our (WordPress) website when required
Production
- Manage production admin e.g. keep production overview database up to date on Google Docs, get contributor and location release forms signed, stored and uploaded, health declarations etc shoot paperwork
- Do general running duties e.g. load and unload cars, collect kit from suppliers, organise crew lunches, pick up resources for shoots
- Assist with shots, lighting & camera kit rigs/de-rigs liaising professionally and confidently with talent and crew
- Manage data cards and rushes on location, doing data transfers if possible, and keeping data organised and stored safely
- Ideally be familiar with Riverside and other online recording platforms
- Have experience with animation and graphics
Post Production
- Copy rushes from cards to our drives safely
- Do transcriptions of recorded material using Premiere Pro
- Keep our drive database on Google Docs up to date (logging drives in and out systematically)
- Organise and rough cut footage ready for Producers and Editors
- Edit Vox pops
- Cut out logos and other artwork using Photoshop
- Log production expenses
- Assist with final file delivery and project closure e.g. delivery paperwork, uploading file
Personal Qualities
- Intelligent, enthusiastic, organised and proactive
- Able to prioritise well, problem solve and multitask without dropping the ball
- Creative thinker and solutions focused individual
- Ability to work under time pressure and keep your cool
- Team player, adaptable and positive
- Professional and confident communicator, working with all levels of seniority and clients
- Eager to learn and continually improve the way you work
- A strong interest in video production and motion graphics
Essential (Don’t apply without these please)
- Degree educated or equivalent
- Minimum of three to five years professional experience within the creative industry or administrative role
- Previous relevant work experience in video or film production industry, ideally educational or documentary filmmaking
- Experience of working on video shoots
- Experience in an office environment
- Experienced user of Mac OS
- Essential to our work processes and work flow is strong knowledge of Google Docs, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop & InDesign, Vimeo, WordPress, Hootsuite, Mailchimp – do not apply without this.
- Good knowledge of Office365 – Excel, Word
How to Apply:
Contact: mia@hamlettfilms.com or sian@hamlettfilms.com by email.