Assistant/Production Manager, Current Affairs

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Managing all procurement services and payments in a timely manner
Preparing production budget and cost tracking
Liaising with fixers, freelance cameraman and other crew for admin matters, including vendor creation, Service Agreement, invoicing and payment
Identifying, sourcing and casting suitable contributors / talents for documentary and programme segments
Developing look books and overseeing styling direction for hosts and talents, including fittings and wardrobe coordination
Coordinating booking of key personnel, studios, equipment and external vendors/services
Providing post-production support, including footage wrangling, ingestion, logging and transcription
Collaborating closely with internal teams and external partners, ensuring clear communication and alignment
Driving continuous improvement of production processes and workflows

Qualifications

Diploma holder
Good spoken and written English
Proven experience managing budgets, schedules and deliveries for factual or high-end documentary productions
Strong communicator with the ability to collaborate effectively across editorial, production, post-production, legal, and finance teams.
A good team player as the job requires close coordination with producers, assistant producers, as well as others in the production team.
Familiarity with AI-assisted tools, and a working knowledge of production and post-production tools.