BRON Studios

About Us

BRON is a worldwide media and entertainment company committed to furthering the art and craft of meaningful commercial storytelling. Focused on the strategic development, production and financing of original live-action and animated features, television and digital media content, BRON has been instrumental in more than 90 productions and has built a robust slate of upcoming projects across all platforms.

About The Role

BRON Studios USA is on the lookout for a Business Affairs Manager to join our team. Based in Los Angeles, and reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the Business Affairs Manager will support the BA teams with film, television, and animation projects from development all the way through delivery. The successful candidate will have 3-5 years of industry experience and be highly organized, professional, and able to juggle multiple tasks to meet deadlines.

We would like this person to be based in Los Angeles, but the position is currently fully remote.

Requirements

Role & Responsibilities

General

• Manage and track the status of all live-action and animation projects through all stages of production and post production, triggering action from Production, Business Affairs, Finance and Post Production as necessary.
• Track option and rights expiries, including drafting renewal agreements and coordinating payments with Accounting department.
• Research guild/union requirements and answer queries from Production.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal contacts and external parties.
• Assisting with and drafting/negotiating agreements.
• Help develop internal process and procedures to monitor the status of multiple projects.
• Provide departmental support; including fielding external queries, file management, process management and implementation, and systems administration.

Pre-production

• Initiate and oversee signatory process for unions and guilds, serving as main point of contact and completing applications and supplying required documentation.
• Begin insurance application processes to comply with bond requirements and liaise with production to ensure that cast and crew has required coverage and information.
• Contact clearance companies and outside legal counsel to assist in ensuring chain of title is complete and unencumbered.
• Draft production documents, including crew start packages and various production documents.
• Oversee delivery of documents to the bond company, including troubleshooting and tracking documents from production, post, finance, insurance, and accounting and external parties.
• Liaise with production office to support and troubleshoot on various issues.

Production

• Track above-the-line deals for cast and crew and various agreements, coordinating signatures and ensuring agreements are distributed to necessary parties.
• Track schedules, scripts and various production documents.
• Work with legal counsel and post production teams to make sure proper clearances are obtained.

Post-Production/Delivery

• Facilitate delivery of contracts, music and stock footage licenses and other documentation to distributors and financiers.
• Obtain insurance certificates and endorsements as per distributor requirements.
• Coordinate with marketing and publicity department to ensure that cast and crew obligations are met.
• Credits:
• Prepare credit memos, main and end title credits, billing blocks and summaries of all above-the-line cast and crew contractual obligations.
• Liaise and troubleshoot across different departments on all issues related to screen credits and serve as the main point of contact for the guilds and unions on credits issues.
• Review and submit required credit forms, documentation and notices to unions, and obtain screen credits-related waivers as needed.
• Distribute approval drafts in a timely manner for approval and work with Post Production Supervisors to ensure edits are implemented to on-screen credits.

Qualifications

• Experience as a paralegal required, and paralegal degree a plus
• A minimum of 3-5 years legal office or motion-picture industry experience required
• Significant experience working with motion picture guilds
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including computer skills with Word, Excel and Outlook
• A proven ability to work in a team, but also to be self-directed and take initiative to accomplish personal goals
• Exceptional attention to detail to maintain credibility and effective working relationships with external contacts
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Benefits

• Extended Health Benefits
• Holiday closure between Christmas and New Year
• 7 health days per year (prorated per any partial year, and/or contract length)
• 401K after one year of employment

BRON Studios

BRON Digital, is a state-of-the-art virtual production and service company, that utilizes the Unreal Engine to develop and produce long-form animation for series television, short-form content, and motion pictures. This division leverages BRON’s extensive experience producing traditional CGI animation to apply and adapt the best practices of linear animation pipelines and marry those with Unreal Engine centered, virtual production workflows. The move allows BRON to broaden and expand its production and produce high quality content with much faster turnarounds.

We are seeking an Associate Producer to join our team, cross our Digital animated shows.

Requirements

Role & Responsibilities:

• Help to promote interdepartmental communication and workflow.
• Assist line producer and production manager in balancing artistic and productivity requirements.
• Mentor production managers, coordinators, assistants and provide guidance and support to department leads.
• Attend all relevant reviews and approval sessions to promote effective communication throughout the production team and provide leadership as needed.
• Assess schedule continuously with line producer and production manager, and as team weigh technical constraints against scope of the project, while also protecting the creative.
• Help forecast overages and delays throughout production, and work to find creative and technical solutions with production team, director and department leads.
• Communicate creative priorities throughout the production by working closely with Director.
• Suggest production solutions that will allow for needed creative changes to be made.
• Assist in the creation of and help to maintain project management documents including status reports, project plans, communications plans, post-mortems and compiling of historical information.
• Track, document, and report on major creative changes that affect budget/schedule to line producer and production manager in a timely manner.
• Generate and distribute reports to EVP and SVP Digital.
• Work with partner studios to ensure daily communication runs smoothly, troubleshoot issues, and foresee and avoid potential delays.
• Responsible for overseeing data management in Shotgrid – check that all materials are being correctly captured, and that all relevant data is accurate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ year’s production management experience in animation film and/or VFX production or equivalent
• Proficiency with ShotGrid Software
• Experience with all parts of the animation production pipeline, including layout, modeling, shading, animation, effects, lighting, rendering, compositing & post
• Familiarity with all aspects of production management, including budget & schedule management, personnel and performance management
• Superior personnel management and team building skills, and ability to lead with a positive attitude and encourage collaboration
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of production techniques and terminology
• Expert organizational, project management & time management skills
• Ability to anticipate and deal with an ever-changing production environment
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential material
• Ability to manage time and balance priorities amid the pressures of busy, deadline-driven production
• Must have the ability to organize, schedule, and delegate work effectively
• Must be proactive and be an effective problem solver
• Previous computer experience with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and MS Project, spreadsheet and database applications required

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including Extended Health Benefits
• Studio Holiday closure between Christmas and New Year
• 7 health days per year (prorated per any partial year, and/or contract length)

BRON Studios

About The Job

BRON Digital, is a state-of-the-art virtual production and service company, that utilizes the Unreal Engine to develop and produce long-form animation for series television, short-form content, and motion pictures. This division leverages BRON’s extensive experience producing traditional CGI animation to apply and adapt the best practices of linear animation pipelines and marry those with Unreal Engine centered, virtual production workflows. The move allows BRON to broaden and expand its production and produce high quality content with much faster turnarounds.

Requirements

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage overall production schedule including interdepartmental workflow.
• Monitor/oversee department budgets, schedules and priorities, balancing artistic and productivity requirements.
• Assign appropriate manpower (working with Producer) to ensure the completion of production on time and on budget.
• Supervise and mentor production managers, coordinators, assistants and provide guidance and support to department leads.
• Attend all relevant meetings and approval sessions to promote effective communication throughout the production team and provide leadership as needed.
• Communicate creative priorities throughout the production by working closely with Director.
• Suggest production solutions that will allow for needed creative changes to be made.
• Track, document and report on major creative changes that affect budget/schedule to Producer in a timely manner.
• Participate actively in the recruiting and staffing of the team; including assessing the work of prospective candidates through the hiring process and supervising efficient integration of new hires into the project’s process.
• Partner with Producer to guide production personnel’s overall professional development, provide performance feedback, and resolve performance management issues.
• Use interpersonal skills to resolve conflict, promote a collaborative production environment, and foster an atmosphere of cooperation and communication.
• Support development of other projects and assist producers in analyzing most efficient use of resources from one project to the next.

Qualifications

• Proven production experience in film or equivalent
• Superior personnel management and team building skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to use positive tone and attitude to diffuse conflict, provide solutions, and cultivate a fun and productive working environment
• Working knowledge of production techniques and terminology
• Expert organizational, project management & time management skills
• Ability to anticipate and deal with an ever-changing production environment
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential material
• Ability to work well under pressure/deadlines
• Ability to support artists in all disciplines
• Ability to pull together and focus diverse teams of artists
• Previous computer experience with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, spreadsheet and database applications required
• Proficiency with production software is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including Extended Health Benefits
• Holiday closure between Christmas and New Year
• 7 health days per year (prorated per any partial year, and/or contract length)

BRON Studios