Production Manager

Remuneration:	negotiable
Location:	Johannesburg, Parkhurst
Job level:	Mid
Own transport required:	Yes
Travel requirement:	Occasional
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#PM24
Company:	Habitat XR

Our growing team is looking for a dedicated production manager role to support the connection & planning between our four departments (see company description). 

Role:
In-person, full-time role for a mid-level production manager comprising (but not limited to) the following roles:

1. Production scheduling: sitting with our cross-functional teams to plan and establish production schedules for internal and for client visibility. The work we do is complex and challenging and we are often on the cutting edge; this requires very special and meticulous production planning. This will be facilitated with project management software (Trello) so experience with similar tools is essential. 

2. Production management: day to day management of the "production line" of immersive content; running Agile Meetings to ascertain progress and help our teams course-correct early, identify capacity problems and help create capacity solutions. Work closely with the Client Liaison to keep our clients and partners apprised of progress. 

Experience required:

• You must have at least three years of suitable experience in content production management and planning, ideally at a recognised VFX studio or advertising agency. 
• You must have a passion for nature or animals on some level. 

If this sounds like you, please continue to fill in our Google form! Please note: we will not accept CVs by email.
Please do not apply if you do not have relevant and comparable experience

Company Description

Habitat XR is a multi award-winning Johannesburg-based immersive company with a burning mission: to democratise access to nature using immersive technologies.

We work with non-profit conservation organisations, government agencies and philanthropists as well as produce our own immersive environmental education experiences. We have produced immersive work from the savannah of the Kruger to the jungles of Rwanda; the springs of Yellowstone to the peaks of the Himalayas filming snow leopards. We have worked with large organisations like National Geographic and small ones; we have worked with private philanthropists and celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres. We have 4 departments:

1) Cinematic VR department with 360 degree video editors,

2) A 3D department made up of 3D modellers and animators,

3) An app-development department which creates augmented reality and hologram experiences,

4) A new engineering department which fabricates and customises hardware for immersive exhibits.

Posted on 07 Mar 14:04, Closing date 6 May