Production Assistant – An opportunity to join a thriving Creative Production agency in London.
The Boulder Group comprises of three core businesses – Pebble Studios (Creative Production Agency with a focus on Moving Image), Big Rock (Performance Marketing) and Lava (Digital & Branding Agency). The Boulder Creative Studio works across all parts of the group, offering in-house and freelance creative solutions that span Creative, Design, Animation, Film production, digital design & development and Immersive experiences (VR & AR).
A BIT ABOUT THE ROLE:
Pebble Studios are looking for a Production Assistant to join a talented team of producers, project managers, animators and artists, supporting and working on a variety of projects for the business for a range of world class clients.
Reporting into a Senior Producer, as well as supporting the wider Production team, the successful candidate will be responsible for helping deliver projects across a wide variety of mediums: Motion Graphics, 2D, 3D, Character and VFX/3D led projects – and outputs: TV, Social, Event Based & Immersive (VR&AR). This role will also be required to manage internal resource allocation across the wider business. Working with Account Handlers, Project Managers and Producers to ensure internal resource and freelance resource is coordinated and booked as required to ensure the highest quality creative output.
At Pebble Studios we blend the agency and production company model so we are looking for a confident, proactive and ambitious Junior producer who is confident, highly organised and keen to learn!
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
A Production Assistant with 1 or more years’ experience working in advertising, production or events:
- Highly organised and proactive
- A creative eye and detail orientated
- Experience in creating timing plans and budgets
- A problem solving mindset, proactive and entrepreneurial
- Knowledgeable and interested in social channels and tech in the industry
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Experience in Wrike a benefit)
- A love of moving image.
- Day to day communication with Account/Project Management teams and Creative department
- Managing project resourcing through our Project Management tool (Wrike)
- Ensuring appropriate briefing of project requirements by setting up briefing and internal kick off meetings
- Working with Heads of Department to highlight skills gaps and build our roster of freelance/3rd party suppliers
- Weekly resource meetings to forecast Creative Studio requirements and highlight bottle necks
- Presenting weekly resource calendar in Company wide Monday morning kick offs
- Management and updating the ‘Black Book’ with contact/specialism details of freelancer and third party partnerships
ABOUT US
We’re a founder owned, independent agency that merges data and creativity to get truly outstanding results for our clients.
Pebble Studios merge expertise in experiential, moving image design & technology to deliver knock out content to top agencies & brands such as Disney, X-Box, ABC and Samsung. Working collaboratively with our in-house progressive digital performance marketing team, Big Rock, we’re in the unique position of being able to craft beautiful ads that feed our performance strategies.
Big Rock works for some of the fastest growing and most innovative businesses in the UK; from scale-up fintech’s like ClearScore, to well established global brands like Direct Line and Aon – all looking to invest in accelerated digital marketing performance.
Lava creates beautiful and intuitive digital branding and experiences for exciting brands across B2C and B2B comms, often working in collaboration with Big Rock and Pebble to deliver outstanding creative and highly effective experiences for our clients.
We’re always looking for people to join the team who are as passionate as we are about creating a leading agency within this ever-changing space.
OUR CULTURE
Culture is hugely important to us. There are no big egos here, just a group of people looking to be at the forefront of digital innovation and creativity. We’re a highly inquisitive bunch, regularly hosting inspiration sessions, training programs and teambuilding activities. We have even organised bootcamp sessions, quizzes, book clubs and film clubs to keep us connected whilst working from home.
Following a strong 18 months of fully remote working we are now operating a 2 days in office, 3 days remote working model to allow for the benefits of in person collaboration and positive work/life balance.
BENEFITS:
- 25 days Holiday + Bank Holidays
- Sunshine and Festive Fridays
- 2 hours ‘Meeting Free’ time every day
- Flexible Working / Hybrid model: 2 days at the office, 3 days working from home
- Bootcamp
- Book Club
- Film Club
- Cycle to Work
- Culture Club socials
- Impact Groups – Internal groups dedicated to making a positive impact to the business and wider world
Big Rock – Performance Marketing Agency
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Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.
Production
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Specific Responsibilities Would Include
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Job Description
What You’ll Do:
We’re looking for internet culture geeks, meme aficionados, TikTok natives, who love staying on top of the latest cultural phenomenon to inspire and create cool social content. We are looking for a collaborative and skilled Content Creator with proficiency in both video and still photography, a deep understanding of social media trends and pop culture and a keen eye for framing and prop design. The ideal candidate will be adept at shooting high-quality content using both iPhone and DSLR cameras, with a mastery of lighting techniques. Additionally, they should have experience in video editing and photo retouching to ensure that the final product meets our brand standards.
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Who You Are
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