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Apprentice Production Co-ordinator
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About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an apprentice to support Bigtank with their video productions, whilst also learning project management skills. You will be supporting our team of warm and friendly script writers, video directors, story producers, video editors, and animators in a fast-paced, commercially relevant production company.
We care a lot at Bigtank, treating our crew, our clients, and their brands with the care and attention we would like to receive ourselves.
What you'll do at work
Apprentice Production Coordinator
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an apprenticeship placement to support Bigtank with their video productions, whilst also learning project management skills. You will be supporting our team of warm and friendly script writers, video directors, story producers, video editors, and animators in a fast-paced, commercially relevant production company.
The coordinator supports the producer in all areas; they are the liaison between client, production and post-production teams, and finance. The overarching responsibility is seeing the production runs smoothly, all pertinent information is obtained and shared with the relevant parties, deadlines are set and monitored, relevant bookings and purchases are made.
Typical tasks and duties:
- Calendar - add meetings and filming dates.
- Job cards – overview of all key information relating to the project.
- Shared drive – organise and update client-specific folder in the shared drive – save all documents to this folder.
- Bookings - book hotels, freelancers, hires, travel.
- Client liaison - emails and calls - inbound and outbound queries, arrange dates, logistics/locations, RAMS and insurance.
- Finance - share details of budget and costs.
- Post-production – liaison between post and client, schedule and monitor timely delivery.
Where you'll work
Suite 2, Havana House
Cuba Industrial Estate, Bolton Road North, Ramsbottom
Bury
BL0 0NE
Learning
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Training provider
BURNLEY COLLEGE
Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
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Course contents
Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
Manage and engage with stakeholders.
Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
Monitor and analyse project budgets.
Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
Work within the approved project budget.
Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
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Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
Training schedule
The apprentice will attend day-release at Burnley College one day per week.
Qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Level 3 Qualification in:
- Any Subject (grade Pass or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Office environment
Office-based with day release learning.
- We have a dog in the office and we have a strict no nuts, and no smoking policy.
- Free parking.
Please note: Applications with AI-generated answers will not be considered for shortlisting.
Company Culture
Bigtank has a fabulous team at our core but the service doesn’t stop there. Although all of our corporate video production and promotional film projects have a common goal – producing compelling and exciting content that viewers will want to watch, learn from and share, the methods of production vary depending on what skills and equipment we need to enlist to deliver the right results for our clients.
Our company culture is about how we interact with each other, our clients and society as a whole. It’s everything we believe in.
https://bigtank.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Benefits
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Potential for full-time employment after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURNLEY COLLEGE
Themis
01282 733005
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045644.
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