Talent Coordinator - Ilm London

Disney Disney · Media · London, United Kingdom

This role is for a Talent Coordinator at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in London, focusing on managing artists within designated departments. Responsibilities include operational support, crewing, scheduling, career development, performance reviews, and partnering with HR and Training teams. The ideal candidate has experience in scheduling or crewing within the VFX industry, strong people management and communication skills, and is a critical thinker and problem solver.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manages a portfolio of artists including day to day operational support.
  2. Manage artist crewing and scheduling for specific departments.
  3. Partners with the relevant Head of Department (Hod) for casting, artist career development, performance reviews and other departmental initiatives.
  4. Works closely with Senior Studio Production Manager (SPM) on understanding capacity changes, to proactively identify and plan for work coming into the studio.
  5. Works collaboratively with SPM, Production, Supervisors, HoDs and Recruiters to define and communicate ongoing hiring requirements for assigned departments

Skills

Required

  • Experience in a scheduling or a crewing role in the VFX industry or other relevant production environments.
  • People Management experience with strong team leadership.
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • A collaborator who builds strong working relationships, across the business.
  • A high degree of emotional intelligence
  • A critical thinker who asks the right questions as well as providing context, to ensure all necessary information is considered.
  • A confident problem solver who can tackle operational and strategic issues with a pragmatic and commercially sound approach.
  • A proactive team member who is quick to identify issues and has the ability to bring in the right people to help solve a problem.
  • An adaptable individual who can manage a diverse workload and prioritise effectively to ensure all stakeholders are getting the support they need, when they need it.