Crew and Kit Producer Alex James

This week sees the arrival of our first cross company resource in Crew & Kit Producer Alex James. Alex has a strong technical background having trained in Electronic Engineering and with a degree in Sound Design Technology. He has worked as a technical assistant with ITV Anglia, and has experience of London’s busiest hire facilities.


Alex will be responsible for integrating the services of Alias Hire and The Crewing Company, and will be your first point of contact for all bookings requiring both Crew and Equipment hire. Alex will be establishing strong and effective lines of communication between the two companies’ booking teams while rolling out the integrated set of products and services that Alias and TCC will come together to supply.

XYTECH USERS...

Xytech users – we’re interested in receiving CV’s from production assistants or production and bookings co-ordintators with Xytech experience. Please send through to enquiries@thecrewingcompany.com

Visual Effects Producer Needed

Visual Effects Producer – Permanent Role
We’re looking for a senior Visual Effects Producer to work within the Creative Team of this Broadcasting giant


 Key Responsibilities:

• Produce numerous broadcast design projects of varying sizes including titles, idents, promos and branding; including CGI, motion graphics and visual effects
  
  
• Produce both technically and creatively; attending production and technical meetings and shoots when required
  
  
• Working in collaboration creatively and technically with the VFX management, visual effects artists and creative directors
  
  
• Bookings and scheduling input on Xytech software
  
  
• Create and manage workflow schedules with visual effects management team
  
  
• Produce workflow schedules by liaising with internal clients and staff
  
  
• Support and coordinate data management for internal projects
  
  
• Coordinating ingest workflow when required
  
  
• Strategy input for future creative and technology development
  
  
• Accountable and responsible for the quality of project workflow and self-management
  
  
• Accountable and responsible for personal interactions with all staff and clients
  
  
• Develop collaborative relationships with Designers, Directors, Creative Directors and all internal departments to ensure visual effects workflow is efficient and produces the level of work expected.

In previous role(s) you will have gained experience in visual effects production and post production where you to worked within a delivery schedule determined by management. You will have built effective relationships and have taken direction from clients and disseminate information and seek support if required. Knowledge of Microsoft Office essential, as is a High level knowledge of and experience in. production and post production producing for visual effects, motion graphics and CGI.

Ideally, you will also be familiar with Stereo scopic production and post production and will have used Xytech and/or Scheduall in a previous role.

Competitive salary package on offer. Please be aware we will only contact you at this stage if you’re on our shortlist, but will hold your CV for future suitable roles.

Our New Crewing Assistant

The Crewing Company would like to welcome Katie Shoukry to the team. Katie is our new Crewing Assistant and will be working directly with our freelance talent to make sure they get the very most out of their relationship with us.

If you are one of our freelancers please feel free to contact Katie at the Pinewood Office on 01753 655 300 or alternatively, you can email her at katie.shoukry@thecrewingcompany.com 

Sony PMW-500 Now Here!

The PMW-500 combines the exceptional picture quality of the PDW-700 with the operational flexibility of recording onto solid state SxS memory card. The PMW-500 is equipped with three 2/3” Power HAD FX CCD image sensors and can record both 1080 and 720 HD pictures at 50 Mb/s. It is ideal for broadcasters, rental companies and freelancers looking for a versatile memory based camcorder.

The PMW-500 has two slots for recording onto SxS Memory Card.

Other key features of the PMW-500 camcorder include:

•XDCAM HD422 codec for exceptional picture quality at low data rate.

•Switchable between MXF and MP4 for recording in XDCAM HD422, XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX modes.

•Option to record MPEG IMX and DVCAM material allowing users to migrate to HD at their own pace.

•Interoperability with major NLE systems enabling smooth workflow migration.

•Lower power consumption for extended record time during shooting.

•Four channels of uncompressed 48 kHz digital audio.

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WANTED: Crewing Assistant

An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding organisation supplying recruitment and crewing services to the creative industries.


Responsibilities include:

- Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with creative talent.
- Understanding and reporting on the requirements of creative talent.
- Ensuring availability, CVs and showreels are up to date for all creatives.
- Communicating company activities to creative community.
- Supporting the recruitment, crewing and hire teams.
- Helping to organise training and networking events.
- Taking phone calls and forwarding them to the correct departments.

You will be:

- Enthusiastic about all aspects of your work.
- IT Literate and an experienced user of social media.
- An excellent communicator both verbally and written.
- Able to establish and maintain excellent realtionships with creatives.
- Ambitious and motivated.
- Looking for a real career opportunity and not just another job.
- Happy to work at either Pinewood or Hackney
- Excited about our plans for the future.

See our Vacancies page for more details

WANTED: Post Production Consultant

We are looking for an ambitious new consultant to head up our Long Form Post Production desk.

Applicants should be experienced in the selection, recruitment and placement of freelance talent in a production or post production environment.

This position would be ideal for an experienced recruitment consultant or production / post production coordinator with excellent communication and organisational skills.

An understanding of modern post production technologies and workflows is essential along with the drive to grow and manage a small and dedicated team.

This is an exciting opportunity with great career potential for the right individual.

Salary: £25,000 plus Uncapped Commission

See our vacancies page for more details.