Extremely fast and detail-oriented—able to juggle multiple tasks with precision. Excellent judgment and problem-solving skills, with strong professional references.
Documentary
Watch internal cuts and attend internal and external notes meetings. Watch buzzworthy documentary films and provide timely and thorough coverage. Track and evaluate incoming submissions and attend pitch meetings.
Provide phone coverage, handle light accounting tasks, and oversee office management duties. Strong work ethic, creative problem-solving skills, and aspirations to grow into higher-level production roles.
Track, organize, and manage incoming documentary submissions and materials on past and current shows in partnership with Development executives and assistant. Assist in building and maintaining competitive industry tracking documents, developing an understanding of the documentary and nonfiction industry.
Participate in the documentary filmmaking process by assisting with research, coordinating production logistics, and managing project timelines.
Provide executive assistance, including scheduling, email management, and day-to-day support for production executives. Contribute to the development process, assisting with research, pitches, and concept generation.
Develop and implement a comprehensive multi-year development strategy with measurable goals and objectives.
Managing and coordinating calendars for the two partners. Light accounting and financial tracking. Overseeing intern recruitment and management.
Responsible for developing a multi-year fundraising plan to increase revenue from foundations, individual donors, and corporate partners, the DD leads a department of three to deliver results through focused annual goals and activities.
Support physical production/budgeting of all original programming. Negotiate, oversee and monitor deals and personnel.
Creative second on all unscripted projects – handling communications with external partners, drafting written feedback, and strategizing on next steps with partners, internal stakeholders, and our representatives.
Helping to field pitches, deciding what projects to finance, overseeing partnerships, and serve as a main point of contact for all Sandbox Films productions from development through production and finishing.
Lead producer of 30 – 90 minute long multi-episode documentaries on our O&O, OTT platforms, as well as external platforms. Actively and consistently pitching and scripting content, while assisting and guiding other producers on the process.
Supporting the Nonfiction team by reading incoming submissions and managing clear and thoughtful responses in a timely manner.
Responsibilities mainly include administrative assistance.
Strong work ethic, who is an outside-the-box problem solver and aspires to higher-level production positions.
Involves heavy physical production: budgeting, scheduling, staffing, cost reporting, and some creative development.
Responsibilities include phones, scheduling, travel, emails and office management.
Duties include managing schedules, rolling calls, overseeing submissions, and analyzing screenplays/films/books.
Review creative submissions/coverages notes on concepts, pitches, IP materials, treatments and scripts. Advise on host, narrator and other talent options/auditions, as well as above-the-line creatives.
Source and assess screenplays, books, articles, life rights, concepts, sizzles, and short-form content – as well as other forms of intellectual property – in an effort to help build out and sustain a robust film pipeline.
Responsible for assisting producers, Associate Producers, and Production Management in the creation of smart, original content for multiple distribution channels.
You will work with a production team on all aspects of long-form Documentary-style production, from concept to completion. You will assist with Investigative research as you compile elements that create compelling stories.
Perform research & analysis. Read scripts & provide script notes. Screen content & provide screening notes.
Responsibilities include scheduling, travel, and Festival logistics.
Position also entails managing two partners’ calendars, light accounting, hiring and managing interns, phone coverage and office management duties.
Duties will include booking travel, scheduling, answering phones, as well as production duties, development of future projects, script reading and research.
Aside from standard assistant duties, you will be able to do Creative work on our projects and work with the development team, learn in-depth about the business side of entertainment, and be exposed to the production process/set etc.
Identifying and developing new Documentary ideas and projects. Securing access to articles, stories, characters or ideas.
Source and assess screenplays, books, articles, life rights, concepts, sizzles and short form content – as well as other forms of intellectual property – in an effort to help build out and sustain a robust Film pipeline.
