MEDIA ASSISTANT / DIT / PA - WHITEHORSE

Details

• Position
  Production Assistant
• Start Date
  Jan 08, 2024 — Mar 31, 2024
• Location
  Whitehorse, YT, Canada (Travel Required)
• Rate
  This is a paid position. Rate is Range $20 / hour (entry level) to $300+/ day based on experience

Job Description

MEDIA ASSISTANT / DIT / PA - WHITEHORSE

Located in Whitehorse, Yukon

Contract position

Non-union, freelance for documentary televisions series, small crew

Rate negotiable based on experience

Range $20 / hour (entry level) to $300+/ day based on experience

Part-time - Estimating +/- 30 hours / week, flexible hours, mostly evenings

Starting Date: January 8th or 15th, 2024

End Date: approx. March 2024 (to be confirmed)

Responsibilities:
- Downloading and backing up shot media (training will be provided)
- Driving and running errands, purchasing supplies, organizing equipment
- Keeping track of petty cash receipts
- Scanning and filling releases
- Filing out the tape log, media tracker and daily production reports
- Stocking crafty for the crew
- Helping keep the production office and production vehicles tidy
- Assisting on shoots with releases, batteries, slating, greeking and mini-cams
- Shipping & communicating with production office

Requirements:
- Must be Whitehorse based, has lived in the Yukon for at least one year (paid 2023 taxes in the Yukon)
- Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Has a valid drivers license and a clean driving record
- Good and safe driver, minimum 21 yrs old, but 25 yrs old and over preferred
- Excellent communication skills
- Written and spoken English
- Comfortable with Google drive, Google sheets, Google docs, and email

Beneficial Skills / Background / Assets:

- Has worked and/or has studied film or television production
- Laptop and cell phone
- Vehicle in good working order, insured to use for work
- Organized, reliable, diligent, proactive, resourceful, and attentive to details
- Able to handle multiple changing priorities
- Willingness to learn with a positive attitude
- Familiar with Shotput Pro, media management, mini-cams, and documentary film equipment would be a bonus

Diversity Initiative:
We encourage persons to apply who self-identify as a member of a historically underrepresented group in documentary television, including but not limited to: Indigenous, Métis, Visible Minority, LGBTQ2S

How to apply:

Send your resume in PDF form to: ProductionBeast | Film and TV Production Jobs
Include WHITEHORSE DIT - in the subject line of your email
Include a few words about yourself in the body of the email or in a cover letter
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted