Equipment Lead

Job Title: Equipment Lead
Location: Playa Vista, CA 90094
Duration: 9 months

Job Description:

• work location: On Site at LAHQ
• hours/week: 40
• work site : LAHQ - has to be M-F at LAHQ
• travel/expenses? : None
• Work schedule: 10-7 M-F, 8-5 may be an option once an ETW is selected, ETW must be open to 10-7
• No education requirements, experience based role
• 5 years direct experience required

Desired Soft Skills:

• Working in a team is paramount.
• Must be a good communicator
• Must be able to plan ahead
• Ability to work in a high volume big production environment without getting overwhelmed or stressed out

Top must-have skills include the following:

• Experience leading a small team
• Experience on a film and photo set
• Must have an in depth understanding of lighting and grip
• Experience with cinema cameras is a plus - Red Komodo X
• Proficiency with basic microsoft suite, airtable and figma is a plus.

Combination of skills & expertise that would make a candidate stand out?

• Someone who can communicate effectively, can anticipate needs of the team without being told what the next steps are.

Main focus of the role for first 90 days:

• Going to spend a lot of training time in the role. Will need a ramp up period on their tools, production calendars, and team structure. After 2 months they will be relatively up to speed.

Team size/reporting structure:

• Will work with 3-5 team members each day but roster is 30 day to day that they will need to know. This person will schedule those team members according to their skill set.

Will be scheduling and working with:

• Stage hands
• Grips
• Gaffers
• Camera operators and set up staff
• This role will be on the ground assisting with equipment set up and changeover in clients LA Icon Photo and Film Studio.
• Will schedule and direct the flow of the editorial floor with 8 bays. Will need to make sure the bays are built, lit, and metered for start of shooting early in the morning. Will assist with moving people from one bay to another which can change styles of shooting etc.
• Will be in meetings to plan production and go over future planning.
• They will need to get to know the team to properly schedule the right people for the right role.
• Likely will not work out for someone that has been on another team for decades, they want someone trainable that can come in and learn the process.
• The role does not entail any heavy lifting but does require the ETW to be on their feet and moving quite a lot during the day. Candidate should be prepared for that aspect of the role.

Who We're Looking For:

We re looking for an Equipment Lead to join our Equipment team at Icon.Studios LA. We seek someone who has experience in a fast paced environment that knows how to proactively manage and track equipment both in house and sub-rented. In addition to equipment knowledge, this person should be well versed in digital equipment and motion equipment, IE; digi-carts, monitors, cable management, RED camera, cinema lenses, and camera support. This person should have solid proficiency working cross functionally with production and digital teams. We seek a leader who can grow a team of players with clear direction, collaboration, and an ability to run point. This leader will explore new ways of thinking and problem solving as well as having the ability to manage multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, while keeping production moving forward.

Prerequisites:

• 4 years of studio managing experience
• Proven ability to support and lead peers in new workflows and processes.
• A knowledge base of grip and lighting that puts safety as a priority
• Experience with creating and replicating detailed lighting diagrams.
• Ability to balance multiple time sensitive projects at once in addition to the daily responsibilities
• Expert level communication, listening, and organization skills.
• A keen eye for detail, cleanliness and organization
• A strong ability to problem solve camera/lighting malfunctions and errors in real time.
• Quality control, troubleshoot, and log malfunctioning equipment to send out for repair when necessary.
• Experience with Blue Circle or TrakIt equipment tracking software is a plus

Responsibilities:

Our lead position will be leading a shift of 3 to 4 team members in daily support of 5 working photo sets. In addition to overseeing daily inventory tracking, they will be responsible for inputting equipment lists in Blue Circle (tracking system) to support ecommerce, editorial, and motion sets. Reading, following, and measuring out detailed lighting diagrams is a part of our weekly cadence with flipping sets a firm knowledge is measuring and rigging is a must to scale multiple identical photo and video sets. The Equipment Lead will guide their peer s day to day with building sets to spec by using our lighting diagram SOP s. They must be able to adapt on the fly with lighting changes, set flips, and shoot schedule changes. They will learn new processes and advocate for efficiencies in time and organization. Being able to lead a diverse team with clear direction, Resilient governance, and a team-based approach is key to success in our team.