Central Production Manager

Eyeline

Central Production Manager overseeing day-to-day operations for VFX teams in Seoul and Hyderabad. Collaborating with global leadership to ensure production standards are met.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeSeoul • 🇰🇷 South KoreaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the site-level owner for Production operations in SEO and HYD, ensuring Production teams are supported, informed, and aligned with global standards.
Lead day-to-day resourcing, vacation approvals, and coverage planning for Production staff in SEO/HYD, in partnership with Producers and the Central Production Manager.
Coordinate ShotGrid show setup and closure for SEO/HYD shows, applying global templates, workflows and conventions and ensuring clean, consistent data.
Oversee time log, overtime, and weekend-work administration in the region, ensuring accuracy, timely approvals, and compliance with company policies.
Support and coordinate post‑mortems for local shows as requested, capturing actions, ensuring follow‑through, and surfacing systemic issues to global leadership.
Help drive implementation of global workflows and Production standards locally: maintain local checklists, guides, and how‑tos, run walkthroughs and refreshers when changes roll out, and model best practices and champion adoption in SEO/HYD.
Partner with the Central Production Manager and Talent/HR to support recruitment for Production roles in SEO/HYD: participate in interviews and provide structured feedback and level recommendations.
Support onboarding for new Production hires in SEO/HYD by ensuring they understand how we work: core workflows, tools, expectations, and ways of working with show teams.
Develop and deliver Production training sessions for SEO/HYD (for example: ShotGrid usage, show workflows, production skills), and provide practical examples and feedback to help evolve global Production training.
Act as a day-to-day resource and mentor for junior Production staff, helping them build confidence in both the technical and interpersonal aspects of their role.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 5 years of experience in VFX, Animation, Games, or a closely related field, with time spent in Production roles such as a Digital Production Manager, or equivalent.
Strong understanding of VFX Production workflows and day-to-day realities on shows, including scheduling, communication flows, and cross‑department collaboration.
Experience with ShotGrid (Flow), ideally including show setup, basic template management, and reporting.
Demonstrated ability to:
- Organize and prioritize multiple operational tasks and stakeholders.
- Manage resourcing and vacation planning in a dynamic, multi‑show environment.
- Operate calmly and constructively under pressure and ambiguity.
Skilled in stakeholder management, able to collaborate effectively with Producers, Coordinators, department leads, and global Operations teams.
Excellent communication, documentation, and organizational skills; able to make processes clearer and easier to follow, not more complex.
High emotional intelligence, empathy, and cultural awareness, particularly when working across sites and time zones (SEO and HYD).
Proficiency with G‑Suite and comfort working with resource and time-tracking data.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

VFX Production workflowsschedulingresource managementvacation planningshow setuptemplate managementreportingproduction skillstime tracking

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunicationdocumentationorganizational skillsemotional intelligenceempathycultural awarenesscollaborationmentoring