Production Assistant

London, GB, NW1 8TT Production London Full-Time Hybrid In 2025, Channel 5 and My5 are joining forces under one powerful new brand: 5 - delivering an all-new, unified experience across TV, streaming, and digital platforms. We're looking for hardworking individuals to help craft this next chapter. This unified brand will revolutionise TV, streaming, and digital platforms, offering expanded free streaming services, more UK drama originals, and specially curated FAST channels. With personalisation and ground breaking, data-driven advertising solutions, 5 is set to lead the future of entertainment. After an impressive year of industry-leading growth, including a 40% surge in viewership in 2024, 5 is gearing up to transform the viewing experience- and we want you to be a part of it! Help us build a brand that delivers unlimited entertainment, always free. Join the team driving the 5 relaunch and shape the future of how the world watches. Is this the role for you? V Creative is a fast-moving department with a high turnover of short-form work. The department is responsible for creative output of Channel 5. Content output ranges from promos and brand development through to packaging and high-profile multiplatform marketing campaigns for show launches. The Production Assistant will be required to support and liaise with the Senior Production Manager/Production Manager and Production Co-ordinators for daily production duties including planning of the day-to-day promo deliveries and creative workload. From booking voiceovers to offering production support on high profile shoots, this role is incredibly varied and requires strong multi-tasking abilities. The Production Assistant will also work closely with, and support, the Head of Production with monthly financial tasks and general running of the department.

• Embrace the 'One ViacomCBS' approach and encourage collaboration and team working
• Be an ambassador for all VCNI channels, internally and externally
• Adopt and promote the ViacomCBS values and support a culture of inclusion
What will you be doing?Finance
• As directed by the Production Team, raising Purchase Order requisitions relevant to music clearances, post-production sessions, agency fees, shoot production, voiceovers.
• To liaise with the creative team and ensure audio sessions and voice overs are booked as required
• Setting up all new suppliers, under the guidance of the PC
• Setting up all new freelancers, under the guidance of the PC
• To ensure correct invoicing guidelines and deadlines are adhered to by suppliers and freelancers.
• Maintain and update records of production activity and spend, departmental filing and Excel records.
• Maintain and update records of production activity and spend, overseeing departmental filing and Excel records.
• To work with accounts payable to ensure all external suppliers, freelancers and casual employees are paid correctly and on time. Assist suppliers with invoicing queries
Legal
• Liaise with the Production Team to ensure all contracts, NDA's, payments are up to date. Be aware of changes to accounts payable processes.
• Following appropriate training, to have knowledge of different freelancer/casual contract types and payment terms and employ as appropriate.
• Assisting with raising all contracts and ensuring completed contracts are returned to legal.
• Update contract log, contact files and freelance contract file.
• Ensure relevant legal paperwork completed for all bookings and v/o.
Shoot production
• Assist PM/PC with shoot-based creative including location management, castings, styling, art direction etc.
• Assist with arranging all pre-production including conceptual meetings, storyboards, reference material and castings.
• Assist with creating call-sheets for filming.
• When required, attend recces and shoots offering general support on the day
• Basic knowledge of crew rates and overtime policies.
Department
• Assist the PC with organising the creative team's daily diaries and production workflow and ensure delivery deadlines are met.
• Ensure all projects are produced in cost- and time-effective manner while adhering to the creative ideals, negotiating fees and maintaining schedules where necessary.
• Flag any project overage to PM and PC.
• Assist with booking all post-production sessions (including daily audio bookings).
• Liaise daily with Voiceover artist agencies to book relevant talent for sessions ensuring the correct clearances are agreed.
• To help maintain the departmental edit schedules and calendars.
• Assemble and ensure creative teams have most up-to-date lists of deliverables
• To help in monitoring and ensuring all promos/design are delivered according to lists of deliverables
  
  Some experience in production, preferably in on-air environment or commercials is desirable
• Strong administration and organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience of keeping accurate budgetary records/cost managers, reconciling budgets and using purchasing systems/raising PO is desirable.
• Ability to produce a project schedule is desirable
• Experience of working within a department with a high turn-over of very varied work, such as on-air.
• A personable manner with the ability to communicate effectively with different kinds of people, from crew to talent.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and help achieve departmental goals
• Energetic and enthusiastic
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Adaptable and works well under pressure
• Resourceful
• Solution focused
  
  Channel 5 is an award-winning public service broadcaster and the UK's third latest commercial TV station, reaching 3 in 4 of the UK viewing public each month. The channel has a diverse schedule of original programmes across genres including issue-led documentaries, popular factual, accessible history, stunning natural history, inclusive entertainment and reality, top level sport, high quality scripted programming, headline-grabbing current affairs and critically acclaimed children's and news programming. Channel 5 is a unit of Paramount Global.
Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.