DV-E is always looking for charismatic, well groomed, highly professional people to join our award winning team. See below for our current openings
OFFICE/SET PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (PT / As-Needed)
We’re seeking a hard working, well organized office/set production assistant who is available for Part-Time work on a case by case/as-needed bases during All stages of production to be come a integral part of our core team of sub-contractors and collaborators.
Production Assistant’s duties may vary from various administrative tasks, scheduling, coordinating with clients, crew, and talent, typing and preparing documents, making office runs, to simple post-production needs like subtitling, transcription writing, to on-set needs like assisting crew, camera operators, or talent, driving crew vans, making runs for food or other miscellaneous needs. Pay varied based on assignment, experience, and capacity to work expediently or within an expected time frame for the task assigned. A long portion of work is to be completed remotely therefore time management skills and ability to clearly articulate your capacity and availability to complete assigned work within the defined time frame is a must.
This position unfortunately will not commensurate to full-time work nor can we guarantee any set number of expected work hours per week or month. Therefore, candidates seeking full-time employment need-not apply. The ideal candidate is already working in the gig economy or regularly works as a freelancer, be it for for-hire work, self-employed, sub-contracting, or works PT to afford schedule flexibility.
Candidate must lives within 1 hours drive of Staunton, VA, and expect to maintain residents in the area for at least for the next foreseeable 12 months, no exceptions.
To meet our diversity goals, we’re prioritizing reviewing applications from members of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, AAP communities, and women. You can outline your ethnicity, gender identity, and preferred pronoun on our included application checklist.
Prerequisites
Experience in film, video, photography production is preferred but not required
Please outline any experience using media creating tools, FCPX, Adobe Cloud tools, Canva, etc.
Must have Prior Full-Time job experience of any kind, please include any full-time work history in your application
Must have a valid drivers license and willing to have a background check
Must have excellent social skills and people skills
Must of excellent computer communication skills (ie, emailing, Video conferencing, etc.)
Must have excellent writing skills
Must have experience using Google Docs and Google Drive
Must have excellent professionalism and soft skills
Must be willing to take and follow direction for any tasks needed
Must be willing to travel out of town for extended periods of time (on average, 2-10 days)
Must have a reliable mode of transportation
Must be able to lift 50lbs
Has a keen attention to detail
Capable of working long hours in sometimes high pressure situations and/or outside in the elements for extended periods of time
Have a flexible schedule and able to commit to work several weeks out
Application Check List/Requirements
Please download our application checklist to be added as your cover page to your application:
Required Martial From All Applicants
Gender Identity
Age
Preferred Pronoun
Ethnicity
Cover letter
Resume
Sample of a professional email message
Sample of a professional word document of any kind used for work proposes
Any Current PT, Freelance, gig based work you
At least 3 professional recommendations, at least one being from any past Full-Time employment
Optional Martial From Applicants
Any references from past short-term freelance, contract work in the creative field.
Professional video/film portfolio, reel, or sample work related to film or photo production
Information for any self-employment/company (ie, you own your own business of some kind)
A Creative work CV
Samples of spreadsheets
Link to LinkedIn Profile
All production assistants begin at $15.00/HR regardless of prior experience. This position is sub-contracted therefore no benefits are provided. We provide a IRS form 1099 at the end of the year, all subcontractors are required to pay and file the appropriate taxes on their own.
All interested applicants, please email your filled out checklist, cover letter, resume, and any attached work samples that as a single document, we recommend a PDF. Sample work, protofilio links, video reels, etc.. should be linked both in your resume and the body of the email. Please email all content with subject line “Production Assistant Application” to info@dventertainment.com
* DV Entertainment is a very diverse team of professionals made of people from all different backgrounds. We do not discriminate against a persons race, color, creed, religion, sexual preference or orientation and only add people to our team who share those same views.