About the job
Disney Branded Television seeks a qualified candidate for an Executive Assistant position to support 2 Vice Presidents in the Original Movies department. We develop and oversee movies for Disney + and Disney Channel. Some of our previous movies include The Descendants franchise, Secret Society of Second Born Royals, and Zombies 1 and 2. Upcoming movies include Sneakerella for Disney + and Zombies 3.
Responsibilities :
- Maintain and organize heavy calendar scheduling, multiple phone lines and book travel arrangements
- Proactively submit expense reports and purchasing requests for supplies
- Update and maintain departmental grids and reports, logging submissions, and tracking project status for Disney Channel and Disney Plus slates
- Weekly attendance at staff and department meetings
- Prepare general grids and reports as necessary to report across internal departments as they arise
- Manage all script/submission coverage and communication with story analysts internally as well as ensure that submissions are responded to externally in a timely fashion
- Coordinate with Production Finance on all projects. Track writing steps paid and remaining.
- Read and watch material and provide feedback as necessary, including but not limited to – coverage on incoming submissions, notes on project scripts and cuts of movies in post-production
- Provide additional support to other executives and department as needed
Basic Qualifications :
- A minimum of 1 year of previous administrative assistant experience in a high-volume entertainment desk at a studio, network, production company or talent agency
- Must be able to work with minimal supervision
- Forward thinker who will anticipate and get out in front of needs of the executive
- Flexibility to work longer hours with short notice during busy production schedules – may include nights and weekends to prepare for the work week
- Must work well under pressure
- Demonstrated organizational skills
- Superior attention to detail
- Ability to successfully coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Must be able to deal with various personalities in the workplace
- Someone with a passion for movies, ideally in the kids and family space
- Working knowledge of Outlook, Word and Excel
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of agency desk experience and/or scripted development experience
- Final Draft and Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Mac/Keynote presentation skills
- SAP experience
Required Education :
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
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