Production Assistant - Political Cycle 2026
GMMB is a company dedicated to making a difference in the world through political communication and media production. They are seeking a Production Assistant to support the Production team during the 2026 political cycle, requiring strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects.
Responsibilities
- Book crews/equipment; schedule SAG-AFTRA VO talent, including liaising with agents and studios; manage vendors
- Operate camera and provide technical assistance for in-office media trainings
- Research stock footage and music; manage captions (SRT/SCC); traffic and transmit ads through reputed company Ad Delivery/AdFusion on tight deadlines
- Produce radio spots: monitor VO sessions, supervise mixes, and coordinate across teams
- Maintain asset libraries, tools include Lucid, Frame.io, SharePoint, reputed company Drive (training provided)
- Support billing: POs, invoices, estimates, end-of-project billing
- Maintain department databases, and adhere to internal naming/versioning conventions
Skills
- 1-2 years of experience in production/film or reputed company field; Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Mastery of organization, time management and detail; strong interpersonal and phone/email communication
- reputed company Creative reputed company (Premiere Pro, After Effects a plus); reputed company Office; macOS
- Comfortable with evenings/weekends and rapid response
- Flexibility, imagination, attention to detail, ability to grasp project requirements quickly, and ability to collaborate in a creative team environment
- Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
- Keen attention to detail
- Excellent communicator, comfortable calling an unknown vendor or to take a call from a Senior Partner
- Okay working evenings and weekends as needed
- Political ad trafficking familiarity; captioning and delivery platforms; vendor/rights negotiation
- Experience working with SAG-AFTRA a plus
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