CTVA PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

California State University (CSU) Northridge
Los Angeles, California 91330 United States
Posted: Aug 26, 2025
Public Health

QUALIFICATIONS:

Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a job-related field. Additional experience in a job-related field may be substituted for up to two years of the required education, on a year-to-year basis. Highly Desired: Two years of progressively responsible experience working with professional film and/or television productions providing production management and/or accounting.

KNOWLEDGE, SPECIALIZED SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Experience with, and knowledge of, current film and television production practices, particularly with project tracking, cost tracking, and payment workflows. Excellent organizational skills, creating, keeping, and utilizing spreadsheets and databases to track multiple productions and production schedules, and milestones. Experience with production budgeting, scheduling, accounting, and professional tools and software, such as Movie Magic Budgeting, Movie Magic Scheduling, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office, Google Sheets, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Sign, and box. Experience tracking revenue and expenses, as well as processing purchase orders, invoices, and payments. Excellent, clear, prompt, and courteous communication skills, especially the ability to explain complex processes to students who are learning production. Participate in training sessions for students, alongside administration and faculty. Ability to gracefully balance the needs of students, faculty, staff, and administration. Capacity to understand and comply with university and department policy and procedures, and to explain and enforce these with students and staff.

• Production Workflow: Assists in executing and documenting efficient department-level production workflow processes, paperwork, and procedures for CTVA student projects, with an emphasis on the fiscal aspects of production.
• Production Project Tracking: Creates and maintains a master list of all CTVA student production activities each semester, helping students ensure that fiscal milestones are properly processed and met, tracked, and that transactions are processed in a timely and professional manner.
• Production Communication: Acts as a point person for production communication, especially regarding budget and accounting paperwork, working and consulting within the CTVA, as well as with other departments in the college and university, including the Dean’s office and the CSUN Foundation, regarding student productions.
• Production Coordination: Works in conjunction with faculty and other CTVA production staff, including the Safety Coordinator and Equipment Room Technician, to ensure coordinated communication and production workflow across disciplines.
• Other duties as assigned.