Assistant to Producer/Lit Manager

Culver City, CA, USA
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Job Description


Who We Are: 

Anonymous Content is a global media company that produces multi-platform premium content and boasts an exceptional client roster which includes many of the world’s most renowned and innovative directors, writers, and actors. The company’s award-winning Film & TV division encompasses many commercially successful and critically acclaimed works including three-time Academy Award winning film THE REVENANT, Best Picture Academy Award winning film SPOTLIGHT, Academy Award winning film for Best Original Screenplay, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, and three-time Primetime Emmy award-winning MR. ROBOT. On the film side, they are behind the recent features FOE, starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre; THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER starring Daisy Ridley; and the critically acclaimed adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, THE NICKEL BOYS. Recent television projects include the limited series TIME BANDITS from Taika Waititi and DISCLAIMER from Alfonso Cuarón starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline; and the upcoming limited series East of Eden starring Florence Pugh with Zoe Kazan set to adapt for Netflix, and SAVANT, starring Jessica Chastain for Apple TV+. The company also has a robust documentary division, boasting a burgeoning slate of premium features including Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary MUSK, 5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION, Raoul Peck’s ORWELL, and IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON. Through its Commercial work, Anonymous Content is also the driving creative force behind countless leading global brands. As part of Anonymous Content’s continued global expansion, the company has established multiple joint ventures with international partners including Spain-based Morena Films, AC Federation, AC Nordic, AC Brazil, and AC Chapter One. For more information, visit www.anonymouscontent.com.

 

We are looking for an experienced Assistant who has a genuine passion for being a part of our mission. This position will be supporting a Producer/Literary manager whose daily workload is 75% producing and 25% management. This is located in our Culver City office, and, at this time, this role is in office five days per week.

 

In this role you will:

  • Be the point of contact for all inbound and outbound aspects for a high-level literary manager-producer including coordinating, scheduling, note-taking, rolling calls, deal/payment tracking, etc.
  • Rely on sound judgment and knowledge of the business to ensure relevant meetings are scheduled in a timely manner
  • Project analysis 
  • Create lists of directors, writers, and actors for projects in development
  • When appropriate and asked for, provide verbal or written feedback on drafts or dailies for projects in production
  • Assist clients as needed: organize client meetings, zooms and calls; keep track of client deals and incoming revenues; keep track of client’s prep and shoot schedules, and transmission dates for episodic work and launch dates for films
  • Develop an awareness and timely communication skills regarding important personnel changes and other developments in the industry at large that might impact on client business of production projects

 

 

We are excited about you because you are:

  • An experienced Assistant with a minimum of 1-2 years of experience at an agency, management, or entertainment company
  • You have an interest in a career in literary management and/or producing
  • An avid reader and keep up to date on current tv shows and film
  • Self-directed, highly organized and able to balance competing priorities
  • Attentive to detail, with strong conflict-resolution, and decision-making skills
  • Able to manage up and one’s own time and prioritize tasks when given clearly defined goals and objectives
  • An excellent communicator with a charismatic personality

 

Anonymous Content is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, or any other protected group status as defined by the law.