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Thank you for considering a career opportunity with Moonbug Entertainment, an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow. The company is behind some of the biggest kids entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi(link removed) Moonbug believes every child should have access to our entertaining and enriching content, which is why our shows are available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids. Moonbug is also a global leader in pre-school music and audio experiences, available on 100+ audio platforms globally. Moonbug brands extend far beyond the screen to include streaming music, toys, games, books, live events, and even theme park exhibits.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstones flagship private equity business.

The Role:

Moonbug Entertainment is looking for an experienced bidding producer to join the growing development team in Los Angeles. This position will play a significant role in further growing the global success seen across all our brands, in particular Cocomelon and Blippi.The successful candidate will have a thorough knowledge of CGI animation and have the ability to oversee and coordinate multiple bids and creating new series schedules as well as identify new studios to work alongside. Working in the fast paced and rapidly expanding environment of Moonbug they will bring an outstanding commercial awareness as well as expert consultancy skills. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator and be proficient at handling budgets, scheduling, resourcing and planning and have experience producing short and long form animation content.

Reporting into the Snr Dir of Production based in London, the candidate will also work closely with the creative team in order to interpret the creative brief whilst producing budget and schedule and support the development team in talent engagement in liaison with our legal teams. You will be expected to liaise with the commercial team and help prepare them for their conversations with external commissioners, platforms and funding bodies. This will involve interpreting the creative pitch, creating a budget and schedule for the project, liaising with animation / production houses to ensure the information is accurate and presenting to other departments within the company.

We work with studios from all over the world and collaborate with our team in London, so flexibility and openness to coordinate with different time zones is a must.

This role will report full-time ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience within animation and content production
• Budgeting and scheduling experience is essential
• Must have experience in both short form, long form and series
• Live action production experience is not essential, but would be highly beneficial
• Podcast and other content format experience is also desirable
• Excellent client-facing ability
• A problem solver and able to foresee issues and plan accordingly
• Extremely organized, motivated, adaptable, diverse skillset, and personable.
• Highly collaborative, resourceful, curious with great calm and a good sense of humour

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Wellness Resources
• Others
• Salary: $100k-$110k