Studio Logistics Coordinator

Job Title: Studio Logistics Coordinator
Location: 5800 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Compensation: $30.00-$50.00/hr 
Details: 9 month contract (opportunity to extend or convert, on w-2 and benefits eligible)
 
Overview:
We foster a high-performance environment where individuals are trusted to make decisions and are expected to act in the best interest of the company. We value creativity, innovation, direct communication, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. We encourage taking smart risks, embracing curiosity, and continuously raising the bar. We look for team members who are self-motivated, highly accountable, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are passionate about making an impact through their work. Employees are empowered to take ownership of their contributions, collaborate across teams, and adapt as we continue to scale and evolve. 
 
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Process local and domestic internal shipments from end-to-end, and provide support to
• Specialists on international shipments where needed
• Oversee local and domestic production shipments
• Data entry. Log local and domestic shipments in the team's internal databases
• Review shipping manifests and commercial invoices for dangerous goods and items requiring special handling
• Onboard crews from new productions to the Studio Logistics workflows
• Ad-hoc administrative duties to maintain and update internal systems
• Provide quotes, status updates, and excellent customer service to internal stakeholders
• Give feedback to shipping vendors, when needed, to ensure that they meet the high standards required for our productions and teams
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Corporate Logistics, Technology
• Deployment, VFX, Post Production, Marketing/PR, Trade Compliance, and Labor on shipments and projects

 
Position Overview:
The Studio Logistics team provides responsible logistics oversight through customized project solutions, strategic vendor partnerships and strong stakeholder relationships while merging quality and speed. The Studio Logistics team consists of specialists that come from Entertainment Logistics Shipping vendors and Coordinators that come from the production office. Coordinators experience is preferably as a Production Coordinator, Assistant Production Office Coordinator or Shipping Coordinator. This helps provide a well balanced team of logisticians and production office experience. We are in search of a self-starting, collaborative individual to help our team oversee the complex movement of items for Productions and manage the movement of items end-to-end for internal partners. This role will report to the Studio Logistics UCAN Manager. As a Coordinator, you’ll work with Studio Logistics team members and cross-functional partners to support both the creation and promotion of our content
 
Qualifications: 

• At least 10 years of experience in the entertainment industry (i.e. live action film or television production) or 3 years of experience in the logistics industry (supply chain, warehouse, shipping & receiving). Production Office (Production Coordinator, APC) experience is preferred. International shipping and/or entertainment-related shipping experience is a plus
• Domestic air freight, small parcel, LTL/FTL shipping experience is required, including knowledge of transportation documents such as Commercial Invoices, BOLs, AWBs, etc. 
• Extremely detail-oriented, but also able to take a bird’s eye view of multiple projects happening at once
• Customer service experience preferred
• Able to work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment and manage multiple deadlines simultaneously
• Eager to learn and apply continuous improvement to both new and pre-existing workflows
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills. The ideal candidate is able to distill complex details into informative, succinct updates to share with the team, managers, crew members and executives