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TARUNA SEHGAL

Sydney,NSW

Summary

Focused professional knowledgeable about devising innovative solutions to diverse business concerns and goals. Strategic and forward-thinking leader with self-motivated and tactical mindset. Maintain healthy relationship-building and critical thinking skills with determined and decisive nature. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Supervisor

Flying Barks
02.2024 - Current
  • Working with Coordinators for smooth workflow
  • Planning & Briefing calls with require departments
  • Planning and discussing show-related concerns with the team are vital aspects of ensuring a successful production
  • Updating Flow Production Tracking Software with meeting relevant notes and assignments Show related reports like O/U report (for manager), Weekly target report, and Design reports for set, Props & priority reports for department
  • Planning department next week inventory and floor schedule with lead/Supervisors
  • Maintaining & organized secure show documents for effective communication & collaboration
  • Maintaining smooth communication between overseas teams requires proactive management and clear protocols.

Department Production Coordinator (Motion)

Weta FX
10.2022 - 12.2023
  • Managing show Team in regard to schedules and assignments, sharing weekly targets and weekly client milestones
  • Scheduling and conducting dailies and round calls, record and distribute all relevant notes among team members
  • Organizing playlists for client/VFX supervisor and for internal review sessions
  • Tracking Meeting notes and passing on to artists
  • Handling upcoming weekly assignments, downstream and upstream dependencies follow ups
  • Sharing day-to-day and weekly assignments updates among team members
  • Handling incoming notes from client and passing on to supervisor plus in constant touch with supervisors with on-going show updates and weekly targets
  • Firm hand on shot grid/shotgun for smooth department workflow, bidding, and task creations along with other miscellaneous tasks related to the show
  • Playlist creation for rounds and dailies, presenting weekly targets during show call and sharing department weekly reports with show and department production managers
  • Managing show progress, technical issues and show development.

Associate Production Manager / Producer

The Mill - Advertising
01.2022 - 09.2022
  • Handling Advertising projects for VFX shows - 2D & 3D departments
  • Managing schedules, jobs deliveries and P&L Reports
  • Handling kickoff calls within required departments with site producers and internal teams
  • Ensure smooth workflow between department and site team with clear and smooth communication during projects
  • Coordinating and troubleshooting necessary issues and providing on time solutions to the artist and technical team
  • Training new recruiters in parallel and downstream departments as and when required
  • Pitch work projects/ projects, communicating via all departments, attending show meetings with site producers, maintaining notes, and forwarding further (show related) departments till communicating “daily updates” on email
  • Planning milestones and priorities with producers, set show wise and communicating clearly with departments daily
  • Building and maintaining the day-to-day artist schedule and deadline based on the weekly targets
  • Communicating progress, schedule changes, and variances to the relevant people daily or as required.

Sr. Production Coordinator

Moving Picture Company - Advertising
02.2019 - 12.2021
  • Assisting the producers on in-house/outsourced projects and ensuring timely uploads and downloads of packages to ensure deadlines are met
  • Maintaining “PNL” Reports and handing to respective producers in the end
  • Assisting the producers on pitch work projects/ projects, communicating via all departments, attending show meeting with site producers, maintain notes and forwarding same to all (show related) departments till communicating “daily updates” on email
  • Planning milestones and priorities with producers, set show wise and communicating clearly with departments daily
  • Building and maintaining the day-to-day artist schedule and deadline based on the weekly targets
  • Communicating progress, schedule changes, and variances to the relevant people daily or as required
  • Working closely with the Production Managers to ensure the inventory keeps flowing for secure and non-secure jobs
  • Designing review framework and organizing reviews to attend and take accurate notes for meetings, reviews, and any other relevant production meetings
  • Ensuring accurate review and meeting notes are recorded and distributed to the team and the relevant production staff understand any action required from them as a result, including approved changes in brief, method, or outcomes
  • Following up with different departments to fix production issues and ensuring that deadlines are met
  • Building relationships with the team to provide support and warning for issues and concerns
  • Monitoring all artist hours worked and ensuring that work is submitted at the end of each day
  • Informing the relevant production management of issues that may affect the crew’s ability to undertake or complete tasks
  • Assisting the Production Manager in completing Production task and required reports, if required any
  • Mentoring, coaching, and helping in development of Production Coordinators within the departments
  • Handling scheduling task, Plan allocation on day-to-day basis with the supervisors/leads for all the departments, catering artists as required on each project, ensuring artists are fully occupied on boards and fulfilling cross utilization requests, if any and time sheets are accurately completed

Production Coordinator

Double Negative
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Manage technical and administrative tasks, from running errands to scheduling shots, communicating between departments, and assisting with roto, prep, and comp teams
  • Tracking mails from show locations/comp supervisor/producer, planning, and managing the delivery schedule, following up on dependencies within department or from client, prioritizing and assigning shots as per priority to ensure efficient workflow, tracking notes, maintaining production tracking in shotgun, maintaining regular reports, coordinating and execution of delivery schedule, organizing calls and meetings and capable of prioritizing work under pressure
  • As additional, maintaining report and keeping track of Outsource incoming and outgoing file for ingestion and review.

Center Academic Head

Arena Animation
05.2015 - 11.2017
  • Ensuring quality training and trainer’s competent, monitoring performance, and providing regular feedback to learners
  • Responsible for teaching Postproduction software, student’s placement, portfolio design, sharing Industry Detail, organizing workshops, short movie projects and extracurricular activities
  • Maintaining records, ensuring trainers technical and non-technical needs, and conducting sessions.

VFX Trainer

Arena Animation
11.2013 - 04.2015
  • Responsible for teaching Postproduction software, student’s placement, portfolio design, sharing Industry Detail, organizing workshops, short movie projects, extracurricular activities.

Production Coordinator

Charuvi Design Labs
02.2013 - 10.2013
  • Responsible for pertaining to both manpower and technical resources, assigning, scheduling and tracking progress of shots with respect to the priorities and deadlines, coordinating with leads to ensure smooth and timely flow of work, maintaining daily reports, facilitating movement of shots between internal departments, ensuring timely delivery of shots
  • Managing the complete Recruitment life cycle right from sourcing the best talent from diverse sources to Coordinating for Interviews & Selection of candidates, scheduling test, preparing Job Descriptions for new and existing positions, Advising line managers on effective performance management & resourcing decision in close cooperation with the respective functional heads.

BG Prep Artist

Reliance Media Work
09.2011 - 12.2012
  • Worked on sequence paint, keying, rig removal, background plates and comp.

Graphic Designer

Esteem Printer and Advertiser
03.2010 - 11.2010
  • Worked in Pre-Production for TV commercial featuring Dharmendra, making, and editing of Promotional videos for Lloyd College, designed logo for US based company (Coffee Island) and participated in product launch held in Le Meridian.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce

Hansraj, Delhi University
India
07.2010

Diploma in Animation & Visual Effects - Digital Media

FrameBoxx
India
07.2010

Skills

  • Quality Control
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Production Management
  • Training and mentoring
  • Production targets
  • Staff Management
  • Compliance understanding
  • Production Planning
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Coordination

Timeline

Production Supervisor

Flying Barks
02.2024 - Current

Department Production Coordinator (Motion)

Weta FX
10.2022 - 12.2023

Associate Production Manager / Producer

The Mill - Advertising
01.2022 - 09.2022

Sr. Production Coordinator

Moving Picture Company - Advertising
02.2019 - 12.2021

Production Coordinator

Double Negative
01.2017 - 01.2019

Center Academic Head

Arena Animation
05.2015 - 11.2017

VFX Trainer

Arena Animation
11.2013 - 04.2015

Production Coordinator

Charuvi Design Labs
02.2013 - 10.2013

BG Prep Artist

Reliance Media Work
09.2011 - 12.2012

Graphic Designer

Esteem Printer and Advertiser
03.2010 - 11.2010

Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce

Hansraj, Delhi University

Diploma in Animation & Visual Effects - Digital Media

FrameBoxx

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