Senior Runner - Sky Studios Elstree

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As part of The Future Talent Programme, we’re looking for a Senior Runner to coordinate a team of runners and ensure the provision of first-class customer service support to clients working at Sky Studios Elstree. 

The Future Talent Programme is a 12-month paid placement (fixed term contract) based at Sky Studios Elstree. Our aim is that the programme will boost your prospects, develop your contact base and give you a great starting knowledge of the industry that will help kick start your career in Film and TV. Our Talent Manager will support you through the programme with goal setting and development opportunities throughout the year.

Working as a flexible resource in support of all departments across Sky Studios Elstree, the runner team has a critical role to play in ensuring that Studio users have a first-class production experience whilst working at SSE. Senior runners will be a key liaison point between the Running team Client Services and Operations, Facilities and productions. 

Head here for more information: skystudioselstree.com/values/training-and-development

Please note, due to the nature of this role and Health & Safety regulations relating to lone working / young workers, this placement is only available to candidates who are 18 and over.

What you’ll do:

• Attend site operational team meetings and production related meetings as required. 

• Provide day to day support, as required, across the site to various stakeholders and critical operational / production teams. 

• Provide administrative support to the Production Reps and Operations teams across all aspects of site operations and tasks including taking calls, calendar maintenance, meeting and recce coordination as required. 

• Work across Operations, Production Rep and Facilities teams and with Site Services in support with setting up and clearing down client areas before and after occupation across the site in offices, stages, dressing rooms, make-up, wardrobe, production support buildings, screening rooms, meeting rooms, etc.

• Assist in the onboarding of new production crews as needed. 

• Support in the tracking of client activity and billing across Runner related expenditure. 

• Support in the preparation and dissemination of daily call sheets, work orders, site reports and any other relevant notifications, ensuring they are accurate and contain all relevant operational information as directed.  

• Provide on-set runner service, as required by production. 

• Provide administrative support to Client Services and Operations teams as required. 

What you’ll bring:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 

• An outstanding attitude towards delivering exemplary customer service. 

• Creative problem solving.

• Friendly, positive, can-do attitude.

• Proactive and able to use own initiative.

• Ability to work well in a team. 

• Customer service experience.
   

Team Overview:

Sky Studios Elstree is the UK's newest, state-of-the-art film and TV studio. With 12 sound stages, the studio will enable £3bn of production investment over the first five years of operation. It represents a significant investment in the UK and European creative economy from Sky and sister company NBCUniversal, both part of Comcast Group. The studio will create thousands of jobs, become a training ground for the next generation of young talent and has been built with sustainability at the heart.

The Rewards:

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Access to free NOW, for streaming all your favourite shows  

• A generous pension package  

• Private healthcare  

• Discounted mobile and broadband    

Your office base:
Sky Studios Elstree

Our studio campus is a 15-minute walk from Borehamwood train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from the station.  We also have onsite parking and electric vehicle charging on site.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.