Hooligan Animation is a growing animation studio built on the collective experience of senior filmmakers, producers and creative leaders, with work across film and television in the US, UK and Australia spanning Academy Award-winning films and Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning television.

BACK-END PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

We are expanding our Production Department for Deano Series 1 and are seeking a sharp, proactive, and experienced Back-End Production Supervisor to join our team.

In this role, you will take direct production charge of our Rigging department from a production standpoint, while providing operational oversight, mentorship, and support to the Production Coordinators managing Scene Planning, Animation, and VFX/Comp. Working hand in hand with the Production Manager and Producer, you will ensure that the production infrastructure across all back-end departments runs smoothly, keeping our pipeline on schedule and on budget.

What you’ll be doing:

Direct Rigging Production Ownership:

- Rigging Production Management: Take direct ownership of day-to-day production management for the Rigging department, partnering closely with the Rigging Lead to build schedules, manage asset milestones, and track character/prop rig delivery.
- Asset Handoff Tracking: Monitor asset versioning and technical handoffs from Rigging to ensure animation teams always pull the latest approved builds without pipeline stalls.

Department Oversight, Mentorship & Coordinator Support:

- Coordinator Leadership: Oversee and mentor the Production Coordinators embedded across Scene Planning, Animation, and VFX/Comp. Ensure they are effectively handling day-to-day tracking, schedule updates, and status reporting.
- Operational Guidance:



Build our Coordinators’ judgment by training them on what to track, how to manage review logistics, and when to escalate risks up the chain.
- Workflow Support: Act as the senior production escalation point for Coordinators, helping them unblock departmental bottlenecks and keep artist teams aligned with production milestones.

Pipeline Schedule, Risk & Resource Management:

- Cross-Departmental Schedule Oversight: Manage the overarching production schedule across Rigging, Scene Planning, Animation, and VFX/Comp, maintaining a rolling 2-to-4-week look-ahead to anticipate bottlenecks.
- Review & Delivery Logistics: Oversee operational workflows for creative reviews and post-production delivery, ensuring notes are logged and shots move cleanly downstream.
- Resourcing & Budget Alignment: Partner with the Production Manager (your primary operational partner) and Producer to track department budgets and flag staffing or resourcing needs early.

What You’ll Bring

- Production Experience: Proven track record supervising production management workflows in 2D episodic animation or feature pipelines (Rigging through VFX/Comp).
- Rigging Production Acumen: Specific experience managing production for a Rigging department, tracking asset pipelines, and coordinating technical handoffs.
- Leadership & Mentorship: Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring, and levelling up Production Coordinators.
- Collaboration: Robust ability to partner with Production Managers, Producers, and Creative Leads to keep multi-department operations aligned and on track.

Location

- Brisbane, Australia (Hybrid / Remote options available)

Start Date

- Immediate

We are grateful for every application we receive. Due to the volume of interest, our team will only be reaching out directly to shortlisted candidates.

📌 Back-End Production Supervisor | 2D Animated Series | Hooligan Animation (Woolloongabba)
🏢 Hooligan Animation
📍 Woolloongabba