High-end TV production coordinator training 2024

Are you looking to step up to the role of production coordinator in high-end television (HETV)? Are you already in the role in unscripted and are looking to move across to scripted?

This training is an opportunity for professionals working in production to sharpen their skills and learn the ins and outs of being a production coordinator on HETV scripted drama.

Course leaders Rosie Dias (production manager - The Witcher, The Baby), Paula Watkins (line producer - The Outlaws S3, The Death of Bunny Munro) will lead participants across six days of in-depth sessions with the opportunity to join Q&As with industry Heads of Department to offer a comprehensive overview of this crucial role. 

There is also a 160-page handbook, written by Imogen Gay, which previous graduates swear by and are never without. 

ScreenSkills’ HETV production coordinator training is a priceless guide to all you need to know but don’t have time to learn in-production.

This programme is funded by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund made up of contributions from UK high-end TV productions. The training course is being delivered by thecallsheet.co.uk with content provided by Imogen Gay of the Production Training Company.

Who it's for

ScreenSkills supports current and future generations of talent to flourish in the screen industries. We are committed to embedding diversity in all its forms, including geographic representation, in the workforce we help to build. 

The HETV production coordinator training has 40 spaces, and successful applicants will be drawn from:

• scripted production coordinators
• scripted assistant production coordinators
• scripted production secretaries
• unscripted production managers
• unscripted production coordinators 

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a new entrant programme for recent graduates/runners.

We always welcome applications from under-represented groups, including, but not limited to: those from minority ethnic groups; people with a disability; people from the LGBTQ+ community and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

We offer inclusive training. If you have any needs which we can accommodate during the recruitment process and beyond, or would like support completing the booking form and/or would like us to send it to you in an alternative format, please email matt@thecallsheet.co.uk

Priority will be given to existing scripted HETV applicants.

This is a nationwide programme so we welcome applications from across the UK. 

What it covers

Sessions will cover:

• what do senior crew and production companies need from their coordinators?
• the life of a production coordinator
• scheduling
• crewing up
• tech recces
• working with scripts
• casting
• call sheets
• asset clearances
• sustainability - led by Tilly Aston
• child licences
• SAG & DGA - led by Steven Johnson (production supervisor, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice)
• understanding the post-production process
• working with other departments 

How to apply

These sessions are designed to fit in with busy working schedules and are delivered fully online over six days on weekends and evenings in October and November 2024.

Students will also receive an indispensable 160-page handbook.

Candidates must be available on the following dates:

• Saturday 19 October 2024 09:30 - 14:30
• Saturday 26 October 2024 09:30 - 14:30
• Saturday 9 November 2024 09:30 - 14:30
• Saturday 16 November 2024 09:30 - 14:30
• Saturday 30 November 2024 09:30 - 14:30
• Saturday 7 December 2024 09:30 - 14:30

There will be a 45 minute lunch break on each day.

Deadline for applications: Friday 27 September 2024.

Click 'apply now' to submit your application.

Contact information

Name: Matt Gallagher
Email: matt@thecallsheet.co.uk