Production Assistant (Audio, Screen or Live Performance)
What the work is
Provides administrative support, message and script delivery, catering services, and assistance with transportation, equipment and scheduling for film, television, radio or live performance productions.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Assists with the coordination and scheduling of production, animation or post-production activities
- Acts as a messenger or liaison person for production crew and directors
- Obtains refreshments and catering for cast and crew
- Notifies crew of changes in script, production, post-production or animation arrangements
- Assists in the setting up and dismantling of film and television sets and other workspaces
- Compiles files and records, such as stills, personnel worksheets and talent releases
- Organises, distributes and maintains production files, documents and records
- Maintains production calendars and other administrative documents
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a mix of behind-the-scenes roles: a hospital records office, a strata building and a film production office. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A messy situation ends with everyone knowing who is doing what and by when
- A document, a form or a code is checked and found right the first time
- Someone thanks you for the thing they never had to think about, because you did it
Hard days
- Everyone wants an answer now, and the answer depends on someone else
- Standing between two parties who each think the other is being unreasonable
- A simple mistake in a record that can ripple through everything afterwards
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 599934, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.