Eric Chang

Experience

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  DMG Entertainment

  Apr 2012 - Jul 2012

  Intern

  • Answered phones, made deliveries and pickups.• Read scripts and wrote coverage reports.

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  Spring Thunder Entertainment

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Production Assitant

  • Scouted filming locations, facilitated permissions, and managed sites to ensure a seamless production process.• Contributed on set, providing valuable assistance to ensure smooth production operations.• Ensured compliance with safety regulations during production.

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  Quote Image

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Producer

  • Produced 2 commercials• Orchestrated collaborative efforts between the director, director of photography, and clients to streamline the production process.• Demonstrated strong management skills by actively engaging in production team building, budgeting, scheduling, and planning.• Oversaw both shooting schedules and post-production processes to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.

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  The White Rabbit Entertainment, Inc.

  Aug 2016 - Nov 2017

  VFX Coordinator

  • Coordinated various departments to meet daily production goals, from art, asset, animation, fx, lighting, to compositing. • Communicated daily with clients and internal teams. • Managed project which included over 500 VFX shots.• Provided on-set VFX support throughout production.• Organized dailies, rounds and meetings, taking notes and following up on information as necessary.• Assisted in the breakdown of scripted materials to determine scope of visual effects.

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  Base FX

  Jan 2018 - Sept 2019

  Production Coordinator (Editorial and Animation)

  • Maintained communication between LA editorial team and China-based production crew, tracking shots, sequences publish, and transferring files between two locations.• Managed the Editorial department schedule and priority list to ensure sufficient inventory for downstream departments. • Submitted and compiled notes for daily editorial reviews and screenings.• Collaborated with production managers to achieve animation department milestones and production goals.• Prepared animation dailies and distributed notes to appropriate departments.• Delivered an average of 40 feet of animation per week across four outsourced vendors, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables. Show less

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  Ingenuity Studios Inc.

  Sept 2019 - now

  • Oversee scheduling for a global team of 150+ artists in the Compositing department, consistently delivering 100+ projects per year.• Manage resource planning across 25+ concurrent projects, optimizing staffing and minimizing holiday-related downtime, which reduced resource gaps by 20%.• Spearhead the overhaul of department processes, boosting onboarding efficiency, reducing workflow bottlenecks, and enhancing overall resource utilization by 4%.• Inform key stakeholders of the status and progress of projects, highlighting risks and working on mitigation strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams. • Work with the Department Head and Recruiters to create and execute staffing plans that align with project delivery and timelines.• Supervise and mentor a team of 7 department coordinators and assistants, providing guidance and support to ensure that project targets and schedules are met in a timely and efficient manner.• Organize and lead the department production meetings and ensure a clear agenda with action plans.• Assist the Department Head with conducting artists’ performance review, providing constructive feedback and creating developmental plans to enhance the team’s skills. Show less • Partnered with producers, supervisors, and show leads to ensure effective resource allocation by assigning artists to appropriate projects, leading to increased project efficiency.• Identified potential project roadblocks and worked with show leads and supervisors to develop detailed plans to meet deadlines.• Monitored artist bid actuals by checking and comparing resource needs against resource allocations. • Collaborated with the pipeline team to create custom Shotgrid tools, improving artist productivity tracking and project efficiency, resulted in a reduction of 30 minutes in manual input per day. Show less

  • Production Manager

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Senior Compositing Coordinator

    Oct 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Compositing Coordinator

    Sept 2019 - Oct 2020