Producer's Assistant

What a producer actually does, the two seats a producer's assistant can sit in, what the day contains hour by hour, and what good looks like on day one.

1. readWhat a producer does, and where the assistant sits8 min
2. readThe assistant's day, hour by hour8 min
3. checkCheck: the producer and the assistant4 min

The ten skills of the job and how to practise each one before anyone hires you, the software and paperwork to be fluent in, the vocabulary, the ten tips, and an honest score.

1. readThe ten skills, and how to get each one now8 min
2. readTools, paperwork and the words6 min
3. taskScore yourself: the assistant's skills audit6 min

Where the experience for this job really comes from, the rules on pay, hours, unpaid work and confidentiality, how to look after yourself, and three routes you will choose this month.

1. readWhere the experience really comes from8 min
2. readThe rules: pay, hours, unpaid work, confidentiality and looking after yourself7 min
3. taskFind three routes this month5 min

What a Stage 1 CV for a producer's office contains, the 150-word email, how to phone without annoying anyone, the interview questions, and what a reference really is.

1. readYour Stage 1 CV, cover email and first approaches8 min
2. taskDraft your CV outline and one cover email7 min
3. checkCheck: the CV and the approach5 min

Who rings a producer's office, the calendar it runs on, the career path and a three-year plan, where else the same skills get you hired, and what the people in the case studies did.

1. readWho you will deal with, and where this goes7 min
2. resourcesThe library for this course8 min
3. checkCheck: the industry map5 min

Your plan in one place, the five statements as a self-certification, and what to do next on MFJF.

1. plannerYour Stage 1 plan10 min
2. readHow you know you are ready for Stage 25 min
3. checkCheck: are you ready?5 min