Junior Production Coordinator Apprenticeship
NATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL
BUCKS (HP9 1LG)
Closes on Wednesday 17 September 2025
Posted on 8 August 2025
Contents
Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity working with The Amazon Prime Academy. If you are committed to working in the film and television industry, have brilliant organisation skills and want to work in production management, then this is the opportunity for you. Get paid as you learn!
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Junior production coordinator (level 4)
- Hours
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Days and shifts to be confirmed. During training your weekly hours will be based on a standard 35-hour week. However, during production placements, this is likely to increase and may include weekend and shift work.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 7 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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8
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
During the apprenticeship you will either be working on a UK-produced Amazon Original Series or with trusted Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios supply partners. In 2025, apprentices have been placed with some incredible production companies, including: CPL Productions, Forest, Mindhouse, ITV Sport, True North, ITN and Orchard.
There is no such thing as a typical day in the film & television industry; therefore, candidates will need to be flexible to thrive in this fast-paced environment. However, you will be supporting the production management team with the organisation of the production so typical tasks might include.
o Managing expenses
o Booking travel and accommodation
o Creating and sharing production documentation and records
o Ordering equipment and supplies
o Liaising with other departments
Where you'll work
BEACONSFIELD FILM STUDIO
STATION ROAD
BEACONSFIELD
BUCKS
HP9 1LG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL(THE)
Training course
Junior production coordinator (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Operate within agreed organisational policies, standards and procedures; adapting to operational changes as they occur.
- Meet the needs of the creative team, such as technical, logistical or organisational requirements and be aware of the impact this can have on the production such as budget.
- Create, maintain and share production documentation and records such as schedules, call sheets, show plans, technical requisitions, client feedback, review notes.
- Research and assist with sourcing or booking of resources, crew, contributors, talent or suppliers to meet production requirements.
- Monitor the use of resources such as production materials, equipment and supplies.
- Coordinate logistics or travel activity for the production, liaising with other departments when required.
- Collaborate with the production team to check that the final product is delivered to industry standards including technical and legal requirements.
- Monitor the production schedule to ensure that changing priorities or deadlines are communicated to the team.
- Prioritise the work to ensure that tasks are completed on schedule.
- Resolve, and where required escalate, faults, incidents or problems, within agreed policies and procedures.
- Contribute to the monitoring and compliance for the production relating to legal, regulatory, organisational and industry codes of practice.
- Build relationships with partners on productions such as cast, crew, and contributors.
- Liaise with other departments, acting as a point of contact on the production.
- Keep up to date with tools, standards, trends and emerging technologies and their use and impact across the sector.
- Operate within legislation, regulations, organisational policies, industry standards and procedures such as health and safety, confidentiality, security.
- Follow sustainable practices in line with industry standard recommendations.
- Promote and market skills and services.
- Assist with establishing sources of copyright for the materials being used on a production.
- Obtain terms and conditions from copyright owners and license holders acting as a point of contact when required.
- Prepare deliverables documentation in readiness for handover such as billings, schedules, production promotion, presentation and support material such as online, stills or press packages.
- Act as intermediary between the production team and the technical or creative teams, utilising knowledge of the post-production process, workflows and functions.
- Support the production team by liaising with counterparts in external organisations such as clients or other vendors to facilitate communication, meeting arrangements, deliverables or queries.
- Manage the delivery process of materials to clients or external companies, keeping parties informed of progress and change.
- Operate within agreed organisational policies, standards and procedures; adapting to operational changes as they occur.
- Meet the needs of the creative team, such as technical, logistical or organisational requirements and be aware of the impact this can have on the production such as budget.
- Create, maintain and share production documentation and records such as schedules, call sheets, show plans, technical requisitions, client feedback, review notes.
- Research and assist with sourcing or booking of resources, crew, contributors, talent or suppliers to meet production requirements.
- Monitor the use of resources such as production materials, equipment and supplies.
- Coordinate logistics or travel activity for the production, liaising with other departments when required.
- Collaborate with the production team to check that the final product is delivered to industry standards including technical and legal requirements.
- Monitor the production schedule to ensure that changing priorities or deadlines are communicated to the team.
- Prioritise the work to ensure that tasks are completed on schedule.
- Resolve, and where required escalate, faults, incidents or problems, within agreed policies and procedures.
- Contribute to the monitoring and compliance for the production relating to legal, regulatory, organisational and industry codes of practice.
- Build relationships with partners on productions such as cast, crew, and contributors.
- Liaise with other departments, acting as a point of contact on the production.
- Keep up to date with tools, standards, trends and emerging technologies and their use and impact across the sector.
- Operate within legislation, regulations, organisational policies, industry standards and procedures such as health and safety, confidentiality, security.
- Follow sustainable practices in line with industry standard recommendations.
- Promote and market skills and services.
Training schedule
At the beginning of this programme, participants will be given block training delivered by the NFTS in Beaconsfield. They will focus on production management, and will be introduced to all the key skills required such as Budgeting, Scheduling, Logistics, Legal, Copyright, Health and Safety and Production Paperwork.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Passion for Film & Television
About this employer
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by The Hollywood Reporter of the top 15 international film schools.
After this apprenticeship
Upon completion of the programme, the NFTS and Prime Video will work with the individual apprentices to plan and support their next steps. And, of course, you will have gained skills and experience that are very much in demand in the industry. We would expect successful apprentices to go on to work in freelance roles in production, perhaps starting as a production assistant, production secretary or junior production coordinator, depending on the scale of the production.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL
Jemma Marshall
primeacademy@nfts.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336336.
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Closes on Wednesday 17 September 2025
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