Select Sessions: Industry insight production office roles with RTS Scotland

The Select Sessions are a series of online employability training sessions for students studying on ScreenSkills Select endorsed courses. They provide you with professional advice on a range of topics direct from industry and focus on supporting you to gain the best opportunity for a successful career in the screen industries.  

ScreenSkills has a series of e-learning modules on Getting into the screen industries which are a prerequisite for attending any Select Session event. 

Who it's for

This online session is for ScreenSkills Select/RTS Scotland students interested in careers in film & TV.

 

What it covers

Join us for this ScreenSkills Select industry insight webinar in partnership with RTS Scotland where an expert panel will take a deep dive in to the TV production office. Hear how the doors opened for individuals and learn about the roles they currently work in such as production assistant, production secretary, production accountant, production coordinator and production manager. 

The panel for this event is made up of staff at various levels in the production office department, all with insight and knowledge about how to effectively work on TV shows, how to manage budget and  production schedules and how to work collaboratively with other TV departments.    

The webinar will be facilitated by Kate Cotter, Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Broadcast Production: TV and Radio course at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). 

Speakers for the webinar so far include: 

Sandy Robertson - Head of Production - Factual Entertainment, BBC Studios (Scotland)

Isha Krishnan – Production Coordinator at Red Sky Productions

Marc Harvey - Production Secretary at Friel Kean Films

Fola Abdul - Freelance Production Secretary

Robyn Hunter - ScreenSkills 2023-24 HETV Accounts Trainee

How to apply

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘Get ticket’ and follow the instructions to book your place: you must login or register before you are able to complete your booking.

If you are no longer able to attend, we ask you to please use the “cancel your ticket” function on the right hand side of the page so that we can release your place to somebody else.   

You will be asked at check out if you have any access requirements that you would like us to be aware of. If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of the team please email: select@screenskills.com

Contact information

Name: Victoria Trachy
Email: select@screenskills.com