Job Description

Who We Are

We are Skybound.

We love creators. We love fans. We love thrilling games, indelible images and moving stories. Our roots are in comics, but our brands extend to video games, television, movies, merchandise, and live experiences. We take special pride in original tales, fresh characters, and diverse voices.

From well-known franchises to freshly-minted originals, we offer the chance to join brilliant creators shaping a new generation of entertainment in a concentrated, agile environment where every perspective matters, and any idea can create a breakthrough.

Opportunity

Skybound is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and people-first Studio Operations Supervisor to oversee daily operations of our fast-growing Animation Studio. This role will manage and support the Animation Production Operations Support and Production IT Support staff, ensuring smooth and efficient studio workflows across facilities, onboarding, IT coordination, and production-related logistics.

As the right hand to the Director of Operations, the Studio Operations Supervisor will own cross-functional coordination, process improvement, and team culture support. You’ll work at the intersection of creative and technical teams—making sure people, tools, and processes are aligned for success

Reports: This position will report to Director of Operations

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

🔹 Team Leadership & Staff Management

• Directly supervise and provide mentorship to the Production Operations Support and Production IT Support roles. Set clear expectations, assign priorities, and hold team members accountable for studio support tasks.
• Foster a collaborative and solution-oriented culture across the operations support team.
• Lead team stand-ups, 1:1 check-ins, and performance feedback in partnership with the Director of Operations.

🔹 Studio Operations Oversight

• Ensure seamless coordination between facilities, IT, HR, and production needs without duplication of efforts.
• Maintain visibility across studio-wide onboarding/offboarding, event planning, and space management (delegated but monitored).
• Support policy compliance and serve as a key liaison between production teams and the broader Skybound Ops org.

🔹 Cross-Functional Project Coordination

• Track and manage operational tasks related to development projects , including invoice tracking, document collection, and interdepartmental follow-up.
• Coordinate with writers' room assistants and production staff to ensure all paperwork and logistical needs are addressed.

🔹 Data & Process Management

• Own and maintain operational tracking systems (e.g., Airtable), ensuring timely updates on staffing, equipment, development logs, and team anniversaries.
• Partner with Production and HR to support tracking of raises, promotions, dismissal pay, and status changes.
• Develop and refine scalable studio ops workflows and templates—especially around tech and facilities support.

🔹 Process & Documentation Leadership

• Oversee the creation and maintenance of an Animation Production Operations Manual , including process maps, support protocols, and technology standards.
• Identify and implement improvements across documentation, workflows, and studio policies in collaboration with department leads.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in operations, production management, studio coordination, or office leadership— with at least 1–2 years in a supervisory role .
• Strong knowledge of operations fundamentals in creative, animation, or entertainment environments.
• Familiarity with onboarding/offboarding workflows, tech/facilities ticketing systems, and asset tracking.
• High emotional intelligence with proven people management, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.
• Organized, proactive, and calm under pressure—can juggle multiple moving parts and make thoughtful decisions.
• Proficient in Google Workspace, Airtable, and basic project management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Trello, or similar).
• Bonus: Experience with animation production pipelines, Shotgrid, or studio technology stacks.

Job Type: Regular, Full-Time, on-site at our office in North Hollywood

Salary Range: $80,000-$95,000

• Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc.
• The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees
• Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role

Skybound offers a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, as well as free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We also offer a 401K plan with 4% match, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, generous time off, wellness benefits, and tuition reimbursement.

Company Overview

Skybound is a multiplatform content company working closely with creators and their intellectual properties, extending stories and universes to new platforms, including comics, television, film, tabletop and video games, books, digital content, events, and beyond. We are home to critically-acclaimed global franchises, including The Walking Dead and Invincible.

Skybound Games produces, publishes and distributes video and tabletop games across all genres, including the multi-million-unit selling The Walking Dead video game series. In addition to our wholly-owned franchises, we work with independent developers to foster and create original games with compelling characters and worlds, strong creator and artistic focus, and innovative approaches to engaging genres.

Invincible is one of Skybound's tentpole franchises (celebrating 20 years!) and spans the world of comic books, merchandise, video games, and the critically acclaimed adult animated television series on Prime Video. Now in its second season, the television show has consistently ranked as one of Prime Videos top-streamed series with a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on the groundbreaking comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, Invincible revolves around 18-year-old Mark Grayson, who’s just like every other guy his age—except his father is (or was) the most powerful superhero on the planet. Still reeling from Nolan’s betrayal in Season One, Mark struggles to rebuild his life as he faces a host of new threats, all while battling his greatest fear - that he might become his father without even knowing it.

The show stars Steven Yeun, with Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz, Grey Griffin, Chris Diamantopoulos, Walton Goggins, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, and J.K. Simmons. Executive producers include Skybound's own Kirkman, David Alpert, and Margaret M. Dean.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Skybound we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! Skybound is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, hair texture or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Skybound complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination.

Skybound will consider applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the CA Fair Chance Act and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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