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Production Coordinator resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what production coordinators actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most production coordinators should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Production coordinator with experience in film, television and digital content production. Skilled at keeping schedules, budgets and crews aligned so shoots run on time and on budget. Known for clear communication and calm problem-solving under pressure.
Key skills
- Production scheduling and call sheet preparation
- Budget tracking and expense reconciliation
- Operations management for film and TV productions
- Movie Magic Budgeting
- Movie Magic Scheduling
- ShotGrid
- Microsoft Excel for cost reports and petty cash
- Google Workspace for production documents and calendars
- Stakeholder management with cast, crew and suppliers
- Time and deadline management
- Written communication for call sheets and production reports
- Attention to detail in compliance records
- Problem solving on set and during pre-production
Experience: example bullet points
- Coordinated call sheets and daily schedules for a television production with a cast and crew of 30, keeping late starts to fewer than three across a six-week shoot.
- Tracked production expenses against budget, reconciling petty cash and purchase orders weekly, which reduced unapproved spending by catching discrepancies before they grew.
- Arranged travel and accommodation for a cast and crew of 20 across multiple locations, negotiating with suppliers to stay within per diem allowances.
- Maintained production paperwork and compliance records, including risk assessments and daily production reports, so the production passed a broadcaster compliance review without findings.
- Liaised between cast, crew and suppliers as the central point of contact, resolving scheduling conflicts and supply issues that saved two shoot days across a six-week production.
Education
Typical path: a bachelor degree in film, television or media, or a diploma in screen production, with many coordinators starting as production assistants and completing short courses in Movie Magic Budgeting and Scheduling.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Production Coordinator
- Call sheet
- Movie Magic Budgeting
- Movie Magic Scheduling
- ShotGrid
- Screen Australia
- Screen Producers Australia
- Australian Screen Production Incentive
- Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)
- Production budget
- Cost report
- Petty cash
- Purchase orders
- Risk assessment
- WHS compliance
- Daily production report
- Cast and crew liaison
- Travel coordination
- Supplier negotiation
- Production schedule
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.