Emily Salbato
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
VFX Production Coordinator with 3 years of experience managing end-to-end production workflows for feature and episodic projects. Expert in ShotGrid and Frame.io, maintaining accurate tracking and asset pipelines for 100–200+ shot projects and supporting on-time deliveries to clients, including Netflix and Disney+. Skilled in scheduling, vendor and client communication, and budget tracking (Excel), driving efficient cross-team collaboration, version control, and timely VFX deliveries.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
VFX Production Coordinator
CoSA VFX
01.2025 - 01.2026
- Coordinated daily production activities for visual effects projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Conducted meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to attain production objectives.
- Updated and maintained ShotGrid with accurate task statuses, schedules, and production data, to facilitate timely project updates.
- Organized, uploaded, and maintained production files and project assets in Frame.io, enhancing team access and collaboration.
- Collaborated with artists, supervisors, vendors, and clients to ensure efficient communication and successful project execution.
- Took detailed meeting notes, documented action items, and communicated follow-up tasks to keep productions on schedule.
- Import and tracked project costs using Microsoft Excel to support production budgeting and reporting.
- Tracked vendor progress and maintained accurate schedules in production tracking systems.
VFX Production Coordinator
Ghost VFX/Ingenuity
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Updated ShotGrid with shot counts and vendor/crew information, ensuring accurate production tracking for VFX projects.
- Organized dailies, notes, and client feedback to support timely shot revisions.
- Coordinated shot tracking and production schedules to keep departments aligned on delivery priorities.
- Monitored project schedules to ensure alignment with production timelines, budgets, turnovers, and milestones for 100-200+ shot projects to support on-time delivery.
- Tracked artist progress in production tracking systems.
- Communicated approvals, change requests, and deadlines to keep production aligned.
- Created production tickets, updated statuses, and supported versioning and delivery workflows.
- Ensured adherence to client specifications by conducting a thorough quality control check on all deliverables before submission.
- Coordinated with clients and studios, including Netflix, Disney+, FX, Hulu, and The CW, to support VFX deliveries.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT06-2027
Bachelor of Science - Animation And Visual Effects
The Los Angeles Film School
Los Angeles, CA10-2018
Skills
- ShotGrid
- Excel
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Frameio
- Aspera
- I/O
- Post-production workflow
- Production Administration Support
- Google Workspace
- Deadline management
- Client communication
- Storyboard review
- Maya
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Blender
- Zbrush
- Unreal Engine
Timeline
VFX Production Coordinator
CoSA VFX
01.2025 - 01.2026
VFX Production Coordinator
Ghost VFX/Ingenuity
01.2022 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - Animation And Visual Effects
The Los Angeles Film School