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Project manager tutorials

You hand out the work, track the deadlines, and account for what it costs.

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1. Create a project and assign it

   An episode comes in. It has to exist in the console before it can be handed out.

   Project management · 5 minutes · 4 steps

2. Invite a contractor

   A voice actor, a mixer, an adapter: they need their own access before receiving any work.

   Project management · 2 minutes · 3 steps

3. Approve the work, then invoice

   The work has been delivered. It has to be frozen, then paid.

   Project management · 3 minutes · 3 steps

4. Read the dashboard

   Knowing what the studio earned, what it owes, and which project actually pays.

   Project management · 5 minutes · 4 steps

5. Record revenue and costs

   What the client pays, what the studio spends. Without both, the dashboard says nothing.

   Project management · 5 minutes · 4 steps

6. Set the rates for each role

   Set once what each role costs, so it never has to be retyped per project.

   Project management · 3 minutes · 2 steps

7. Connect the studio and track licences

   Stop retyping episodes, and know where the licence pool stands.

   Project management · 4 minutes · 2 steps

8. Keep a bible across a whole series

   Whoever runs a long series, where the same names and choices must come back identical.

   Series · 15 minutes to set up, then a few minutes per episode · 4 steps

9. Transcribe an episode with no script

   A programme arrives with no text, or with a script that no longer matches the cut.

   Transcription · 5 minutes of setup, then the wait · 6 steps

10. Export what the client expects

    The end of the chain: every recipient expects a different format.

    Subtitles and delivery · 2 minutes · 4 steps

11. Check an episode before sending it

    The file is ready. You want to know what the client’s QC will find, before they do.

    Quality control · 2 minutes per episode · 5 steps