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Priyaa

Associate Production Manager

Dreamworks Animation

MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai
University of Sydney, Film Studies

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Priyaa Kalkura has over 12 years of experience in Production Management in the Animation Industry
Arts, Entertainment & Media
Operations and Project Management
Film, Media Arts, Visual Arts
Immigrant

Q1Career path

Animation

Career Progression

Production Management

4:31

"Growing up, I knew I wanted to be in the animation industry or film industry or doing something creative."

Q2Main responsibilities

Leadership

Teamwork

Project Management

1:20

"I make sure that all the deliverables from each of these departments are met on time, delivered on time."

Q3Day in the life

Communication

Problem-Solving

Project Management

3:30

"my day to day is more about a lot about communication with all everybody and making sure we are all on track, uh, to deliver, uh, our end result"

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication

People Management

Problem-Solving

3:12

"as a production person, you just need to be thick skinned and be able to navigate those situations."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Project Management

Mentoring

Problem-Solving

1:34

"I enjoy mentoring other production staff and teaching them how things work, soft skills and hard skills."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Project Management

Finance in Media Production

Budgeting

1:47

"I'm learning that everything is money, right? Like, oh, you know, you need something from this department that translates into money."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Project Management

Animation

Teamwork

0:57

"Being able to see the final work on the big screen, and knowing it's being enjoyed by everybody, brings me a lot of joy."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Motivation

Communication

Teamwork

2:45

"Basically anybody who loves working with people will thrive in this industry, uh, with artists especially."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Teamwork

Project Management

Communication

3:30

"You almost feel like you're a therapist when you work in production because people have a lot of things going on in their personal life..."

Q10Entry-level positions

Animation

Production

Internship

1:33

"I'm not saying that as you grow, you can stop making mistakes, but that's when you learn a lot."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Project Management

Problem-Solving

Communication

2:57

"There's no right answer. There's no wrong answer, uh, or wrong question or right question, so you should ask the question."

Q12College ideas for success

Teamwork

Communication

Project Management

1:59

"just do a lot of things outside of, um, just studying. Uh, and that will really help, uh, in getting into the, uh, you know, setting you up."

Q13How identity impacted career

Overcoming Challenges

Achieving Goals

Motivational Stories

2:22

"Making a plan and showing how you'll execute it is super important. Laying that plan out helped my parents understand."