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Hi there! I'm Kit Turley, a production and design operations professional based in San Francisco. I love connecting creative teams, managing complex schedules, and delivering high-impact campaigns across film, animation, and digital media. With experience spanning ILM, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Apartment Therapy Media, and more, I combine vendor management, cross-team collaboration, and data-driven forecasting to keep projects on track and stakeholders happy.…Hi there! I'm Kit Turley, a production and design operations professional based in San Francisco. I love connecting creative teams, managing complex schedules, and delivering high-impact campaigns across film, animation, and digital media. With experience spanning ILM, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Apartment Therapy Media, and more, I combine vendor management, cross-team collaboration, and data-driven forecasting to keep projects on track and stakeholders happy.

Kit Turley

Production Manager, Production Coordinator, Creative Producer, +2

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Hi there! I'm Kit Turley, a production and design operations professional based in San Francisco. I love connecting creative teams, managing complex schedules, and delivering high-impact campaigns across film, animation, and digital media. With experience spanning ILM, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Apartment Therapy Media, and more, I combine vendor management, cross-team collaboration, and data-driven forecasting to keep projects on track and stakeholders happy.…Hi there! I'm Kit Turley, a production and design operations professional based in San Francisco. I love connecting creative teams, managing complex schedules, and delivering high-impact campaigns across film, animation, and digital media. With experience spanning ILM, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Apartment Therapy Media, and more, I combine vendor management, cross-team collaboration, and data-driven forecasting to keep projects on track and stakeholders happy.

Available to hire

Hi there! I’m Kit Turley, a production and design operations professional based in San Francisco. I love connecting creative teams, managing complex schedules, and delivering high-impact campaigns across film, animation, and digital media.

With experience spanning ILM, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Apartment Therapy Media, and more, I combine vendor management, cross-team collaboration, and data-driven forecasting to keep projects on track and stakeholders happy.

Skills

Product Design

Brand Identity

Experience Level

Product Design

Expert

Brand Identity

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Production Manager at Industrial Light & Magic

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Partnered with show leadership on vendor strategy, analyzing global capacity needs and negotiating rates that improved profit margins by an estimated 12%. Maintained and expanded vendor relationships across 5+ global partners, resolving performance, schedule and cost conflicts with a 95% on-time delivery rate. Developed reporting dashboards to track vendor output and resource utilization, improving forecasting accuracy by 20%.

Design Project Manager at Apartment Therapy Media

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022

Managed 100+ digital design deliverables per week using task management platforms (Asana, Slack), ensuring projects met campaign timelines and client expectations. Streamlined creative workflows across design, marketing and product, cutting bottlenecks by 30% and reducing average turnaround time from 5 to 3 days. Implemented cross-team communication strategies, resulting in a 15% increase in project throughput without expanding headcount.

Production Manager at Walt Disney Animation Studios

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2017

Over saw production schedules for up to 80 artists across multiple feature films, balancing weekly quotas, projections and downstream delivery needs. Coordinated show pipeline workflows, achieving 98% on-time delivery of assets to downstream departments. Improved waterfall scheduling that improved department forecasting accuracy by 25%. Partnered with consumer products to align film assets with merchandise creation, ensuring accurate brand translation across apparel, toys and global campaigns.

Special Events Manager at Creative Talent Network

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012

Produced and executed large-scale recruitment events, including keynote speaker sessions, screenings and portfolio reviews for 500+ candidates. Maintained online portfolio system database and streamlined access to candidate materials.

Outreach Coordinator at ACM SIGGRAPH

January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012

Created engagement strategies that grew conference participation and sustained relationships with 200+ speakers and program chairs. Helped lead the Student Volunteer program, evaluating 1000+ applications annually and training teams pre-conference, resulting in a 90% satisfaction rate among volunteers.

Production Coordinator at Digital Domain

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011

Coordinated production schedules, client meetings and multi-site check-ins, ensuring seamless collaboration across 3 global offices. Tracked cross-departmental shot progress, reducing delivery delays by 15% through improved task monitoring.