Yinka Obisesan

Producer

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LondonMember since October 30, 2026

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About

An articulate, confident and meticulous individual. Forward thinking with an ambitious drive to work with successful and progressive creative companies. A versatile and adaptable nature has enriched her with a broad spectrum of experience spanning across a range of creative mediums; high-end film & TV, advertising, VFX, motion graphics, 3D/2D animation, photography, corporate video productions as well as events and print.

She is experienced with production pipelines and workflows from development through to post-production, and experiences with administrative management tools such as Google Drive, Google Sheets/Excel and Dropbox. Adept with Slack and Ftrack; production communication, tasking and asset management tools. Quick to pick-up new skills, thrives on discovery, challenges and deadlines.

Experience

In-house TV Production Assist. - 60 FORTY FILMS

(2023-11 - 2025-05)

Collaborating with the head of production and production executive to devise and implement policies for individual productions
Overseeing and ensuring production processes are implemented and adhered to gold standard
Championing diversity, equity and inclusion, highlighting overlooked issues
Facilitating communication and directive from stakeholders to project teams and individual departments
Researching and liaising with departments heads and facilitating meetings throughout the interview process
Onboarding department heads, supervisors and managers on individual projects
Leading on file management for projects
Organising travel, accommodation for writers and directors
General administrative duties (responding to director’s agents emails, taking meeting notes, arranging production/wrap gifts, etc.)
Managing and reconciling expenses for head of production, directors and producers

Assist. Production Coordinator - Apple TV+

(2023-07 - 2024-03)

Director – Steve McQueen

Freelance Post Producer - Unreasonable studios

(2023-06 - 2023-06)

As a post producer at Unreasonable studios my role included the following:

Managing multiple projects from inception through to delivery
Drafting budgets and schedules for client approval
Briefing creatives, ensuring they have a full understanding of the project requirements
Managing onboarding process for freelancers
Organising and managing client review and feedback presentations
Updating project status during weekly catch up meeting with the wider team
Liaising with finance team to reports progress and status

Assistant Production Coordinator (contract) - SDTA Productions Ltd. (Feature Film)

(2022-09 - 2023-03)

Supporting the co-producer and production supervisor through pre-production and production.
Supervising production assistant and production secretary
Drafting cast contracts
Liaising with each department to ensure all paperwork and processes were monitored and executed
Sourcing, negotiating and booking crew
Conducting and managing crew DBS checks
Completing reports such as wrap and progress reports during production
Production document distribution (i.e. call sheets, memos and reports) via Setkeeper
Organising logistics; hotels

Freelance Producer - Pixel Artworks

(2022-06 - 2022-07)

Assistant Production Coordinator (contract) - Netflix

(2022-02 - 2022-06)

(Feature Film) – The Kitchen Writer & Producer – Daniel Kaluuya

Production Coordinator (Contract) - Allelujah Ltd (Feature Film)

(2021-09 - 2021-12)

Freelance Production Manager – Kettle Crisp commercial - Another Film Company

(2021-08 - 2021-08)

Freelance Producer - Fresheather

(2021-06 - 2021-07)

Freelance Producer - Bear Jam

(2021-04 - 2021-05)

Producer - Squint Opera

(2019-05 - 2021-01)

As a video producer at Squint Opera I worked within a team of producers, reporting to executive producers, managing multiple projects across multiple time zones, with varying scopes and numerous clients. Projects ranging from CGI films and stills, live action mini documentaries, films combing motion graphics, archive footage/stills, 2D animation, cut-downs for social media platforms (Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook) and branding. Managing projects from inception through to delivery, this role involves: -

Main point of contact and managing client expectations
Drafting and effective budget management, working with finance to achieve target margins
Reviewing contracts and managing the agreement process with legal
Organising and leading client review and feedback meetings
Leading briefings with internal creatives and freelancers
Sourcing freelance artists and crew and negotiating rates
Coordinating the onboarding process for freelancers and subcontractors
Ensuring legal contracts are completed for freelancers and subcontractors
Creating shoot schedules, call sheets and generating risk assessments
Estimating, drafting and managing shoot and post-production schedules
Presenting weekly internal project updates
Clearing legal usage for archive and stock footage / images
Briefing and providing feedback to sound engineers for music drafts and final mix
Review and feedback, quality checking final versions for sign-off

Account Manager / Producer - Brand Communications

(2015-08 - 2019-05)

As an account manager and producer at Brand Communications I worked within the client services team, managing one of the agency’s biggest clients to deliver all their print, video and web advertising and branding requirements. Reporting to the account director and creative director, working alongside the studio manager, digital project manager, designers and artworkers.

Serving as the main point of contact and managing client expectations
Bridging gaps of communication between the client and creative team
Drafting budget estimates
Negotiating rates and booking freelancers
Generating Invoices and purchase orders
Briefing a team of artworkers and designers
Managing and prioritising multiple projects
Creating production schedules, shoot schedules and call sheets
Work with the digital team to manage web builds
Quality check on prints, videos, animatics as well as weekly internal project update presentations

Freelance Studio and office manager

(2015-01 - 2015-08)

Freelance Studio & Production Manager - Tim Flach Photography

(2014-06 - 2014-09)

My role at Tim Flach Photography was multi faceted. As senior personnel, duties ranged from managing pre-production & post-production of shoots, managing studio contract as well as balancing cash flow, reconciling expenses, dealing with press enquiries, art/print sales to ensuring the studio runs efficiently. I worked closely with the photographer and studio assistant; brief break downs, submit treatments and cost estimates.

I also managed the photographers’ schedules and all other appointments outside of managing studio productions.

Freelance Producer - Nomadic Films

(2014-05 - 2014-05)

Production Manager/Producer - Fgreat Studio

(2013-07 - 2014-04)

As a production manager I worked closely with the creative director to plan and coordinate the production process from inception through to delivery. My responsibilities included script breakdowns, preparing schedules, budget estimates, organising and managing live action shoots and postproduction. I was also responsible for the supervision and management of animation, motion graphics and 3D/2D project s, as well as day-to-day office management.

Freelance Production Manager

(2013-02 - 2013-07)

Production Manager - Wonder London Films

(2013-01 - 2013-01)

Production Co-ordinator - CTN Communications

(2010-03 - 2012-12)

As a production co-ordinator I provided support to a number of video and events producers, studio manager, post-production editors, creative director and the web team on webcast. I was also responsible for day-to-day general management of projects, as well as the development of new projects.

Production Assistant - Mendoza Films

(2009-08 - 2009-11)

Stylist (Freelance) - AD82 Productions

(2008-09 - 2008-09)

“M.O Part II” Music video broadcasts on music channels including MTV Base

Wardrobe Supervisor (Freelance) - London Film School

(2008-05 - 2008-05)

“The Day I Met Mother” Comedy short film

Receptionist/Production Assistant - Prime Focus London

(2007-06 - 2008-02)

Post-production house

Production Co-ordinator (Freelance) - Fierce Productions