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What is Job-sharing?

Job-sharing involves sharing one job between two people. It allows pairs to share roles and responsibilities, keeping experienced talent in the industry and addressing areas of skills shortage within film and HETV.

Job-sharing is a practical way to keep talented crew working, especially when life doesn’t fit around full-time roles.
 
At CrewHQ, we’re working with productions and crew to make job-sharing easier to understand, set up and succeed, helping create a more inclusive and sustainable way of working across Film and High-End TV.

CrewHQ, in collaboration with ReelTime Media and Warner Bros. Discovery, is supporting job-sharing through targeted training for crew, Heads of Department and production teams, alongside clear guidance, toolkits and best practice resources.
By embedding this support into production processes and raising awareness through campaigns, job-sharing is becoming easier to understand, implement and sustain on set.

There are lots of ways to job-share depending on your personal needs and the demands of your role. Below are the most common options for sharing your working hours:

Split week: One person works Monday to Wednesday, and the other
Wednesday to Friday. In this type of share, Wednesday becomes the
handover day where both partners are working.

Split day: One person works the morning, and the other works the
afternoon with 30 minutes to an hour for handover in the middle of the
day.

Weekly: Sharers alternate weeks and handover on a Friday.

By filming block: Dependent on the production and length of block,
the blocks are divided up between the job-sharers. Both sharers would
be present together for catch-up days mid-block, and then have a
handover day(s) at the end of the block.

By expertise: A role can be split dependent on each person’s skillset,
where tasks are divided based on each sharers’ expertise.

By location: Dependent on role and production, job-sharers would
not necessarily need a in-person handover, but would keep shared
documents and both be present at recces.

However the hours are shared, every pair needs to handover to communicate what has happened when the other job-sharer was not in work. This handover ideally includes a day a week when both partners are in work together to tackle pressing tasks and plan for the weeks ahead. Pairs can also use a shared email address, shared documents and calendars and WhatsApp groups to make sure that no information is missed.

Who is
job-sharing for?

Job-sharing can support those returning to work or with caring responsibilities to navigate a way to maintain their careers.  It can support disabled or neurodivergent crew and also provides work-life balance and improves the mental health of all crew members.

 

Job-sharing can be adapted to work for lots of different roles and levels of seniority.  We have seen job-sharing work brilliantly at all levels from runners to HODs and in so many departments from Art Dept., Costume, Hair and Makeup to Locations and ADs, to Camera, Sound and Post.
Job-sharing benefits both productions and the job-sharers that work on them. It is a practical way for HoDs to retain valued people on their teams and to access double the creativity, problem solving capacity and energy that comes with a job-share pair.

 

For the job-sharers, this flexible way of working is allowing them to have a sustainable career that works with whatever else is going on in their lives.

CrewHQ Job-Share Training

We offer targeted job-share training for WBD crew, designed for job-sharers, their teams and Heads of Department, to help productions confidently adopt flexible ways of working.

This training is for experienced existing freelance crew who have worked on Warner Bros. Discovery Productions. For early entrant roles, please see www.crewhq.co.uk/entrylevel

Job-Share 101
with Michelle Reynolds, ReelTime Media
45-minute webinar

An introductory session covering the fundamentals of job-sharing, including:

• What job-sharing is and how it works

• Benefits for both job-sharers and productions

• Practical implementation

• Best practice approaches for successful job-sharing

Powerhouse Partnerships
with Hannah Cornec
1 day in person training

A full day workshop focused on building a strong and effective job-share partnership:

• Core principles for delivering consistent leadership and communication

• Developing confidence and presence as a unified partnership

Structuring and Presenting Your Job-Share
with Michelle Reynolds, ReelTime Media
1 day in person training

A practical session designed to help participants structure, present, and promote their job-share effectively:

• Understanding your role to design a robust job-share structure

• Identifying strengths, gaps, and personal work values

• Using tech to underpin a seamless handover

• Supporting your team as a pair

• Combining your skills and experience to excel in your role

• Practical guidance on managing and sustaining a job-share

• Top tips for your CV

• Presenting a joint CV effectively

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Where can I find
out more ?

Explore our resources here, and speak to your WBD Production People & Culture Business Partner for further guidance:

For further information, please contact us on the ✉️CrewHQ Job-Share email address

How can I help?

Whether you’re a job-sharer, an HOD or an ally, you can help by championing job-sharing on your production; sharing how it works and encouraging others to explore flexible ways of working. While every job-share is shaped by the needs of the production, role, department, and individuals involved, flexible working can be successfully implemented across all productions.
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