Post Production Specific Considerations

Consider assigning defined roles to specific employees, for example:

• COVID-19 Compliance Manager: Assures that all employees, visitors, clients are aware of protocols and are following them. Has responsibility for education of freelance workers in new protocols.
• PPE Manager: Maintains current knowledge of PPE use, quantities, stock, location, disposal.
• Deliveries Manager: Administers receipt of and the sanitizing of all items arriving in the workplace such as packages, couriers, food, etc. 
• Food Distribution: Strictly limits those responsible for serving food, using the strict sanitized processes.

• Assign workstations and disallow sharing of equipment, computer peripherals (keyboards, mice, Wacom tablets, etc.).
• Establish methodology for determining maximum suite occupancy for sessions and post clearly in each suite. Limit session attendance to match occupancy guideline.
• Consider a staggering schedule of supervised sessions to minimize studio occupancy.
• Maintain a list of session attendees sorted by the rooms they occupy.
• Consider steps to meet all guidelines for ventilation of suites with closed doors.
• Schedule supervised sessions based on maximum capacity allowed to maintain adequate social distancing.

• Discuss with the client any corporate policies they may have a bearing on in-person meetings.
• Consider offering hybrid approaches to supervised sessions such as:
  ○ Artist in facility / Client remote supervising
  ○ Artist Remote / Client in facility
  ○ Artist and Client remote, Editorial Assistant in facility
  ○ Limited number of in-person sessions to be allocated as desired (i.e.: approvals only, approvals & conform, etc.)

• Create a policy for the studio and conduct regular counts of occupants per floor, per session and per office throughout the day.
• Maintain count of occupants at reception and post clearly visible maximum occupancy signage at entrance.
• Wherever the potential exists for lines to form, it may be helpful to mark 6’ separation increments (kitchen, bathrooms, elevator banks, emergency exits, etc) to aid in social distancing.
• In all open work spaces or bullpens, consider alternate layouts, such as alternate desks / workspaces in a checkerboard pattern, disable alternating desks, or remove them entirely if they do not allow for recommended social distance.
• Consider how to maximize usage of studio floor plan to spread out all personnel.
• If possible, add panels between desks including height adjustable panels for sit / stand desks.
• Specify permanent seat assignments for all personnel.
• Reduce capacity of larger existing spaces—e.g., remove some chairs from conference rooms and post new maximum capacity.