first assistant
Chief aide position
First assistant is a senior role subordinate to a department head, handling key responsibilities while the principal focuses on broader concerns.
In film production, the first assistant director manages the set and keeps shooting on schedule.
In photography or camera work, the first assistant camera pulls focus and maintains equipment.
The term appears across industries wherever hierarchy requires a right-hand person: She worked her way up from intern to first assistant in two years.
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- right hand manIndispensable chief assistant
- right-handOpposite of left
- second-in-commandImmediate subordinate to leader
- number twoDeputy or runner-up
second banana · understudy · aide · lieutenant · apprentice · junior · helper · support · backup · shadow · protégé · film set · camera · production · film crew · crew · clapboard · grip
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