Associate Production Manager

Job Description

The Job

WarnerMedia seeks an Associate Production Manager for the Creative Services Mgmt department. Join CNN's exclusive Image+Sound team! The Associate Production Manager has their finger on the pulse of scheduling decisions for I+S Creative & Production Services teams. The position focuses on scheduling and project tracking, specifically for the creation of daily content for next-generation products with an eye towards identifying direct-to-consumer, paid experiences.
• The Associate Production Manager will make decisions for the day-to-day assignments for Creative Services and Production Services staff.
• You will collaborate with Image+Sound managers and our partners to evaluate and assess assignment requests.
• Your team is responsible for scheduling ALL Image+Sound personnel with a specific focus on Creative Services personnel who specialize in production related to emerging business and high-end craft editing.

The Daily
• Approving, coordinating, and tracking PTO for the staff.
• Collaborating with management and partners to make effective scheduling decisions.
• Make specific task assignments based on skills and project needs.
• Provide manager support in regards to scheduling decisions, reporting details for allocations.
• Working in a fast-paced 24/7/365 news organization.

The Essentials:
• Established working experience in news or video production.
• Previous experience scheduling personnel and or working with scheduling tools such as Newsdesk, Workschedule, Show Manager, excel or other industry tools.
• Proven creative problem solving skills. Ability to create win-win situations. Ability to work under deadline pressure.
• A strong curiosity for current and historic events.
• A motivation to grow and adapt to a rapidly changing business
• Must be agile and adaptable in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment.
• A desire to lead.
• Command of the English language. Other language skills are highly valued, especially Spanish.
• Bachelor's degree (typically in liberal arts such as journalism, English, political science) or similar demonstrated on the job experience.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0yx0j-18-225-31-159-42 in your application.