Production Specialist, News Brand Studio

Job Description

Responsibilities
ROLE:
• The production specialist reports to the senior director of video production
• You support all aspects of video creation for branded content marketing campaigns, from pre-sale and development, through production and final delivery.
• You are a project manager for video components of one or more campaigns, and the go-to for updates and information for all internal and external stakeholders
• You contribute your ideas, research, writing to the pre-sale process and client pitching
• You build on the daily your skills, knowledge, and experience to become a video producer / executive producer of powerful stories that deliver on campaign goals
• You manage business, legal, and workflow administration for the video unit
• You supervise video shoots as the communication and workflow bridge between clients and production vendors, traveling as is required
• You are client-facing in your role

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Attend video shoots as the face of the News Brand Studio on-location / on-site, and ensure all necessary content is captured
• Lead weekly video production portion of weekly status calls with clients
• Collaborate with manager, internal stakeholders, and production vendors across full production cycle, assist in brainstorms, writing concept treatments, pre-pro books, facilitating and executing client notes/feedback
• Respond in a timely manner to internal and external needs for production updates by organizing and distributing production materials, and managing project timelines to ensure milestones are met
• Process and track invoices and payments for vendors and services, map back to budgets
• Procure necessary agreements for the production and licensing of video assets and other media working with NBCU business affairs, and ensure agreements are executed
• Support wider News Brand Studio team as needed from research to writing to publishing to financial administration

Qualifications/Requirements
You have 2 to 5 years of of experience in the businesses of media/news, marketing, and/or advertising, with a portfolio of projects on which you have worked across digital publishing, broadcast, and/or social platforms, editorial and/or branded. As a result of that experience, you have a foundational understanding of the media ecosystem, marketing tactics therein, and content marketing's niche therein.

You are a capable communicator, write succinctly in email and other materials, a natural storyteller or passionate about great stories. You have worked directly in video production, development, and/or post, and in turn are familiar with terms like KPIs, audience engagement, traffic, aspect ratio, codec, motion graphics, treatment, pre-production.

You are proficient in Adobe and Microsoft Office programs including Adobe Premier, Media Encoder, Acrobat; Microsoft Office's Word, PPT, and Excel.

Desired Characteristics

Your great eye for detail, the ability to spot mistakes, and excellent time management skills in order to hit strict deadlines.
• Your strong organizational skills help you tame the chaos and track myriad loose ends across multiple projects
• Your demeaner ensures you are not easily flustered, and calm under pressure / in the eye of the storm
• Your digital savviness enable you to figure out software and technical challenges quickly, learn new programs, and navigate the digital world effectively and efficiently
• Your resourcefulness makes you a consistently proactive problem solver and able to work independently
• Your open mindset and positive attitude help you to work well with team members in a productive and collaborative and respectful way
• Your passion for storytelling and creativity are broad and deep, so you always have an opinion and are always on the prowl for what is new and next
• You care about trends in fashion, art, design, video, cinema, animation, and marketing
• You are undaunted by a high volume of work at high velocity, and revel succeeding at keeping all trains on all tracks
• Your contributions positively influence our culture because you:
o Solve problems proactively
o Embody an entrepreneurial spirit
o Behave as an owner not renter

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5z33e-3-147-72-53-42 in your application.