Senior Manager, Photo Production

Job Description

Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities:

Produce original content and oversee operational activities for NBCUniversal Television photography department. Including but not limited to:
• Produce photo coverage (galleries and unit/episodic) for Bravo series and specials, and offer photo production support, as needed, to all NBCUniversal networks in addition to NBCU corporate assignments.
• Assign and book external and internal photographers for unit coverage and galleries.
• Handle photography production process – ingest images, renumber, create and apply metadata files, resize, upload, and distribute via Getty and NBCUniversal Media Village.
• Perform basic editing (cropping, color correction, light retouching) in Photoshop and Bridge
• Lead creative discussions between photographers, external set designers and internal publicity and marketing departments. Manage and maintain budgets, negotiate fees and expenses, source and hire photographers and production crews.
• Liaise with Publicity teams for photo publicity placement to trade and consumer press outlets.
• Work with Photo development team to improve NBCU's photo asset management system/LightBox re usability and functionality

Qualifications/Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree Photography, Journalism, Communications, Marketing or related field.
• 5+ years experience in photography, photo editing and photo production.
• Strong working knowledge of Mac computer systems (Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook), Photo Mechanic, Adobe Photoshop and Bridge.
• Experience working with digital photography and familiar with photo asset management systems

Eligibility Requirements:
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
• Willingness to work overtime and on weekends with short notice

Desired Characteristics

Desired Characteristics:
• Collaborative and work well in a quick paced environment and under strict deadline conditions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects.
• Possess strategic thinking skills in order to develop and adapt workflows.
• Superior organization and creative skills
• Retouching experience a plus

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3kp34-3-141-244-201-42 in your application.