Full Time Job
Director, Production Mngmt, Live Events
Telemundo
- Paid
- Full Time
- Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
ResponsibilitiesOversee production management duties for Telemundo Network Live Events, which includes shows for broadcast, as well as digital and social platforms. Role responsibilities include oversight of all third-party and in-house productions: budgeting, production scheduling, coordination of production shoots, and general oversight.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Work with Production Creative teams to align budgets and logistics with creative requirements, production schedules, and production milestones
• Design and management of overall project milestones
• Review and negotiate details of third-party production budgets
• Work closely with third-party Producer on production schedules
• Bottoms up creation and direct supervision of Telemundo budgets
• Anticipate areas of potential savings or overages and report to direct supervisor
• Serve as liaison between Telemundo teams and third- party Producer
• Coordination of venue logistics including the design plan, resources, and connecting with all participating groups to ensure presence requirements are met and properly executed
• Point person for questions regarding policies such as union rules, travel rules, insurance, safety, legal concerns and risk management
• Liaise with legal for production-related questions and needs, such as Independent Contractor Agreements. Make sure productions are obtaining appropriate legal documentation (e.g. Certificates of Engagement, location agreements)
• Liaise and facilitate activity with internal departments (e.g. Entertainment, Business & Legal Affairs, HR, Finance, Tech Ops, EHS, etc.)
• Lead production meetings with functional leads to ensure alignment across all key stakeholders
• Work with Production Compliance and EHS to ensure compliance across all aspects of production
• Provide EHS necessary support for effective on-site deployment of COVID-19 plan
• On-site presence during load-in, event date, and load-out
• Organize data in accordance with Telemundo finance specs
• Manage overall project budget pacing and forecast
• Approve invoices, check requests, expense reports, and petty cash reports for projects
• Prepare periodic progress reports during the pre-production and production of the event for Telemundo leadership
• Lead postmortem meetings and crafting of report with the elements that worked and what areas or elements can be improved
• Manage and supervise direct reports and other in-house team members including project freelancers as needed
• Provide strategic eye to future production & workflow impacts. Recommend new production methods as appropriate to increase production agility and cost efficiencies
Qualifications/Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Communications or related field
• Minimum 8+ years hands-on experience in production management or line producer for a broadcast and/or cable network OR equivalent experience within a production company
• Prior experience with financial budgeting, forecasting and management of budgets
• Exhibits knowledge of production operations and planning
• Proficient in Movie Magic, MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet Explorer, and Internet search engines
• Ability to execute on production plans
• Strong ability to work in collaboration with creative people including writers, producers and talent
• Exhibits working knowledge of health and safety requirements
• Must be able to perform job at locations in and outside work environment with varying weather conditions
• Willingness to travel and on weekends with short notice
• Must submit an attestation disclosing your COVID_19 vaccination status and, if partially or fully vaccinated, submitting your vaccination record no later than 7 days following commencement of employment.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at the commencement of employment or must undergo regular COVD-19 testing if Company determines your job position requires accessing an NBCUniversal worksite.
• Must be willing to adhere to all Company COVID-19 workplace safety policies and protocols.
Desired Characteristics
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Ability to develop product roadmaps based on business needs, LOE, cost and additional factors
• A creative and an innovative individual who is able to incorporate best practices and develop new concepts
• Ability to partner with other departments to complete projects on time
• Excellent thought leadership, strategic, analytical and forward-planning skills
• Highly collaborative team player with talent for influencing large, cross-functional teams
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Ability to self-start, self-manage, and meet deadlines
• Written and verbal Spanish literacy
• Must have the ability to learn new platforms and technologies
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1b02m-3-81-57-77-42 in your application.