- Job Requirements: Must be local to location (or willing to work as a local).
Join Discovery, Animal Planet and Science Channel’s award-winning Marketing team! We are trailblazers who create promo material for the entire line-up of Factual shows across all three networks and discovery+. Must be an energetic and innovative thinker with finely tuned project management skills and a passion for production, post-production and marketing.
This position will assist in all production aspects of marketing and branded entertainment initiatives, with the overall goal of increasing viewership and subscriptions, and reinforcing brand presence. The Coordinator is the hub of raw media asset movement, deliverables tracking and final asset delivery, supporting the creative team with footage requests, project tracking and cost management, in addition to vendor management, contracts and payments, and shoot logistics support.
***This position is a Contingent Worker role, 40 hours per week for up to 1 year, with the possibility of conversion to full time staff sooner than 1 year. The team is currently on a hybrid WFH and office schedule, with TBD return to office plans.
Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinate asset management across the Factual Marketing team and with other internal departments and external vendors, from project inception to final delivery, including working closely with the Branded Entertainment team
• Collaborate with key internal network divisions and business units to ensure consistency of key communicated messages
• Organize and manage online file sharing and internal tracking systems
• Manage footage and other asset requests and dissemination
• Reporting to the Senior Production Manager, this role will also support the Senior Director, Production and the production management team with process-enforcement and other needs, including managing internal edit resources
• Assist with tracking and managing all departmental costs, budgeting and accruals, PO creation and invoice processing, new vendor setup, and contract generation/processing
• Manage music licensing, contracts and payments
• Assist in coordinating live action and/or stills shoot logistics when necessary
Requirements:
• At least 2-3 years of experience in television or streaming content production and/or marketing
• Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of skills, training, and hands-on experience
• Detail-oriented with proven project management skills and production/post-production experience
• Understanding of budgeting and media asset management
• Be a keen analytic thinker with a creative flare
• Ability to multi-task at a fast pace, while prioritizing many projects in various stages of production/post-production
• Must be a self-starter who anticipates the needs of the team and internal/external stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be able to work well in a team environment and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners on all aspects of creative, both remotely (include across multiple offices) and in person
• Proficiency with Google Drive and its associated apps, Adobe software, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Keynote
• Must have the legal right to work in the United States