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Act as back-up to Managing Producer on day-to-day operations in fast-paced International Production department. Maintain schedules, provide budget and purchasing support and assist production team with prioritization of assignments. Manage projects and act as a team leader. Apply solid working knowledge of HD/SD production and post-production to strictly uphold global mastering standards and assist with formatting/production as needed.

Primary Duties
• Support management team in day-to-day operations and supervision
of production department. Manage formatting schedule, submit
monthly purchase orders to vendors and assist with accruals and
budgets.
• Act as a go-to person for production- and scheduling-related
questions from suppliers, vendors, A+E staff, channel partners and
sales clients.
• Strictly enforce A+E’s specifications for international mastering
to meet rigorous global standards. Proactively interact with A+E’s
Content Suppliers, Acquisitions, Evaluation and Programming teams
to solve problems, educate and hold the line on International’s
technical requirements. Support production team’s efforts to
troubleshoot technical issues and ensure on-time delivery to
channels and clients.
• A strong technical understanding of broadcast-quality production
and editing is required, including standards conversion, video
compression and best practices for handling HD footage during post
production in both tape and file-based workflows. A firm
comprehension of audio mixing and stem creation is also necessary.
• Provide technical/materials support for acquisitions and channel
partner locally-produced programming as needed.
• Assist management team on departmental projects and initiatives,
attend and participate in departmental meetings, and act as
project manager as required.
• Assist with quick resolution of quality control failures or client
rejections, and come up with applicable solutions to avoid similar
issues in the future.
• When required, screen and prepare programs for international
formatting, coordinate edit prep for supervised/unsupervised
sessions and ensure proper movement of materials. Manage editors
and post-production facilities to maintain productivity and ensure
that output of international masters is maximized and accurate for
both supervised and unsupervised formatting sessions.
• Occasional need to coordinate the creation of production elements
such as teases, opens, title pages, disclaimers, credit sequences,
sales tapes, etc.

Required Experience:
BA is required, preferably in media or communications. Minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience at producer level or higher including all aspects of HD television production and post production. Candidate should have initiative, a keen eye for detail and the capability to see the big picture on an operations level; the ability to successfully manage multiple assignments and shifting deadlines, and excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills.

This is a full time freelance position, EXEMPT: not eligible for overtime

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