Career Mondays: Associate Producers — Burbank, CA

Posted by | November 23, 2009

The Associate Producer will work closely with the production team in scheduling, resource management, budgeting, and planning. They manage the site production process for assigned projects from pre-production through development, QA, launch, and post-launch updates. The Associate producer is also be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of existing sites helping produce content updates and troubleshooting efforts.

Qualifications

  • 2-3 years project management experience in the Internet field, preferably in the entertainment industry
  • Experience and knowledge of web site technology, design and production
  • Ability to use online traffic tracking tools to report and help interpret data for editorial decision making.
  • Ability to use online publishing and content management systems for programming and reviewing web pages.
  • Must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Must be proactive and able to prioritize projects based on business and promotional goals
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work closely with other producers artists, content developers, engineers, QA testers, and webmasters on day-to-day production; established people skills
  • Ability to create and maintain accurate schedules

Skills Required

  • 2 to 4 years experience in website production required; working with children‚s or branded content preferred
  • A college degree or equivalent work experience with website, digital or entertainment production and development
  • Superior organizational skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Understanding of Brand development very helpful, understanding of (and passion for) the brand extremely helpful
  • Self starter with high level of initiative
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, set priorities and meet deadlines
  • Proficiency with managing external developers and contractors
  • Familiarity with project management tools, e.g. Microsoft Project and Visio
  • Established presentation skills and familiarity with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Ability to analyze and provide solutions to complex technical problems

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