Production Coordinator

4 weeks ago


Los Angeles, California, United States ESPN Full time

The Production Coordinator is responsible for assisting in the day-to-day operations of production content, logistics, and business operations to support a group of assigned shows and/or sport categories.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Acts as a liaison for assigned sport/show categories between Production, other ESPN departments, and outside entities.
  • Responsible for dealing with time-sensitive materials and decisions.
  • Facilitates contractual agreements alongside production needs.
  • Trusted to draft third-party licensing agreements for video and photography clearances, performance contracts for voiceover and on-camera talent agreements using Legal counsel-approved templates.
  • Gathers and curates production information on all features to track content and report information on pertinent details to relevant internal groups.
  • Works alongside Managing Producers, Coordinating Producers, and departmental VP to ensure compliance on internal policies related to feature and creative productions.
  • Coordinates insurance and contractual compliance for third-party vendors along with Disney Risk Management and Legal standards.
  • Develops workflows to create efficiencies in a fast-paced, remote-hybrid production environment.
  • Coordinates logistics for on-location shoots such as insurance, props, waivers, permits, releases, production schedules, wardrobe, and other details, all compliant with Disney health and safety guidelines.
  • Organizes, projects, and tracks budgets for projects of varying scale.
  • Responsible for the handling and relaying of sensitive or confidential information.
  • Facilitates onboarding of third-party vendors to ensure they are active in the system and able to work for Disney.
  • Schedules approved third-party vendors in Playbook to track work history and confirm payment.
  • Submits invoices and tracks correspondence related to budgets.
  • Acts as a liaison for drone approvals, making sure all requirements are met while working with the Drone team.
  • Responsible for organizing and facilitating team meetings, creative think tanks, and story-pitch meetings.
  • During Production peak times, remains accessible and is often required to work non-traditional days/hours.
  • Participates in the recruiting, selecting, and scheduling of Content Associates and Production Assistants as needed, for specific production groups and sport categories/show units.
  • Responsible for all personnel schedule accounting, including tracking hours and the vacation approval process.
  • Helps train new hires on Production departmental processes and procedures.
  • Provides objective feedback on performance to staff and remote personnel and shares feedback as required.
  • Plans, requests, and allocates production facility needs of assigned sports/shows/projects.
  • Works with production teams to ensure assigned productions meet established network creative and technical specifications, business objectives, and financial goals.

Requirements:

  • Must possess strong organizational skills, including budgeting time and prioritizing workload, accuracy, and attention to detail in all tasks, and the ability to implement systematic processes and organize information flow.
  • Must understand the value of synergy in a dynamic organization.
  • Must possess strong communication skills, including clear and concise communication in all forms, the ability to handle high-volume email and phone traffic, and in-person interactions.
  • Has demonstrated the ability to react quickly and positively under a wide variety of sensitive production situations that arise and are subject to continual change.
  • Demonstrates the ability to take initiative, suggesting ideas and solutions to problems that arise or before they occur.
  • Has basic experience in various aspects of production management, including processing contracts and invoices, creating, maintaining, and distributing production information, travel management, and production personnel scheduling/staffing.
  • Possesses basic understanding of the production of studio shows, remote events, and/or packaged shows, as well as short-form and long-form in-program features.
  • Has knowledge of the operational and logistical aspects of production planning.
  • Has some financial management experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, including Office 365, Outlook, Excel, Word, One Note, and PowerPoint.
  • Demonstrated passion and commitment to diversity and inclusion, including inviting diverse perspectives, fostering an inclusive work environment, and supporting workforce diversity.
  • A minimum of 2 years of production and/or operations experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Working knowledge of the following systems/tools: Slack, Zoom, Smartsheets, KeyNote, NCS, ENPS, Playbook, Concur, Kronos, Autoflow Invoice Management, and SAP.
  • Prior experience in the development/review of legal contracts and footage licensing agreements.
  • Prior experience in the management/production of short-form and long-form features.

Required Education:

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent.

Preferred Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.

ESPN is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. The hiring range for this position in Washington D.C. is $57,200.00 to $92,900.00 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.



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