Lead and manage 5-7 Supervising Producers, advising on their content strategy, production workflow and creative output
Assist in content ideation and pre-production creative development as well as provide notes in post-production process across 5-7 schools
Provide consistent and clear feedback to Supervising Producers and content teams to ensure growth and development
Act as Learfield Studios centralized team’s point of contact for Athletics, Property GMs and content teams at schools
Collaborate with other Learfield departments to develop new packages, solutions and best practices for teams on the ground
Partner with VP, Content to grow, develop and optimize content strategy, creative and production workflows across all schools and for long term growth of Learfield Studios
Pitch directly to internal and external partners and serve as point of contact
Ensure quality of content is always at the highest possible level within budget and schedule constraints
Advise on optimal content strategy and plan to increase fan engagement, hit key athletics priorities, and generate revenue locally & national
Provide and creatively manage notes process for all steps in the development, production and post-production process
Work collaboratively with necessary departments, internally and externally, to ensure all necessary deliverables are provided to ensure success
Become an expert on creative best practices for all platforms across short-form video, social, OTT and more.
Troubleshoot production and post-production issues as necessary
Work closely with internal and external production teams to ensure budgets and schedules are aligned with creative, talent and audience expectations
Work closely with strategy to optimize distribution and promotion of content
Requirements
8+ years of work experience in the sports or entertainment industry focused on writing, creative development and producing content
2+ years of work experience leading and managing staff
Excellent communication skills with the ability to present concepts and strategies to executive leadership
Experience in managing teams, production workflows, and content strategy
Passion for and extensive experience in storytelling to drive engagement with consumers
Sports and/or entertainment experience a must
Ability to own projects and communicate with external partners as main point of contact
Experience working with digital, short-form video, social & influencer-driven content.
Strong project and people management skills
Direct experience with content creation pipelines
Ability to generate new ideas and concepts that might align with a project's initiatives
Creativity in deciding how an idea will be interpreted and representing in execution
Must contribute to and thrive in a high energy, high profile, positive, proactive, deadline driven, results oriented, and attention to detail environment.
Strong administrative, critical reasoning, and problem-solving abilities.
Capacity to manage and prioritize many projects at one time in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
Must be highly organized, efficient and precise in his/her work.
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Life Insurance and Other Insurance Plans
Flexible Paid Time Off (minimum 10+ days annually)