This role is not open to visa sponsorship or transfer of visa sponsorship including those on OPT and STEM-EXT OPT, nor is it available to work corp-to-corp.
The Production Manager is a key position sitting between creative/editorial, video production, social media, legal and finance. This position is an important role that ensures the various creative/editorial projects run smoothly – from creating budgets and onboarding contributors to final payments and budget actualization. This role requires an organized operational facilitator with a creative problem-solving mindset that adds a can-do energy to big-picture programs and a detail-oriented focus to logistical production tasks. Candidates should have experience working with all relevant teams and across multiple, simultaneous projects of varying complexity and budgets as well as a deep knowledge of industry best practices, rates, and creative standards.
What You'll Do:
- Oversee budget creation and management for editorial and client-based productions.
- Oversee budget actualization and tracking to maintain overall departmental needs in real time.
- Execute expense reports for large and small scale projects across a variety of creative disciplines
- Oversee, implement and streamline best practices for freelancer and third party onboarding and payroll.
- Track and confirm contracts, rights, clearances, releases and licenses for projects.
- Establish and maintain clear expectations and deliverables for on-time execution between production and sales
- Work closely with producers and photo editors at all levels to troubleshoot logistics from pre-post.
- Work closely with video/social/photo/sales teams to make sure that projects’ and contributors’ information are updated and current regarding budget and tracking .
- Identify and implement production efficiencies, policies, and workflows for internal and external teams
- Liaise with legal team to negotiate and execute deals with third party vendors, talent and partners
- Liaise with finance and sales to establish and maintain ongoing budgets across editorial and sponsored programs
- Liaise with the procurement to onboard freelance contributors and vendors and ensure timely payment.
- Liaise with travel team to ensure production needs (i.e.flights, hotels) are met and executed across all ongoing travel
- Liaise with creative internal teams (editorial, photo, social) to streamline and maximize production efforts
What We're Looking For:
- 4+ years of experience and a knowledge of every stage of the photo and video production process
- Deep understanding of domestic and international production guidelines including obtaining permits, carnets, divers, fixers, etc.
- Deep understanding of organizational and production systems including budgeting, tracking, and invoicing software
- Ability to create and manage spreadsheets to coordinate various projects and to stay on top of contributors/vendors/photographers that we’ve hired on projects.
- Knowledge of rights and clearances process with an understanding of legal and publishing guidelines for web, app and social
- Ability to work and problem solve autonomously with both internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to work cross functionally and simultaneously between video, photo, editorial, and sponsored projects
- Incredible organizational and project management skills, maintaining multiple simultaneous projects
- Rolodex of domestic and international contributors and collaborators
- Understanding of and passion for the travel industry, with the ability to plan and book travel for domestic and international projects
Compensation
- USA Compensation Range: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00*Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications, and experience.
Additionally, the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Pay
- 401(k) with match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
Who We Are:
Lonely Planet is a travel media company, established in 1973, that publishes travel guidebooks and other travel content from around the world.In 2020, Lonely Planet was acquired by Red Ventures. Since then, we’ve been working hard to meet the needs of travelers as they re-engage with the world online and through our iconic books - helping more people discover and decide where they’ll go, how they’ll get there, and what to do when they arrive.Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology – including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, BestColleges and more.
Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life’s most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey – from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.At Red Ventures, we believe diverse, inclusive teams are better.
To help you better understand our core values and beliefs, we encourage you to watch this brief YouTube video: Our Belief Statements. This will give you insight into the principles that guide our work and our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law.
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