Producer, Live Engagement

Producer, Live Engagement

About the Opportunity

SUMMARY:

Northeastern University is seeking a highly driven, self-motivated, and enthusiastic person to help build and shape the Supervising Producer Live Engagement role in the EDGE division. This role is central to student success and will partner closely with Studio Production Managers to analyze best practices in live studio production to a virtual classroom audience that differentiates from competitors and leverages Northeastern's strengths. The ideal candidate must be excited to discover and analyze new live streaming workflows and applications in multimedia while also staying up to date on the latest studio camera and filming techniques and tactics. This position requires a high level of cross-functional collaboration, teamwork, and excellent communication. The ideal candidate should possess strong video production, video editing, directional and organizational skills to maintain control of a live production from the first pre-production meeting to the completion of post-production deliverables. Additionally, it is the Supervising Producer's priority to assist in studio set up and break down, coaching faculty, staff, and students whose various experience on camera will vary greatly, de-risk projects, and ensure projects are effectively managed, providing regular status updates and reports to both internal and external stakeholders. The Supervising Producer must also be ready to onboard, mentor, and manage new team members in all aspects of studio recording and live production.

The Producer will project manage large complex live production projects with excellent organizational and information management skills. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Interface closely with Faculty and Staff to drive a high-quality production while maintaining an efficient working environment for all involved
  
• Identify workflows from pre to post-production and assign project goals to Northeastern faculty and staff as well as Northeastern client personnel
  
• Coordinate team meetings around live productions, identify proper members within your team to help deliver the best possible production
  
• Oversee production of pre-show ‘marketing' elements to be shared with students and Faculty alike
  
• Identify any equipment needs when upgrades or new equipment is necessary to be purchased
  
• Multimedia Production Maintenance
  
• Maintain multimedia production value of Northeastern's online courses from pre-course to course run and post-course deliverables
  
• Pre-course launch coaching of Faculty to optimize their film-from-home production
  
• Efficiently produce recordings of all remote live sessions in an organized and cohesive manner
  
• Identify areas of improvement for Faculty in their remote live sessions
  
• Envision and implement innovative ways in which students and Faculty can connect in a remote classroom environment
  
• Studio Management, including familiarity with current lighting and sound protocols
  
• Assist in studio management, maintenance and production
  
• Provide perspective on best camera locations and tactics to maximize the use of the studio space
  
• Regularly move, adjust and operate camera, lighting and sound equipment while directing Faculty and Staff in studio for their on-camera work
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required, ideally in video production or a creative liberal arts degree. 4 - 6 years experience in live video production strongly preferred
  
• Strong technical acumen and creative production skills. Experience building, producing and directing recorded and live studio productions
  
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coach on-camera talent who are approaching this work for the first time. Identify and eliminate obstacles, anticipate and solve problems. Incorporates creative and high production quality while maintaining efficiency in all aspects
  
• Demonstrates leadership, networking and organizational skills. and knowing when to use other members of his or her team to produce the best results; ability to interact with faculty and staff in a sensitive manner, maintaining positive relationships and building consensus
  
• Strong project management, workflow, and process skills; experience managing complex live projects from pre-production design to post-production deliverables
  
• Has a director's eye and can contribute to studio look, feel and design
  
• Ability to influence without authority. Ability to “manage up” with senior leadership.
  
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment when necessary
  
• Maintain overall production quality of courses while they are in session, ability to produce high quality recordings and faculty video on a weekly basis
  
• Exceptional organizational skills, able to multitask in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
  
• Proficient in advanced Adobe editing applications such as Premiere Pro, Photoshop, etc. but ready to learn new applications if/when Adobe competitors challenge the industry standard
  

Position Type

Academic Administration

Additional Information

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.


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