Broadcast/Event Producer 2 - US Southwest

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Salt Lake, UT

20h

About The Position

Produce materials and messages that invite all God's children to follow Jesus Christ. Lead powerful live productions to touch hearts, minds, and spirits. Partner to find, create, and lead solutions that meet the divinely appointed responsibilities of the Church delivered via live events and/or broadcasts. Foster an environment of trust and unity and build upon each other's strengths and ideas to manage and provide compelling products and develop clear and timely communication. This position provides trusted creative vision, robust project management, persuasive leadership, and world-class expertise to create compelling and influential deliverables. This position is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and supports the US Southwest Area which includes traveling about 20% of the time to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in a related field) plus six years' experience working in theatrical, broadcast and events production, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven initiative and ability to champion a project from conception through to completion.
• Ability to lead a multi-discipline team (20-40 people) in accomplishing assigned production deliverables from a client.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments and projects in the face of multiple duties.
• Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in managing customer relationships at executive level.
• Excellent in use of project management software and tools.
• Ability to strategize, collaborate with, and communicate clearly to stakeholders.
• Show an understanding of technical workflows.
• Extensive industry expertise in best practices with advanced broadcast technology acumen.

Responsibilities

• Project Manager 40%: Complete, end-to-end management of assigned projects. Gain the necessary approvals to initiate the project. Counsel and collaborate with the product management team to understand their needs, purposes, missions, visions, and ideals. Ensure projects meet the scope, schedule, and budget requirements to accomplish the work at the prescribed level of quality. Hold resource teams and internal and external partners accountable to meet their commitments. Employ approved tools, processes, and policies. Coordinate hand-offs between groups that are working collaboratively.
• Production Expert 30%: Lead all aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production logistics including production plans and documentation, approvals, contingencies, intellectual property, vendor contracts, product deliverable and the archival of the deliverable for B&E projects of medium to large size scope and budget, with crews of 20-40 people (and occasionally larger). Provide creative consultation, work with others cross-functionally and execute production deliverables by employing specialized knowledge and industry expertise. Become a production liaison between sponsoring departments and production associates. Participate regularly in community of practice meetings and activities as well as other professional development efforts.
• Communication Hub 30%: Meet directly and frequently with product managers and other stakeholders (executives) regarding project level decisions. Disseminate production information promptly to the pertinent teams and individuals. Work in tandem with Resource Managers and Production Coordinators/Schedulers to get the right people in place to complete the project, including service partners and potential vendors. Use Workfront and other reporting tools to monitor and regularly communicate project health to appropriate stakeholders. Develop a relationship of trust with sponsoring departments, management and production crew. Recommend improvements based on customer objectives and success criteria.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level