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Job Summary:

WABC-TV, the flagship Disney/ABC – owned television station in New York, is the most-watched television station in the New York Television market and the United States. WABC also leads the market in station websites and has the highest social media engagement.
Channel 7’s Creative Services Department functions as an in-house advertising agency promoting all programming on WABC-TV, including the highly-rated Eyewitness News, and the abc7NY digital brands. The Creative Services internship program is very hands-on. You will gain knowledge and real-world experience in production, post-production, promotion writing, and digital media marketing.

Responsibilities:

A day in the life…
You will assist producers in preparing spots for air and will be responsible for shepherding various projects through to completion. You will gain exposure to multiple departments at the station, including News, Digital, Programming, Production, and Sales/Marketing. Video editing experience is essential.

Basic Qualifications:

What you bring to the role…

• Video editing experience in Adobe Premiere
• Familiarity with WABC-TV and abc7NY properties
• Attention to detail, exacting standards, and superior organization skills
• Major or previous coursework in Broadcast Journalism, Communications, Video Production, or related major

As well as…

• All students must possess unrestricted work authorization
• All students must be at least 18 years old
• At the time of application, must currently be enrolled in an accredited college or university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program – OR – must have graduated from a college/university within the last six (6) months, OR currently participating in a Disney Professional Internship
• This is a remote internship. The internship requires a working, reliable internet connection, as well as a quiet dedicated workspace and the ability to work independently.
• All students must provide a consistent, reliable work schedule during the session

Preferred Qualifications:

• Junior or Senior-level standing

Additional Information:

• All candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Program Dates

• All candidates must be available from January 2022 through May/June 2022
• All candidates must be available to work a minimum of 16-24 hours per week during a Monday through Sunday schedule (hours and days to be determined by your supervisor, and could include nights, weekends and holidays)
• All students must provide their own housing and transportation for the duration of the internship
• All students must provide a consistent, reliable work schedule during the session

• Résumé (outlining all of your required qualifications)
• College transcripts (official or unofficial)
• A Cover Letter outlining your interest in this position, and relative experience in work, school, and extracurricular activities

Job Summary:

Disney Parks, Experiences & Products Technology & Digital (DPEP) is a website application design, development, and support group that builds and maintains the websites and applications supporting Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, such as disneyworld.com, disneyland.com, disneycruise.com, aulani.com, and disneyparks.com. This position is for an experienced Producer eager to play an integral role on the Production Operations team at DPEP.

The Production Operations team is accountable for the successful daily operation of the sites and apps during all hours (including nights, weekends, and holidays when scheduled for on-call duty, or when emergent need arises), must aid in estimating the necessary funding and level of effort for minor to medium operations efforts and enhancements, make recommendations for best execution options, interact with business partners, product owners, and creative and technology team members to quickly turn around requests for changes, and build out pages and changes in the Content Management System (CMS). Requests can range from quick efforts such as copy and image swap-outs or vanity URL requests, to building new detail pages or new site sections, performing content entry for large projects, or troubleshooting issues on the websites. Level of effort for the types of requests usually ranges from one hour to six weeks of effort. The work occurs under the direction of Production leadership and more senior Producers, as well as working under direction of Product Managers for content and e-commerce website strategy best practices.

Responsibilities:

Daily activities include the review and comprehension of work requests created and assigned in Jira, clearly communicate requests to and schedule the work of creative resources needed to complete specific tasks (e.g., web developers, copywriters, etc.), utilize established processes to obtain applicable approvals at all levels of development, making updates in the CMS, ensuring requests are completed in a timely manner, working in priority order as determined by Agile methodology, communicating status and roadblocks in daily scrum, interacting with business partners, application vendors, and all internal departments including the ability to communicate effectively with resources of all levels, from entry level interns to senior leadership. This role also has the opportunity to contribute to recommendations for solutions and best ways to execute on requests.

Requests can include, but are not limited to, vanity URL requests, copy and image swap-outs, building new detail pages or new site sections, or troubleshooting issues on the websites. Level of effort for the types of requests usually ranges from one hour to six weeks of effort. The work occurs under the direction of Production leadership and more senior Digital Producers, as well as working under direction of Product Managers for content and e-commerce website strategy best practices.

• Drive the execution of requests across the Product Management, Creative, and Technology teams
• Resource contributors, schedule and oversee the work on requests
• Partner with and motivate a diverse team of resources
• Identify appropriate resources needed, and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of requests
• Flexible schedule with the ability to ensure accountability for the operation of websites that are functional 24/7; this includes serving as on-call on a scheduled basis, and could include at times responding to emergent situations when not the scheduled on-call
• Clearly organize and forecast deliverables and dependencies
• Ensure proactive scheduling of all aspects of requests and on time deliverables within estimated duration and resources
• Manage the full life cycle of operational requests from requirements through launch
• Juggle day-to-day tasks and have in-depth involvement to allow for early identification of potential challenges
• Monitor request scope and execute change control when additional requests for features or functionality are made
• Elevate situations that may require Production leadership intervention
• Provide weekly status reports and regular updates to the Production leadership

• Proactively identify any risk or conflicts based upon creative, technology or business factors
• Proactively look for solutions to implement requests in a more efficient manner

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or significant work experience
• Previous experience as a Digital Producer
• Experience working with content management systems and building websites, including daily updating of copy and images for sites, building out new pages, and troubleshooting
• Experience working in at least one of the following:
  • eCommerce sites with responsibility for product and pricing load, and experience with troubleshooting issues and understanding complex eCommerce-related integrations with other applications
  • Large, complex marketing sites with calendar, feature listings, faceted listings, and feeds from other systems
• Ability to work within a diverse team of resources from strategy, creative, business and technical disciplines
• Experience estimating operational or project costs and level of effort required for each work request
• Previous responsibility for monitoring and staying within budget constraints
• Experience managing requests that include integration with multiple back-end systems
• Experience documenting initiative requirements
• Experience presenting complex messages clearly and succinctly to different audiences with varying level of product and technology knowledge
• High emphasis on guest/customer service with a drive to create and maintain a premium online guest experience
• Able to partner with multiple stakeholders to manage their expectations, gain their acceptance and trust and achieve high client satisfaction ratings
• Able to deliver under extreme deadlines and intense business environment
• Able to understand and clearly communicate technical information to non-technical people
• Basic understanding of the software development process, particularly as it relates to web-based applications
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Great organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications: