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Employees at Quad thrive at the intersection of thinking, making and marketing. As we continue to take the bold steps necessary to transform our offering, our goal is to provide our clients with the most powerful integrated marketing platform. We’re all partners in our company, committed to do the right thing, trusting the process, innovating for the future, growing the business, believing in each other, and having a little fun along the way.

The marketing brand team at Quad is seeking a Video Producer to create short-form videos including episodic executive thought leadership series, social-first programming from around the universe of Quad, and other video narratives. We are looking for a team player able to collaborate with others in different roles and help drive video journalism on the brand team at Quad.

The successful candidate will be an integral part of this team, reporting directly to the marketing creative director in a highly collaborative and diverse creative environment of designers, producers, writers, and marketers. As the primary video producer on this platform-agnostic team, this person will be responsible for taking the lead on new Quad video stories for the brand team.

Responsibilities

• Research, pitch, produce, shoot and edit video for various formats, taking ownership over the process from start-to-finish, demonstrating top-shelf storytelling skills, including editorial accuracy and nuance.
• Conduct interviews, write scripts, set up studio-based and remote filming, live streams, as well as record VO and edit packages.
• Collaborate with marketing, brand, and content team leadership to identify key stories and plan video coverage.
• Occasionally hire and manage freelance production support vendors such as PrEDitors, audio techs, hair and makeup artists, etc.
• Conceptualize unique video pieces best suited to align with Quad’s brand narrative.
• Ability to articulate, present and discuss video pitches, with a willingness to receive feedback and work collaboratively, including with executive and C-Suite leadership
• Coordinate and conduct on-camera or audio interviews, including doing background research to prepare questions

Qualifications

• Must have a track record of strong reporting that helps shape video narratives.
• 5-7 years of relevant video journalism and/or production experience.
• Must have comprehensive knowledge of Adobe Premiere and a strong working knowledge of Photoshop, After Effects, as well as collaborative tools like Microsoft Teams/Office 365.
• Must possess excellent editorial judgment, story development, and scripting abilities.
• Skills in showrunning studio shoots and shows, from booking, scheduling, set dressing, and directing shots
• Ability to set up a studio shoot, camera, audio, lighting, seamless, etc.
• Willingness to travel for on-location shoots

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong field production/camera skills are expected although this is not a field-based role.
• Knowledge of how to use social media to find sources and seek out and distribute video
• A creative eye and ability to guide a team to create a fresh and distinctive voice for Quad brand video
• Excellent news judgement and curiosity about current events
• An interest in marketing and content related to marketing

Additional Company Information

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

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When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward – and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.

What you’ll be doing…

The Creative Director – Copywriter is responsible for ideation and development of compelling, creative omnichannel concepts and high-quality written content that is on-brand and on-strategy, across a variety of media specifically geared towards Verizon-owned channels. This includes creating groundbreaking concepts that will help generate positive impressions of the Verizon brand within social channels, as well as brand building overarching concepts to bring the Verizon brand closer to culture. The CD Copywriter must exhibit strong writing skills and an ability to oversee creative teams and collaborate with marketing, creative and design to ensure quality, verbal and visual consistency, and timeliness of material.

• Leads in directing and executing the ideation and creation of advertising and marketing assets as prescribed by strategy briefs. Particularly: Social first thinking, campaign thinking, social content and activation ideas, brand and digital experiences.
• Provides creative direction on small- to large-scale social first media projects from creative conception to completion.
• Brainstorms and strategizes with an integrated creative team to help develop creative direction with a focus on the writing of social first work.
• Helps convert rough ideas into refined presentations to illustrate concepts for creative reviews.
• Recommends, researches and develops language to support creative strategy and execution.
• Collaborates with the art directors to artfully build creative solutions to address specific project objectives.
• Directs and is accountable for the final development and production of creative assets and ensures accuracy, attention to detail that meets or exceeds the design objectives.
• Ensures brand guidelines and brand voice are embraced and adhered to across all executions.
• Supports the Senior Creative Directors and creative team in developing creative concepts and strategic thinking for omnichannel creative.
• Leads in creating conceptual ideas in brainstorms or offline creative development.
• Works to improve the team’s overall performance and embraces a collaborative approach.
• Provides visible support for leadership and helps build a unified team mindset.

Where you’ll be working…
In this hybrid role, you’ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we’re looking for…

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience as an advertising and social copywriter.
• Experience usingAdobe Creative Cloud software, MS Word.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Bachelor’s degree in English, Advertising or related field.
• Experience overseeing creative teams and high-profile client projects.
• A portfolio showcasing your work of highly conceptual social and advertising ideas and executions.
• Eight or more years of relevant work experience, with some industry awards.
• Contributes in developing initial creative strategies to address core marketing and business objectives experience.
• Ability to actively participate in the ideation process leveraging research, analytics and brand insights.
• Ability to state opinions clearly and can verbally describe visual concepts.
• Ability to produce collateral within the brand, but also explores new interpretations of the brand and develops out-of-the-box approaches to grow the voice of the brand.
• Adapts well to changing priorities, deadlines and directions abilities.
• Ability to understand that all projects require attention to detail so that work is on-time, on-budget and on-strategy.
• External advertising agency experience.
• In-House advertising agency experience.
• Demonstrated creative conceptualization skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer – and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

NYC candidates: Verizon requires new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for onsite and hybrid NYC roles. Verizon provides reasonable accommodations consistent with legal requirements (e.g., for medical or religious reasons). Additional information will be provided during the hiring process.

Meta is searching for an experienced leader to join the Reality Labs (RL) communications team. The Director of Reality Labs Communications, Product and Research will be responsible for driving communications strategy for Meta’s portfolio of VR, AR and XR products including Quest VR, Ray-Ban Stories, Spark AR, wrist wearables, AR glasses and more. They will also support the groundbreaking technologies coming from the Reality Labs Research teams. This is a high visibility role within Meta’s Communications and Public Affairs Organization.The ideal candidate is someone who can drive high-impact programs, lead a team of exceptional communications professionals and partner closely with experienced product executives to set strategy. A passion for AR/VR/XR technology and the ability to move fast in fluid situations is key for this role. This individual excels at leading cross-functional work across the company, has experience working on consumer hardware products, and can consistently deliver high-quality work.

Communications Director, Reality Labs Products and Research Responsibilities:

• Drive communications strategy across the VR, AR, XR and Research teams within Reality Labs
• Manage proactive and reactive comms around product privacy, safety and integrity topics
• lead on crisis communications responses
• Work with go-to-market teams including product, marketing and sales on product launch strategy and execution
• Work cross functionally across the broader Meta communications team to deliver on key company moments
• Help drive narrative and media relations around tentpole moments like Connect (Meta’s annual AR/VR conference)
• Participate in leadership meetings to provide counsel on future products and tech

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 12+ years of consumer technology communications experience
• People management experience
• Experience creating and executing media campaigns, building relationships with media and working with executives

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in communications or public relations
• Experience working on hardware product launches
• Experience working with research teams and distilling complex topics for broad audiences
• Experience working at a technology company

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.