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Upwork ($UPWK) is the world’s work marketplace. We serve everyone from one-person startups to over 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential.

Last year, more than $3.3 billion of work was done through Upwork by skilled professionals who are gaining more control by finding work they are passionate about and innovating their careers.

As a Senior Creative Producer, you will be responsible for leading 360 marketing campaign efforts and building the best team for each project that comes your way. Within your day to day responsibilities, we will rely on you to be a world builder and strong communicator, acting as the liaison between external vendors and our internal creative team. You will be the main point of contact for directors, illustrators, production shops, post houses, etc. This is an exciting opportunity to help build an external support system – not only maintaining relationships, but helping facilitate strong partnerships.

Your Responsibilities

• Own and drive the creative production lifecycle including scoping/planning, bid cycles, budget management, scheduling, creative reviews, and delivery.
• Identify, manage, and build relationships with production partners/ talent including hiring and firing vendors as needed.
• Lead communication with external vendors, internal creative team, and cross-functional collaborators throughout the creative process. Efficiently communicate with leads and directors to ensure project goals and expectations are clear and realistic.
• Run multiple projects at once, delegating supportive tasks to teammates as necessary to ensure we are producing strong conceptual and expressive work that is engaging and reflects a cohesive visual style, voice, and tone.
• Predict and/or identify roadblocks and obstacles, and proactively establish meetings or integration points between teams to address and resolve them.

What It Takes To Catch Our Eye

• Experience within the world of production. Both agency and in-house experience preferred.
• The ability to review, critique, and negotiate bids for experiential, digital, content (video & photo), and physical product production.
• A proven leader with experience managing teams in all stages of development from pre-production through ship and post-launch.
• Relationship builder that proactively looks to foster and maintain inclusive, positive, collaborative relationships in the Studio.
• Ability to work well remotely and communicate effectively in the Slack, Monday.com, and Google environments.

Come change how the world works.

At Upwork, you’ll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. We are a remote-first organization working together to create exciting remote work opportunities for a global community of professionals. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Chicago, currently we also support hiring of corporate full-time employees in 19 states in the United States. Please speak with a member of our recruitment team to determine whether you are located in a state in which we are hiring corporate full-time employees.

Our vibrant culture is built on shared values and our mission to create economic opportunities so that people have better lives. We foster amazing teams, put our community first, and have a bias toward action. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work and grow together through development opportunities, mentorship, and employee resource groups. Oh yeah, we’ve also got amazing benefits.

Check out our Life at Upwork page to learn more about the employee experience.

Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Who We Are

Allison+Partners is a global marketing and communications agency driven by a collaborative approach to innovation and creativity. In our highly entrepreneurial environment, employees (or A+Pers) are encouraged to pursue their individual passions and are empowered to truly do things differently. Our team members create new offerings, seek out and work with clients they’re passionate about, volunteer in local communities and drive cross-office committees focused on making our workplace inclusive, supportive and fun.

The Position

The Storytelling Studio’s Creative Producer relishes problem solving, excels in a dynamic team environment and is confident managing content creation across every channel available in today’s digital landscape. As a key member of our agency’s integrated storytelling team, he/she will have a hand in developing everything from social objects to customer videos, audio podcasts to billboard advertisements. The connective tissue of everything we do is a deep love of great storytelling, a commitment to the highest level of client service and truly caring about the people we work with. The right candidate will embody these core values and be an integral part of growing the Storytelling Studio team to new heights.

What You’ll Do

• Assist in day-to-day management and role assignments for a Studio team that includes designers, editors, photographers and animators. Help ensure team members are fully utilized while also maintaining team balance.
• Develop and maintain a robust freelance network of creative professionals to supplement the in-house Studio Team
• Lead the creation of project briefs that uncover the chewy center of a story and gain alignment from multiple stakeholders on goals and objectives for a project
• Serve as an editorial counselor to clients, making recommendations on the type of content brands should create, how it should be distributed and how it can engage their key audiences
• Serve as project manager including developing scopes, managing budgets and maintaining project timelines
• Knowledge of paid media deliverables and ability to work with colleagues and vendor partners to ensure all assets meet required specs and are delivered within deadline
• Producer role on video shoots including scouting locations, booking talent, directing freelancers and managing crews on-site

What You’ll Need

• A proven track record of 5-7 years of relevant experience at a production company, digital media company advertising/marketing agency or experiential marketing firm
• Clear thinker and communicator who can turn complex topics into compelling stories and align them with the brand’s mission
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proven ability to juggle multiple deadlines
• High levels of empathy and caring when it comes to supporting colleagues and working to adapt client needs to fit team strengths
• Excellent writing and analytical abilities
• Comfortable managing client relationships and presenting in new business environments
• Familiarity with the latest trends shaping the digital content and social media landscapes
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, basic understanding of Adobe Creative Suite
• Must be self-motivated and driven

Additional Perks

• Unlimited PTO
• Month-long Sabbatical
• Active Employee Advocacy Groups
• Globally Driven DEI Initiatives
• Allison University
• Learning and Development programs
• Wellness Wednesdays and Summer Fridays
• 20-week paid primary parental leave

At Allison+Partners, We See Things Differently

We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for our employees. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind and are committed towards building an agency where everyone is welcome, and every voice is heard. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Allison+Partners

Jellysmack

Jersey City Ballroom

SeaWorld San Diego

Washington Examiner is looking for a Video Producer to join its growing video team. The ideal team member will work to create visually engaging stories for our viewers, working closely with the newsroom on producing content.

We are looking for a motivated self-starter, creative thinker, and clear communicator with experience in a fast-paced, demanding news environment. This is a great opportunity to be a part of a team and help shape the way we approach video.

This position is based in our Washington, D.C. office and must be comfortable working flexible hours in order to capture a story as it unfolds, including potentially some weekends and evenings.

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:

– BA/ BS in communications, film, television, digital media production, journalism, or related area.

– 2+ years of professional experience with a demonstrated excellence in video storytelling and production

– Passion for journalism

• Experience with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and color correction

– Experience with ENG, DSLR, and Cinema Cameras

– Adhere to production schedules and edit deadlines

– Collaborating with production teammates (videographers, producers, animators, and graphic designers) to incorporate multimedia elements into video products.

– Ability to execute during breaking news events

– Familiarity and interest in US politics

– A passion for creative, visual storytelling

– Strong communication skills

Send resume, salary expectations, and portfolio to: [email protected]

Washington Examiner

Deloitte

About GALE: GALE is a creative media consultancy. We bring business insights to brand storytelling and activate it across every channel. With expertise in business strategy, media, CRM, addressable and integrated brand communications, performance marketing, and technology, GALE creates marketing systems and communications that grow businesses. GALE delivers strong outcomes for its partners in automotive, QSR, retail, gaming, entertainment, telecom and more. Founded in 2014, the agency currently has offices in New York, Detroit, Singapore, Toronto, Austin, Los Angeles, London, and Bengaluru.

Some brands we work with: Chipotle, Hard Rock, Got Milk, Pella, H&R Block, BMO, Goldman Sachs, Santander, Burt’s Bees, NBA, Hertz.

If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, have a desire to innovate and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, and are looking for an environment where your voice is heard, GALE is the right place for you.

About the Role:

The Assistant Editor will be joining a team of creatives reporting to the Post-Production Lead. The role will have a wide range of responsibilities within the post-production pipeline such as working with various teams to find and assemble editorial clips and audio, enabling creatives to do their best work and ensuring that all deliveries are ‘to spec’ in every detail. This requires a growing knowledge of and passion for post, combined with strong attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced creative driven environment.

What you have:

• Adaptative with knowledge of tools & software involved in post-production
• After Effects and Adobe Premiere
• Knowledgeable in Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
• Great communication skills
• Ability to prioritize requests and manage multiple projects meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
• Responsiveness to challenges with a collaborative approach

What you will be doing:

• Prep footage for design, editorial, and graphics teams
• Gather, organize, and check all assets for accuracy and functionality
• Clean high resolution footage in final sequences
• Managing incoming source materials and their organization on the server
• Initial project setup and organization for editors
• Day-to-day management of editorial server and its contents
• Perform QA checks on delivery of finished assets conforming to Gale and client brand standards.
• Create multiple versions of assets for delivery as directed by an editor or producer
• Versioning for broadcast, web, social media, creating final deliverables and content for delivery
• Potentially assisting in editing projects
• Embed captioning and prepare other Accessibility files
• Clean up and organize project before archiving
• Oversee the delivery/upload of final files through FTPs and client portals, and confirm delivery of all final deliverables in collaboration with Post Producers
• Work closely with creative and post production teams to craft visually compelling creative stories under tight deadlines
• Understanding of storytelling style as related to timing and pacing
• Support the Post-Production Lead in establishing post-production workflows and in logging metadata, cataloging raw footage, data and file management, transcoding of proxies, rendering media.

Our commitment to inclusion

We believe in inclusivity and do our best work when people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and skills are brought together. Our Core Values are at the root of GALE’s collaborative environment and help to foster a strong community. Our Code of Conduct, Human Resources policies, and executive investment in inclusion further support and protect GALE’s inclusive workplace.

GALE is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Our Hiring Process

We want you to be just as discerning in making your next career move as we are finding great talent to join our team. Our interview process generally consists of the following progressive stages to allow you to meet a range of people from various disciplines and domains.

• Phone screen with a member of our Talent Acquisition Team
• Interview with the Hiring Manager, who will generally be your manager.
• Where relevant for the role, a technical aptitude test. (i.e. for domains in technology, data science, etc.,…)
• Interview with a member of our team from a different Department than yours to learn about GALE’s Core Values
• Interview with a member of our Leadership Team.

Please discuss with our recruiters if you require any accommodations throughout the process to help enable a smooth interview (i.e. accessibility in terms of location, timing, method, etc.,…).

GALE

About The Job

Do you know film production from the ground up, from creative development through post-production? Can you multi-task and keep multi-threaded slacks, emails, and text chains tamed and in-check while you’re bidding on a new commercial? Can you bring new ideas to the table for how to optimize production workflows? Can you decode what the heck a director has inside their head and get it on screen? Then we want to talk to you. 

We are adding a staff producer to the Ghost Robot team. Someone who understands that every project’s budget and every production’s challenges will be different. Someone who knows in their heart that there are solutions for every one of those challenges and we can find them, implement them, and support our teams and our clients simultaneously. 

Ghost Robot is the creative studio of the future. Over the past 15 years, Ghost Robot has established itself as an industry leader in creative production with a body of work that is instantly recognizable and admired by both creators and clients.

We bring together the best of commercials, entertainment, immersive media, and telepathy to create world-class content that blurs the line between advertising and originality.

At the core of Ghost Robot’s success is a nimble production and post-production infrastructure that can support projects of any kind, regardless of the scope or medium. The close-knit team is run more like a family, built upon an ethos of personal expression, collaboration, and exploration that allows us to generate artistic solutions to nearly any creative problem.

As a producer, you are a key player in bringing all our projects to life and giving our clients a reason to come back and do it again.

If you think you have what it takes to join the Ghost Robot family and you’re ready to produce awesome work, let’s talk.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Ghost Robot is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or age.

Responsibilities

• Scope projects, schedules, and build budgets/bids from client briefs and director treatments. Communicate potential solutions and approaches that unify the directors’ vision with the clients’ priorities. 
• Lead live-action film, video, and mixed media productions from development through delivery, and often, re-delivery. 
• Understand what makes a pitch effective and how to position the Ghost Robot team to win projects. 
• Identify milestones and manage director, agency, and client expectations throughout the project lifecycle to ensure clarity and success well before delivery. 
• Negotiate competitive rates with vendors and partners to keep projects on or under budget and within schedule constraints. 
• Book, coordinate, and motivate teams between 4 and 40+ collaborators, in different timezones, to meet accelerated deadlines, while also maintaining everyone’s sanity and positivity. 
• Maintain Ghost Robot’s reputation for being nice humans and generally good to work with. 
• Contribute to our growing and diverse network and database of artists, makers, freelancers, and technicians to ensure we have the best and most relevant teams to maintain an elevated quality of work. 
• Tie up projects with a neat bow so that another person could pick it up quickly and clearly. Wrap financials and manage extensive numbers of deliverables with ease. 
• Keep up with industry trends, technology developments, and emerging content models and concepts. 
• Adapt to a constantly changing global pandemic and the new production workflows, so we can maintain creative output in the Covid-19 era while keeping crews safe and contained. 

Qualifications

• 3 or more years of experience as a creative producer, post producer or line producer in a live-action production environment or full-service post-production company, with an understanding of various post workflows (editorial, animation, CG, finishing). 
• You must have bidding experience. 
• Must have super-hero strength organizational and spreadsheet skills.
• Highly motivated, self-starter who owns the work and is accountable to clients and team members alike.
• Able to keep a flexible & adaptive mindset –  maintain a level head in challenging situations and mediate solutions and solve problems. 
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills. Understands the distinction between when a conversation is best had over the phone or by email, and how to do so efficiently. Asks all the right questions to avoid potential bottlenecks, and has a light touch in difficult conversations. 
• Develops strong working relationships and personal connections inside and outside of Ghost Robot – whether clients, freelancers, vendors or collaborators – of all imaginable personality types. 
• Media Services Showbiz Budgeting, Airtable, Adobe Creative Suite, G-Suite knowledge a plus. 
• Strong understanding of production accounting workflows, purchase orders, invoicing, and talent contract negotiations.

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