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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.

Ghost Robot

Post Production Coordinator – Top Production Studio – $26/hr

Major television studio and motion picture production company in Los Angeles is seeking a Post Production Coordinator to join the team on a long-term contract. In this role, you will work directly with the Head of Post-Production to proactively anticipate departmental needs to ensure a steady Post workflow. The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter, with great attention to detail, and a passion for Post-Production!

Responsibilities:

• Organize show specific post calendars and trackers across the studio and productions
• Help facilitate Scenechronize, PIX, and Moxion requests
• Support Studio and show teams in managing cuts distribution lists
• Collect vendor bids, both show specific and general to help build post template budgets
• Drafting and revising all internal and external post guides, archival guides, delivery checklists, and any other post-related documents on a regular basis
• Oversight of day-to-operations of the external post teams related to dailies, cuts, post finishing, and final delivery
• Ensure all show teams are following proper content security protocols for both the Studio and the Network
• Editorial/ preview screenings memos and tech checks
• Ownership of the storage and final archival process (digital & physical)
• Complete special studio or departmental projects as needed or requested.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in Post Production as a freelance Post Production Supervisor or 2 years of experience working at a studio/ network as a Post Coordinator
• Must have the ability to work on multiple shows simultaneously
• Must have an understanding of current Post Production workflows
• Preferred knowledge and experience working with Scenechronize, PIX, and Moxion
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Box, and Airtable
• Be self-motivated and proactive with the capacity to work independently
• Must be passionate about post-production with a personal goal of growing within the department and industry
• Positive attitude with the ability to be flexible and pivot when needed
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate professionalism and ability to maintain highest level of confidentiality

Please submit your resume for consideration.

You can use WorkGrades to collect and manage your references for free and share them with us or anyone else you choose by visiting workgrades.com/home/candidate. Candidates with references are always preferred by our clients. Now is the most important time to stand out from the crowd. We suggest that you ensure you have updated your LinkedIn profile and that you start collecting your references early.

We will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Career Group

Nike Communications, a leading luxury lifestyle agency, is looking to add an Influencer Marketing Manager to its Digital Lab team to work on clients in the Lifestyle and Spirits space.

You would be joining a close-knit team of social media enthusiasts, and you can look forward to collaboration and creativity from a hands-on group of team members who will work with you to achieve client successes as well as your personal growth goals.

For the nitty-gritty, the responsibilities of the role may include (but are not limited to):

• Assist in the crafting end-to-end full-scale influencer campaigns that support client initiatives, objectives and KPIs, fully owning some plans and smaller activations
• Support in the day to day account management, including the review of influencer trackers, reports, recaps, filing images, social content, call agendas, invoices, budget management, etc.
• Research, locate and engage potential influencers across all channels to build a pipeline of talent for
• Manage the development of influencer creative briefs for photo/video shoots and be available to staff on-site if needed.
• Oversee planning and executing of influencer events that coordinate with branded initiatives and offer organic content opportunities for partners and consumers.
• Curate guest lists for influencer events: oversee outreach, negotiation, contracting and assist with post approvals for all guests
• Ability to develop recap materials following campaign execution to measure and evaluate value, including ROI and performance metrics.
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with influencers and content creators.
• Manage Digital Associates, Coordinators and interns and delegate roles and responsibilities.

Ideally, you would have:

• Minimum 4 years of account management experience, ideally working with influencers/digital programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business or related field
• Experience managing and developing junior staff while working on complex digital projects
• Expert in both social platform and influencer nuances as it relates to strategy, influencer tiers, and verticals.
• Thorough understanding and experience in influencer social analytics related to the selection and evaluation of the right influencers to meet campaign objectives.
• Knowledgeable about the intersection of earned, owned and paid media.
• Experience with influencer costs, what factors drive pricing and how to adjust scopes of services appropriately in a negotiation.
• Knowledge of digital consumer trends & lifestyle marketing tactics.
• Ability to think creatively and independently, as well as collaboratively.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Must be able to manage time well, stay organized, and pay attention to detail.

Outside of the opportunity to work with exciting luxury brands, Nike Communications offers fantastic benefits, including, but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental and Vision including an agency-paid annual membership to OneMedical
• 401(k) plan participation
• 15 vacation days and 10 holidays off per year
• An additional day off to take during the month of your birthday
• Agency closed between Christmas and New Years
• Summer hours from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Cellphone reimbursement
• End of year bonuses
• Happy hours and annual company-wide offsite party!

Salary range for Influencer Marketing Managers is 70K-80K

Nike Communications, Inc.

As an integral role on our content team, this position requires strategy, analysis, and strong written communication skills. You will serve as a key ally working alongside marketing leaders and producers and will be successful if you are proactive, accurate, and efficient. As someone who thrives on following and implementing industry best practices, you maintain a proactive practice of continuous learning, creative thinking and data analysis.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and adapt organic social content strategies
• Write advertising copy and landing page copy
• Conduct data analysis and report analytics regularly
• Write and proof organic social content posts
• Check all content for accuracy and completeness
• Coordinate hashtags and external tagging, as appropriate
• Schedule social/website posts and manage content calendar
• Ensure posts execute correctly and are tracked accurately
• Oversee social community management, responding as appropriate
• Engage in social listening to help identify new story ideas
• Support producers in content research, script writing, and production as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communication, or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of equivalent social media experience
• Fluency in social media platform best practices: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube
• Basic knowledge of search engine optimization
• Superior grammar and writing skills
• Excellent time-management, attention-to-detail, and multi-tasking skills
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to prioritize under tight deadlines
• Professional communication skills

Bureau Gravity

As an integral role on our content team, this position requires strategy, analysis, and strong written communication skills. You will serve as a key ally working alongside marketing leaders and producers and will be successful if you are proactive, accurate, and efficient. As someone who thrives on following and implementing industry best practices, you maintain a proactive practice of continuous learning, creative thinking and data analysis.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and adapt organic social content strategies
• Write advertising copy and landing page copy
• Conduct data analysis and report analytics regularly
• Write and proof organic social content posts
• Check all content for accuracy and completeness
• Coordinate hashtags and external tagging, as appropriate
• Schedule social/website posts and manage content calendar
• Ensure posts execute correctly and are tracked accurately
• Oversee social community management, responding as appropriate
• Engage in social listening to help identify new story ideas
• Support producers in content research, script writing, and production as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communication, or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year of equivalent social media experience
• Fluency in social media platform best practices: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube
• Basic knowledge of search engine optimization
• Superior grammar and writing skills
• Excellent time-management, attention-to-detail, and multi-tasking skills
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to prioritize under tight deadlines
• Professional communication skills

Bureau Gravity

Moose Knuckles is thriving and we continue to grow by over 50% every year

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe in inclusion, we believe in self-expression, we believe in no judgement and we believe in individualism.

WHO WE ARE

We are bold, we are tenacious, we are courageous and brave.

We are a cast of characters;

We embrace our differences and we share our likenesses.

Some of What’s in it for You!

• New and freshly renovated offices, designed and built to the LEED Silver environmental standard
• Summer Fridays
• Paid Personal Days
• Generous Benefit package
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Loyalty Reward Program
• Generous welcome gift
• Company events

As the VIP/ Influencer Manager you will be responsible for Identifying, cultivating, and developing relationships with global influencers, while facilitating the planning and execution of influencer marketing campaigns. As a key member of the Marketing team, you will oversee gifting protocols, ideate gifting tools, track, and measure performance, while working with the director on managing budgets and timelines.

Some of What You’ll Do:

• Identify, cultivate, and develop relationships with global influencers
• Maintain current client and brand relationships
• Facilitate the planning and execution of influencer marketing campaigns as a liaison between influencers and brand partners.
• Work with local global marketing teams to ensure that influencer strategies and influencer targets are aligned with global strategy
• Manage gifting protocols, product orders and shipments to influencers
• Ideate gifting tools and seasonal packaging for seeding
• Track, monitor and measure performance against KPIs
• Work closely with the global marketing and e-comm teams to manage influencer content distribution
• Partner with global marketing director in managing influencer budgets and timelines
• Support in casting and for brand campaigns

Some of What You’ll Need:

• 3-5 years’ of experience working with influencers and/or celebrities
• Well-organized and detail oriented
• Experience and knowledge of paid social channels from budgeting, execution, and strategy a plus
• Production experience an asset
• Experienced in social media, experience in other global social channels such as Weibo, WeChat, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube an asset
• Experience working with luxury fashion, streetwear, or skate brands.
• Knowledgeable in MS Office

Some of Who You Are:

• Great at maintaining internal and external relationships.
• Strong time management skills.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience in contracts/ terms
• Finger to the pulse on art, fashion and culture, with a strong understanding of Moose Knuckles consumers
• Strong presentation skills highly desirable

Moose Knuckles Canada

About Propeller

Founded in 2006, Propeller is a digital forward, omnichannel healthcare marketing agency transforming HCP engagement. With a HQ in Summit, NJ, our team of 120+ marketing specialists truly understand the ever-changing industry, complex content, and how to mobilize data to drive meaningful results. Our continued success is achieved through our omnichannel fluency and curated digital suite of capabilities, including Account Services, Creative, Digital and Brand Strategy, Digital Production and Project Management, 3D Animation, Digital Development, and Video.

Our Culture

We offer a unique, personalized culture in which each team member is encouraged and expected to bring their ideas, solutions, and leadership to the table. By empowering individuals, we remain nimble, engaged, and able to break away from conventional thinking and speak intelligently about serious topics. We value our team’s intangibles–the experiences and traits that make them unique.

Come Live Your Best Life With Us

We pride ourselves on our inclusive, employee-centric mentality. There’s life at work and life outside of it. We want everyone to be healthy, feel supported, and have the financial resources they need. Our team enjoys competitive compensation and consistent performance recognition, generous paid time off, comprehensive wellness programs, and more! These are just some of the reasons we are Great Place to Work certified.

Freelance Digital Producer

Your core responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with Strategy, Creative and Account to create innovative and strategic digital executions
• Contribute to the creative process by assessing feasibility of proposed solutions and recommending relevant and actionable approaches, offering support throughout planning and execution process
• Assist in submission prep; reviewing and creating callouts for MLR submission, working closely with account and project management team members
• Providing oversight and keeping a “pulse” on projects as they are being developed, making sure they adhere to overall strategic needs and digital best practices
• Lead communication of project status to teams and respective clients on a regular basis
• Help drive User Experience deliverables including Site Maps and Wireframes, ensuring they meet target user and client business objectives
• Guide execution and strategies of partner digital media plans
• Stay up-to-date and current on new technologies and digital platforms

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• 3-5 years in an agency (or similar) setting, preferably in a digital production role
• Experience in the healthcare industry preferred
• Strong knowledge of UX concepts, processes, and its best practices (example: launching websites from conception through go-live)
• Strategic-mindset an ability to understand client business and marketing objectives
• Excellent communication skills between internal and external teams, translating perspectives and organizational challenges related to projects
• Assist with QA/ UAT processes and development of functional requirements for digital projects
• Lead and/or participate in client communications inclusive of tactical/vendor status calls, presentation meetings, and digital media planning
• Preferred familiarity with the following: Project management and development software (Jira/Trello/Ziflow and Smartsheet); design and prototyping software (Adobe CS, Sketch, Invision, Figma); Development process (SCRUM, agile methodology, sprint planning)
• Bachelor’s degree required

For a Senior Digital Producer, we’d expect slightly more experience, and for success to look like the following:

• You are comfortable being among the digital experts for our Propeller team. You are knowledgeable speaking about digital media (including but not limited to websites, apps, social media, video, animation, and experiential content)
• You build relationships with third-party vendors, such as media teams, execution teams, as well as our clients and cross-functional partners
• You contribute to making consultative decisions in regards to digital media production.
• You are proactive in anticipating risks and providing clear next steps for the production teams and flag those risks to our Account and Execution leads
• You are able to develop light slide presentations for digital campaigns and client communications
• You can collect and analyze metrics and build deployment calendars
• You can lead our internal team to understand and adhere to technical specifications of digital media and can reach out to obtain and clarify that information for our produciton teams (video, development, design) when needed
• You are comfortable consulting Propeller’s Digital Strategy team when needed and collaborating on projects as applicable

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.

PROPELLER