Associate Producer

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

NBCUniversal’s Ad Sales Creative Group, part of Rock Studios, is an industry-leading, award-winning team that develops groundbreaking creative campaigns and premium marketing experiences for the world’s most influential brands. We partner closely with advertisers to deliver custom, multi-platform solutions that leverage the power of NBCUniversal’s iconic content, talent, and audiences across linear, digital, and streaming platforms. We are seeking an experienced Associate Producer to join our dynamic team and help drive high-priority strategic initiatives across NBCUniversal’s Ad Sales organization and broader corporate priorities. This role partners closely with creative, project management, communications, operations, and executive leadership to plan and execute a diverse portfolio of projects. The Associate Producer is responsible for producing breakthrough NBCU cross-portfolio video and stills content. In the fast-paced environment of an agency, you must embrace tight deadlines and manage teams efficiently to deliver the highest quality of content for the most cost-effective approach. You'll guide and connect the internal creative and production teams with the latest leading innovative technologies, production companies, and industry creative resources to collaborate with. You will interface heavily with the entire sales organization, advertising clients, network creative & production teams, and celebrity talent teams. You will also oversee the budgetary and physical production needs of all shoots and liaises with the post-production teams through delivery of content.

Requirements

3+ years of experience leading small-scale physical commercial productions end-to-end on a television network, production company (freelance experience accepted) and/or advertising agency
Ability to produce quality content within a broad range of budgets up to $250K
On-set production experience (including being extensive knowledge in union, guild & labor laws), as well as post-production rates, timelines & budget
Must be able to work outside of normal business hours as job duties or assignment requires, sometimes with little or no advance notification
Ability to travel as required
Basic knowledge of negotiating with vendors in the industry to collaborate on projects
Must have proven on-set experience with celebrity talent; experience filming with vehicles, food and all category products and services
Ability to manage multiple ongoing productions simultaneously and successfully
Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
Must be willing to work in New York City with mandatory in-office attendance required

Nice To Haves

Proven experience confidently managing complex, cross-functional projects within production, marketing, communications, creative, media, or related environments
Basic understanding of pre-production workflows, including creative development, timeline creation and management, production company and director search, and project bidding
Strong knowledge of post-production workflows including VFX, color correction, audio mixing, music licensing and delivery
Ability to work well under pressure and with tight deadlines, still delivering a product of excellence
Highly organized, efficient and effective/excellent communicator
Collaboration is key to our success - must excel in working with teams across the organization as well as external partners

Responsibilities

Independently manage all aspects of smaller-scale physical and editorial productions from end-to-end and support senior production team on larger complex productions where necessary
Draft internal budgets and estimates for all productions
Manage pre-production logistics (crew booking, vendor onboarding and paperwork coordination, etc.)
Supervise live action shoots (including hiring and managing freelance production personnel and vendors for internal and external productions)
Supervise editorial sessions through delivery
Produce projects ranging from internal videos, branded content, social content, digital-only videos (short & long form) to supporting senior production team on larger 360 broadcast and digital campaigns
Work closely with legal, BA, music services, finance teams and payroll companies to manage clearances and substantiation, cost reporting and best practices for all broadcast and digital content