Manager, Communications - Content Experience & Creative
About The Position
The role summary describes a Production Executive who represents VIZIO’s interests across assigned original and/or acquired productions and serves as the primary day-to-day production lead to production companies. The role oversees projects from development or greenlight through production and post-production, ensuring creative, schedule, budget, legal and compliance, and delivery requirements are met to specification. The team drives audience growth for VIZIO’s WatchFree+ streaming service by creating original programming. Supported by Walmart and VIZIO, it develops a pipeline including unscripted series, scripted films, and television. Its focus is distinctive, brand-supported content that strengthens engagement and enhances viewer experience, with collaboration, creativity, and strategic content development aligned to brand storytelling and measurable outcomes. The position maintains project tracking and documentation, coordinates stakeholders and communications, supports production partners and internal workflows, and helps keep projects organized and deadlines visible. It also supports special projects related to original content strategy, talent relations, production logistics, and slate planning.
Requirements
- Experience in a development, production, content operations, talent agency, management company, studio, network, streamer, or production company environment.
- Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience maintaining trackers, databases, calendars, production grids, or project management tools.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and communicate clearly across creative, production, legal, marketing, and operations teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfort working with executives, producers, vendors, and cross-functional partners.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Airtable, Google Workspace, or similar project management tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, or a related field and 2 years of experience in multimedia production, project management, or a related field; or 4 years of experience in multimedia production, project management, or a relevant area.
Nice To Haves
- Certification in Multimedia Production Management (MPM) or Certified Multimedia Professional (CMP).
- Experience leading creative teams and managing large-scale content projects.
- Experience managing interactive projects in an online creative or related digital field.
- Experience working for or with creative agencies.
- Experience with design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, including proficiency in advanced functions.
- Experience with content management systems, digital asset management systems, and workflow tools such as Microsoft Office Suite and Excel, including experience on both Mac and PC hardware.
- Interest in original content, unscripted television, movies, scripted series, branded entertainment, and emerging viewing platforms.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and update a master slate tracker across active projects, covering development, pre-production, production, post-production, delivery, and launch status.
- Track key dates, deliverables, approvals, milestones, budgets, invoices, contracts, production schedules, and internal handoffs.
- Coordinate meetings, agendas, notes, action items, and follow-ups for internal and external project stakeholders.
- Serve as a liaison across legal, marketing, programming, delivery, operations, finance, and creative teams.
- Support communications with production companies, producers, agencies, vendors, and other external partners.
- Organize and maintain creative and production materials, including decks, one-sheets, treatments, budgets, calendars, grids, contracts, contact lists, and delivery documents.
- Assist with onboarding production partners into internal systems and workflows.
- Help keep projects organized, deadlines visible, and cross-functional teams informed so work can move forward efficiently.
- Support ad hoc special projects related to original content strategy, talent relations, production logistics, and slate planning.
- Represent VIZIO’s interests across assigned original and/or acquired productions as the primary day-to-day production lead to production companies.
- Oversee projects from development or greenlight through production and post-production, ensuring creative, schedule, budget, legal/compliance, and delivery requirements are met to specification.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k).
- Stock purchase.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off, including sick leave.
- Parental leave.
- Family care leave.
- Bereavement leave.
- Jury duty leave.
- Voting leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- Walmart-paid Live Better U education benefit for eligible full-time and part-time associates, covering tuition, books, and fees for programs ranging from high school completion to bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates.
- Annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
- Stock may be included as additional compensation for certain positions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
