: Supervising Producers have 7+ years of experience in new media. They are specialists in the areas under their supervision, possess a strong knowledge of best-of-breed practices and keep abreast of industry developments. They are creative individuals whose production expertise allows them to concept and guide complex development efforts. They act as advisors for our clients throughout the company who call on them to advise on integration efforts and ‘best of breed’ functionality. Strong written and verbal communication skills ensure they coordinate and focus efforts between departments and vendors. These same skills allow them to upsell projects throughout the organization, including to top management. Strong managerial skills enable them to effectively lead teams to achieve business goals and to mentor employees to help them achieve their career goals. They are accountable for their own budgets, ensuring that production goals are met. Ultimately, they are directly responsible for increasing site traffic to and creating greater advertising and e-commerce revenue from MTV digital properties.
The Supervising Producer, Series oversees the development of original content for websites, broadband video, wireless and other emerging digital platforms, in support of MTV television series. The Supervising Producer interfaces with On-Air Production and Programming, Marketing, Ad Sales and Consumer Products to stay abreast of new television series in development, and to understand the business goals for those series. They work with all online groups to schedule and set objectives, and assign projects to Producers, setting the creative tone and direction. They monitor the project’s progress throughout the development cycle to ensure that the final execution exceeds expectations, and approves final content before it goes live.
Required Qualification/Skills:
– Project Management
-Create production schedules and distribute weekly status reports.
-Write specifications that include Feature Goals, Functional Requirements and Functional Diagrams.
-Responsible for developing budgets and tracking production expenses.
-Develop RFP’s for outside vendors and guide selection process.
-Work with Legal Department to coordinate contracts, approvals and payments.
– Information Architecture
-Ensure user goals are factored into design by developing or assisting in the development of User Personae, User Goals Analysis, Use Case Studies, Wireframes and Site Maps.
-Experience with Usability Testing, including the development of Prototypes, Test Plans and the refinement of efforts based upon findings.
-Enforce site standards including navigation, nomenclature, ad models and image sizes.
– Design
-Possess an intimate knowledge of the design process to work with:
-Photographers to produce concepts, shoots, retouching and final images.
-Animators to produce concepts, storyboards and final animations.
-Graphic Designers to produce concepts, identities, mood boards, design comprehensives, presentations and final assets.
– Video Production
-Work closely with editorial department to develop concepts and write scripts.
-Involved in all facets of video production including pre-production, live action shoots, editing and motion graphics.
-Knowledge of Windows Media format, encoding standards and Digital Rights Management (DRM).
– Page Development
-Expertise with different screen resolutions, platforms, browsers and plug-in’s, especially Flash development and action scripting.
– Technology
-Familiarity with three tiered architecture including Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Databases and Middleware.
-Expertise with content management and data collection tools.
-Knowledge of wireless technologies (WAP, SMS, MMS).
-Ability to analyze and evaluate 3rd party applications for licensing or acquisition.
– Quality Assurance
-Develop application Testing Requirements and work with Quality Assurance department to formulate and execute Test Plans.
– Marketing
-Work closely with Marketing Department to develop concepts and Marketing Plans.
-Oversee development of interactive and video ads for internal and external sites.
-Ensure that all initiatives have visibility to internal and external search engines.
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