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Producer at The Teaching Company in Chantilly  VA- Full Time Job
The Teaching Company
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Location: Chantilly  VA
Date Posted: 12/13/2011 7:09:04 PM
Details: Producer (Contract/Temporary)

Designed to meet the powerful consumer demand for lifelong learning, The Teaching Company is a rapidly growing media company that produces The Great Courses: an intellectually robust series of video and audio courses led by the world's top professors and experts in fields such as philosophy, history, literature, science, and the arts.

The pioneer of the concept of direct-to-consumer delivery of comprehensive and engaging academic courses, The Teaching Company maintains a catalog of more than 330 courses comprising more than 5,000 hours of content. Since its establishment in 1990, The Teaching Company has sold more than 8 million courses to customers around the world. Prominent and loyal customers of The Teaching Company include Bill Gates, Charles Schwab, Bruce Hornsby, and Jim Collins, to name a few.

Through its unique consumer-driven model, The Teaching Company creates only the content that customers want, in formats that are readily available and convenient to use (such as DVD, audio CD, and audio download formats). From its original solid base of above-average income baby boomers, The Teaching Company is capturing the interest of new generations of consumers by diversifying into areas such as lifestyle, leisure, and business topics. In addition, the Company continues to pursue dynamic new distribution channels at home, along with continued international expansion into Canadian, UK, and Australian markets.

Position Summary:
Expand your mind and your career. . . The Great Courses is seeking creative, experienced Producers for our HD Production Studio to creatively bring to life university-level education in a variety of subjects including the Arts, Literature, Science, History and Mathematics. Contracts are anticipated to start on January 2 and last several weeks. Candidates must be able to work onsite for this project.

Major Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned):
•Creatively bring to life university-level education in a variety of subjects including the Arts, Literature, Science, History and Mathematics. You will be the creative caretaker of the content from concept though delivery.
• Overall responsibility for team's delivery of video courses on-time and on-budget throughout all aspects of pre- and post-production.
•Establish a collaborative/authoring relationship with the professor/talent with an emphasis on extracting and designing course content.
•Prepare pre-production for taping, including selection of props and studio material selection and advising/coaching talent on performance.
•Oversee studio process, including studio personnel.
•Enhance content by adding supporting visuals, video, graphics and demos.
•Work with production team members to make editorial decisions in post-production which enhance the understanding of the course material for customers.
•In partnership with on-line editors and graphic artists, design, edit, and proof graphic materials and on-screen text.
•Meet exacting content requirements and delivery deadlines

Ideal Experience
The ideal candidate for the Freelance Producer position at TTC will have:

•Bachelor's degree, preferably in Communications (video production) and a minimum of 5 years producing experience in television production for broadcast, cable or other video outlets.
•Final Cut Pro editing experience is a PLUS.
•Working knowledge of Photoshop CS4.
•Must be creative and collaborative; able to communicate ideas clearly and effectively to production staff.
•Experienced in delivering projects within tight deadlines and budgetary restrictions.
•Experience in HD production a plus.
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