Managing Producer

This is a Full Time Job

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Quick Summary (full description below):
The Managing Producer, Non-Traditional Productions, supports the ESPN leadership team in enhancing content quality, talent development, and event scheduling for assigned conference partners. This role focuses on optimizing linear and digital productions at school-controlled facilities and developing uniform production standards across networks.

• Years of Experience Required: 5+ years (60+ months)
• Salary: Not mentioned
• Required Experience:
- Sports production processes, remote sports telecasts, and live event production.
- Working with school production facilities or similar workflows.
- Knowledge of event production logistics and personnel management.
• Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Experience in school production facilities.
- Strong understanding of sports history, trends, and popular culture.
- Ability to enhance production standards and storytelling ideas.
• Workplace Requirements:
- Must be adaptable to changing work locations and facilities.
- Frequent and sometimes lengthy travel required.
• Education Requirements:
- Required: High School Diploma.
- Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in Communication, Media, Journalism, or related fields.
• Hard Skills Required:
- Real-time sporting event production.
- Graphics and video editing.
- Budget management and scheduling.
• Soft Skills Required:
- Strong leadership and talent development capabilities.
- Effective liaison and communication skills.
- Constructive feedback delivery.
• Benefits: Not mentioned

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Managing Producer, Non-Traditional Productions
Location: Not mentioned
Company: ESPN

Position Summary:
The Managing Producer will support the Non-Traditional Production (NTP) leadership team in developing strategy, managing content quality, and overseeing sports/event scheduling for assigned conference partners. This role ensures maximum utilization of school control room facilities for both linear and digital productions while upholding ESPN's production standards.

Responsibilities:
• Serve as the main point of contact for the NTP Business Unit.
• Work with internal Sport Leaders and Management Teams on production schedules and personnel management for school control room events.
• Collaborate with ESPN Programming to manage digital production schedules for school partners.
• Maintain and analyze school control room information and historical data.
• Work with ESPN Finance on production budgets for school control rooms.
• Support third-party production teams during NCAA, ACC, and SEC Championships and other packaged events.
• Act as a liaison between ESPN and school production facilities to ensure seamless content exchange.
• Evaluate university production facilities and provide feedback to management for growth and development.
• Standardize production quality across networks through feedback and observation.
• Provide regular performance feedback to production crews and talent.
• Interface with leagues, teams, schools, and coaches as required.

Qualifications:
• Required:
- Minimum 5 years of progressively complex sports production experience.
- Expertise in real-time sporting event production, graphics, and video editing.
- Experience in school production facilities or similar environments.
- Proven ability to produce compelling remote sports telecasts.
- Strong knowledge of sports history, trends, and ESPN’s positioning.
- Prior experience in personnel management.
• Preferred:
- Familiarity with school production workflows.
- Ability to manage and enhance production quality for live events.

Education Requirements:
• Required: High School Diploma.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Media, Journalism, or related fields.

Additional Requirements:
• Adaptability to changing work locations and facilities.
• Frequent and lengthy travel required.