Sr. Manager, AV Production - UCAN Marketing Production

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The Opportunity
We are looking for a passionate and innovative proven leader to join our leadership team as the new Sr. Manager, AV Production, based in Los Angeles. Consistently raising the bar on quality, scale, and innovation the AV Production team is part of the broader UCAN Marketing Operations & Production, a center of excellence for creative operations, cross functional project management and marketing production. We work closely with the varied global marketing groups to connect our stories with millions of people worldwide. 
 

The Role
Reporting to the Director, Marketing Production you will be responsible for leading and developing the AV Production team that contributes to all aspects of marketing AV Production and Post Production. You will lead a team of AV Producers responsible for a high volume of global AV campaigns for paid, earned, and owned media channels. You will be responsible for driving AV production at scale, expanding existing capabilities, leading operational innovation, and managing a high performance team. 
 

The ideal candidate is as comfortable navigating technical conversation about color spaces and VFX renders as you are explaining budget impacts and working through solutions with creative partners. You are an inspiring and inclusive leader, with experience developing and coaching teams towards shared common goals. You are adept at leading through influence and exercise good judgement, especially in the face of ambiguity. You are nimble and thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires you to bridge competing priorities among stakeholders. If you are someone who has a passion for both art and science, who thrives in creating operational workflows backed by data, and loves to geek out on post production - then this is the role for you!

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership.  Empower, support, and cultivate a flat organization of mid-to-senior level AV Producers. A natural team leader with a proven track record of articulating team purpose and priorities, and rallying teams around these. 

• Functional Expert. Lead overall strategy, budget, implementation and workflow of marketing AV production and post production workflows. Proactively identify opportunities to improve pipelines and leverage new technologies in the day-to-day. 

• Operational Strategist.  Proactively anticipate business-critical issues and opportunities to improve how we track, produce, and traffic promotional assets at Netflix, balancing the short and long-term needs of multiple cross-functional Marketing teams. Define clear and meaningful problem statements and attainable goals, and deliver continuous measurable improvements on these. 

• Data Fluency. Understand how to leverage data to push (not hinder) the boundaries of marketing production. Partner with Program Management and Strategy & Analysis counterparts to further our operational metrics agenda and drive process improvements.  

• Culture Building. Be a strong culture role model, leading by example in alignment with our principles of Inclusion, Selflessness, Informed Captaincy and Context, Not Control, giving individual collaborators space and support to thrive at Netflix.

Experience & Skills

• 10+ years Post Production Supervisor, Post Manager, or Executive experience in an entertainment marketing agency, post house, creative agency or studio.

• Proven experience building and leading mid to large diverse teams: hiring, developing and managing high performers.

• Fluent in AV formats with an understanding of the fundamentals of asset management, servicing, and trafficking.

• Experience working with engineering teams to build and implement tooling solutions

• Understanding of the latest AV software, formats and tooling advancements across online and offline media.

• Deep familiarity of Marketing campaign workflows, including the creative and production process of AV Material.

• Experience working with business analysts or analytics teams to measure operational metrics for forward looking operational planning.

• Thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, and are a natural team leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, drive to succeed and always up for a challenge!

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