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CNN seeks a Manager of Program & Content Strategy. Working closely with the Director of Program & Content Strategy, this role develops and executes programming rollout plans for both CNN & HLN. The position helps to shape CNN content strategy, seamlessly blending its unique combination of live news, big-scale special events, original non-fiction series, and documentary films. The role helps to position HLN as a growing leader in the non-fiction true crime space by optimizing its burgeoning inventory of original series and documentary events. Responsible for managing the daily aspects of on-air programming and schedule communications, the role also engages in larger projects to enhance content strategy across all platforms while working in a 24×7 breaking news environment across the most-watched cable news channel.

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• Works with the Director and VP of Program & Content Strategy to create schedules and rollout plans for CNN and HLN programs. Collaborates with Research teams to analyze performance and uses the data to pitch schedule plans that best optimize content. Responsible for tracking inventory and confirming rights availability with Business Affairs & Legal groups. Also works with Program Development on Original Series planning and with Production teams to ensure delivery.
• Maintains schedules and ensures accurate communication of programming plans around the organization – this includes liaising with Master Control, News Operations, Sales, and others. Speaks to overall strategy in planning meetings and helps create executive presentations showcasing long-range and short-range goals. Also, coordinates across sister networks, CNN International and CNN Español, to communicate simulcast details and facilitate content sharing.
• Assists the Director in creating strategic tools that better enhance scheduling processes, ratings analysis, and metadata optimization. Contributes to the continued evolution of the SmartView internal schedule viewing platform and serves as eventual point person for the transition to a new linear scheduling system.
• Operates as a leader with junior team members on special projects, including initiatives surrounding tentpole news events. Helps to manage the tracking of competitive programs, anniversaries, and current events in order to optimize scheduling pegs for stunts and other special programming. Also analyzes industry trends to aid in group awareness of non-linear and emerging platforms.

Company

Jukin Media is a global entertainment company that produces content for television and emerging digital platforms. Jukin is the owner/ operator of a portfolio of social video properties that includes FailArmy, People Are Awesome, The Pet Collective, and This is Happening; the properties combine for more than 180 million fans and several billion monthly video views via online and OTT distribution. Additionally, Jukin provides a wide range of content licensing solutions that allow premium brands, publishers, and media networks to commercially utilize user-generated video content. For more information, visit http://www.jukinmedia.com/.

Description

The Community Manager is responsible for managing our growing community. This role will be expected to set overall community strategy as it relates to supporting brand initiatives such as programming, ecommerce, influencers/partnerships, and community/fan events. The Community Manager is an expert in honing a brand’s voice and adapting to each platform’s best practices to constantly grow and engage the fan community. This position will also actively manage and program the social media presence for one of our largest brands, FailArmy.

The ideal candidate is a clever writer, has excellent task management skills, and in-depth experience with managing social media and online communities, understanding who they are, and encouraging them to take action. In addition, the ideal candidate will have experience cultivating relationships with influencers and outside talent. This role also requires creative content creation, including being comfortable on-camera, and starring in content as the familiar face for FailArmy’saudience.

This position will report to the Sr. Director of Social Media.

This position is based in our Los Angeles office. (Currently working remotely due to pandemic).

Responsibilities

• Structure and oversee implementation of community-facing strategy across FailArmy
• Serve as the fan-facing representative of FailArmy and communicate on behalf of the brand across multiple channels (social platforms, newsletters, messaging apps, etc.)
• Be an advocate to stimulate online conversations and interact with fans & customers to nurture community and user engagement
• Develop strong understanding of our audience segments and community profiles
• Migrate the appropriate audiences to top priority platforms, products, and content
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute contests, launches, and user generated video submission programs
• Network with community members and identify community champions to elevate
• Identify and collaborate with influencers to develop ongoing partnership opportunities
• Use social media management and analytics tools to measure key metrics, community sentiment, and respond to fan & customer concerns
• Liaise with audience development team to ensure responses maintain the brand voice and provide feedback loop for audience sentiment
• Working with Ecommerce and Marketing, spearhead organic promotional efforts for the FailArmy store and Patreon
• Recommend and implement new community features as appropriate

Monitor trends, audience shifts, and new tools on platforms and in the larger digital media space, sharing with and teaching the wider group

Company

Jukin Media is a global entertainment company that produces content for television and emerging digital platforms. Jukin is the owner/ operator of a portfolio of social video properties that includes FailArmy, People Are Awesome, The Pet Collective, and This is Happening; the properties combine for more than 180 million fans and several billion monthly video views via online and OTT distribution. Additionally, Jukin provides a wide range of content licensing solutions that allow premium brands, publishers, and media networks to commercially utilize user-generated video content. For more information, visit http://www.jukinmedia.com/.

Description

Jukin Media’s Streaming TV team is looking for a Director of Current Programming to be the dedicated creative and production lead for the Streaming TV Channels group.  The Director of Current Programming understands the creative voice of each channel and is responsible for  overseeing, guiding and elevating all programming for each of the Streaming TV channels. This  position will own  communication and workflow within Streaming TV  creative teams.   This is an opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing team that is in the center of the fastest growing part of the content viewing industry.

This position will report to the VP, Streaming TV with a dotted line to VP, Digital Studio. This position is based in our Los Angeles Office.

Responsibilities

• Works with VP Streaming to establish long-term creative programming strategy to achieve business unit KPIs (audience, sales, distribution).
• Such strategy will include a detailed plan and budget to help develop, help commission, and acquire programming for Jukin streaming channels
• Work cross functionally with brands, scheduling, production and sales to ensure the programming strategy for each channel is met.
• Manages all Streaming TV programming production from beginning to end – both internal teams and external commissions to deliver on time and under budget
• Responsible for elevating and improving overall content quality, owning communication and workflow within the Streaming TV production team and training the team.

Spectrum Networks is looking for enthusiastic, talented and driven individuals to join the best and brightest in gathering, producing and delivering stories that make a difference within a 24-hour breaking news environment! Our commitment is to engage viewers with relevant, timely news that’s important to the local communities we serve.

Who we are: Spectrum Networks is a series of 27 hyper-local news and 9 regional sports networks owned and operated by Charter Communications, Inc. Spectrum Networks seeks to provide the most essential local news and information, cultivating relevant and thoughtful conversations that foster informed and engaged communities.

The Environment: Spectrum News is a 24-hour breaking news network which requires employees who are flexible and available to work various shift, including early morning, late evenings, weekends and holidays.

Being on our team means … You’re ready to inspire and be inspired! You’re passionate, creative and highly technical, driven to flourish in a competitive, fast-paced environment. You’re fiercely accurate, with a desire to leverage your knowledge, skills and abilities to share news stories to viewers in our local communities. You’re nimble, having the ability to pivot in an ever-changing workflow. You are a team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills. You have the ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines and remain calm under pressure.

What we’re looking for: The Senior Manager, News & Content supervises all aspects of the daily coverage and production of news programming. Leads the day-to-day coverage and production for all newscasts. Works closely with the Senior Director of News and Content to ensure a consistent product from daypart to daypart. Provides day-to-day management of all newscasts.
This position is accountable for ensuring that the editorial and production values of news programming consistently meet industry standards with goal of driving viewership, growing our audience and strengthening the brand.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Ability to oversee production of Live Newscasts.

Editorial

• Provide leadership for the daily editorial process working closely with Senior Executive Producers and planning managers in developing coverage plans.
• Assist and approve coverage plans and stories for newscasts in collaboration with Senior Director of News.
• Help decide which stories are newsworthy.
• Read and edit news copy to ensure quality control standards with high awareness of legality, morality, accuracy, and perceptions of bias.
• Oversee news gathering in area in ways to benefit the entire news group.
• Make key decisions on breaking news coverage, stories and how to cover them, editorial and creative content.

News Production

• Directly responsible for ensuring the quality of all news programming meets editorial and quality standard. Serves as champion of the channel brand.
• Supervise the production process and direct staff to maintain quality and ethical standards.

Establishes operational objectives and work plans, delegates assignments.

• Work closely with the Senior Executive Producers, Executive Producers, and Producers to enrich and expand on the key assignments and big stories of the day through production and graphic treatment.
• Responsible for relentless execution of newscast and driving urgent news from discovery to delivery.
• Work closely with Senior Director of News and Content to improve workflow and production of each newscast.
• Meet with news managers on a regular basis to provide feedback, guidance and advice concerning production issues.
• Review content of news stories and check for errors of fact, technical errors, creative content, miscues, editorial mistakes and all elements needed to deliver quality news programming.
• Continuously evaluate staff performance and provide on-going feedback for improvement.

Leadership

• Drive integration and collaboration with other managers to achieve station goals.
• Work closely with other managers to determine daily scope of coverage.
• Ensure the staff knows and understands news coverage vision and short/long term goals and objectives.
• Create a motivating environment for staff.
• Drive integration and collaboration between production staff and other functions areas of newsroom to ensure all are working towards unified goals.
• Participate in developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effect.
• Act as role model for staff by maintaining ethical, professional and legal standards.
• Assist in the hiring, supervising, and developing of news staff.
• Conduct performance evaluations for direct reports.
• Assists in the scheduling of newsroom personnel.

Planning

• Create and execute short and long-ranged plans for staff development and professional growth, program schedules, future stories and guest bookings.
• Continuously evaluate resources needed for adequate coverage and present recommendations to Senior Director of News.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Spectrum Networks is looking for enthusiastic, talented and driven individuals to join the best and brightest in gathering, producing and delivering stories that make a difference within a 24-hour breaking news environment! Our commitment is to engage viewers with relevant, timely news that’s important to the local communities we serve.

Who we are: Spectrum Networks is a series of 27 hyper-local news and 9 regional sports networks owned and operated by Charter Communications, Inc. Spectrum Networks seeks to provide the most essential local news and information, cultivating relevant and thoughtful conversations that foster informed and engaged communities.

The Environment: Spectrum News is a 24-hour breaking news network which requires employees who are flexible and available to work various shift, including early morning, late evenings, weekends and holidays.

Being on our team means … You’re ready to inspire and be inspired! You’re passionate, creative and highly technical, driven to flourish in a competitive, fast-paced environment. You’re fiercely accurate, with a desire to leverage your knowledge, skills and abilities to share news stories to viewers in our local communities. You’re nimble, having the ability to pivot in an ever-changing workflow. You are a team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills. You have the ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines and remain calm under pressure.

What we’re looking for: Digital Managing Director will lead the talented and resourceful journalists at Spectrum Networks, ensuring our trusted news networks engage our audience in honest journalism and foster meaningful conversations within the communities served.
This role requires an independent minded individual who will guide our storytellers and editors into the highest levels of editorial excellence.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage digital teams in multiple locations
• Manage editorial content – encourage innovation and unique story telling techniques
• Serve as mentor to employees
• Collaborate with newsroom leadership in planning and execution of stories, series and big events
• Serve as newsroom leader on editorial choices aligned to Spectrum Networks mission, values and strategic priorities
• Drive the day to day of a vibrant daily newsroom adhering to many needs with ambitious short term and long-term projects
• Foster a culture of transparency, innovation, and positivity
• Attract and retain talent
• Bring and build on innovative journalistic approaches and thinking
• Partner with the leadership team to help create and drive strategy to help grow reach

Gravity Road is a creative company bringing together marketing,
entertainment, and technology to create things people want to spend time
with – ideas that audiences will love and be entertained by. We recently
joined the world’s first Brandtech group, You & Mr Jones, which means we
are working with partners developing best technology across the globe.
We are looking for a commercially minded gamer, a strategic thinker who
understands the gaming landscape and the emerging trends and can
help others understand it too. You will be working on global brands such as
Niantic and Mastercard and the focus of your role will be to make things
happen on these and other key accounts.

Reporting to co-founder, Mark Boyd, in the US and the Gravity Road
Management Team in the UK, you will be creatively driven, entrepreneurial
and respected. You will set the creative agenda, understand your client’s
commercial challenges and build a cultural ambition for the work against
this agenda. As a trusted influencer, you will develop a cross-disciplinary
team that people want to be part of.

The role will include the following
● Create a center of excellence on Gaming and Esports culture
● Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the Gaming and Esports
landscape, key players and trends
● Deliver the 2021 US Business Plan through a focus on Gaming and
Esports.
● Co-author our 2021 Gaming Strategy
● Build and roll out a marketing plan for Gaming
● Build and lead new business initiatives around Gaming
● Set up and organize the ongoing management of key client
relationships
● Recruit and develop the smartest hybrid talent in this space
● Protect and grow the internal culture of the agency around gaming

The Jim Henson Company – an established leader in family entertainment for over 60 years and recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation – is seeking a qualified  candidate for its Director of Prime Time Television. We are looking for creative and talented people who fit our core purpose and mission – to make the world a better place by inspiring people to celebrate life, be creative, respect our audience, act with integrity at all times, demand bold technical innovation, foster community by celebrating diversity and individuality, and dare to challenge conventional thought.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Director of Prime Time Television is a development position. The Director will be responsible for identifying new projects and talent in both comedy and drama for live-action and animation, will oversee development of series to pitch, and will be responsible for selling the development slate to the various networks, studios, and streaming platforms.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• Responsible for building out relationships with writers, directors, agents, managers, and talent in the prime-time arena.
• Work closely with President of Television to creatively strategize building new Jim Henson Company IP.
• Oversee current production on certain prime-time series.
• Responsible for creating decks for projects to pitch and sell to networks and studios.
• The candidate will liaison with Public Relations, Legal, and the Creature Shops as needed during the development, pitching stages, and all aspects of the development and production process.

Description:

The Video Engineer & Robotic Camera Operator configures and sets up all broadcast studio cameras both manned and robotic for daily use. Works with directors to maintain network-level camera blocking and composition. Monitors and adjusts video signals including cameras, monitors, playback sources, color correction equipment and incoming feeds

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

• Configure and set-up broadcast studio cameras for use in daily operations
• Color correction of all set monitors
• Overall camera look and shading for all cameras, both robotic and manned
• Operate manual and/or robotic cameras for live or taped productions
• Be proficient with robotic, touch screen, equipment and act as expert for storing, modifying, recalling camera shots. Ensure proper configuration of camera robotics systems
• Work with directors to establish and maintain network level camera blocking and composition standards for studio set locations.
• Studio lighting responsibility and board programming for all studio sets
• Perform trouble shooting with video equipment for the studio for live or remote productions.
• Monitor and adjust signals, video waveform monitors, etc.
• Document quality standards, system anomalies, operational procedures, and reference materials

Position Requirements:

• Associates or Technical Degree preferred. Various forms of education and experience will be considered
• Minimum 4 years’ experience related experience in live, multi-camera studio production
• Excellent computer skills and experience with a live, multi-camera room preferred
• Familiar with ETC network-based lighting control systems
• Familiarity with Panasonic robotic cameras a plus.
• An ability to work on multiple tasks in a high pressure, 24/7 news environment
• Solutions-based, team player
• Able to lift 50lbs and set/strike studio gear.

Responsible for working with show hosts, preparing the rundown of new stories, identifying and integrating guests, overseeing and executing the production of key video and graphic elements with guidance from the Executive Producer.  Makes important editorial decisions and guides talent, writers, associate producers for daily show development. EP is also responsible for insuring technical team and control room follow show instructions.  Must be able to build segments and develop story ideas from beginning to air.  Responsible for the oversight of daily rundown changes and work with the show director and production crew to block the newscast.  This includes editorial discussions, writing scripts, package production, graphics elements, out-of-show teasing, show timing and field coordination.  Must calmly deal with changes and breaking news during the show and ensure all content meets Newsmax Media Network standards for journalistic integrity and production quality. 

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

• Determine best news stories for the newscast and create daily rundown
• Work with show host in program preparation and execution
• Identify stories for provocative, compelling television
• Develop story ideas, research and plan segments
• Delegate responsibilities as appropriate to associate producers, assignment editors and video editors
• Supervise production staff
• Produce timely content under heavy deadline pressure
• Keep current of local events and politics
• Excel in a highly competitive environment
• Create compelling and provocative content including tease writing
• Exceptional editorial skills; attention to detail
• Perform other duties as assigned.