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Amazon MGM Studios is the home for talent, creating and producing Original films and television series for a global audience. Original series premiere exclusively on Prime Video, which is available in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Amazon MGM Studios also produces and acquires Original movies for theatrical release and exclusively for Prime Video.
We are hiring an A/V Finishing Producer to join our Amazon MGM Studios core theatrical creative marketing team. This individual will produce the best-in-class A/V finishing and quality control (QC) of A/V marketing materials including theatrical, broadcast and digital content for Amazon MGM Studios Theatrical Division to elevate the final product to the highest standards. They will route and track the required clearances relevant to the asset type and placement, including teasers, trailers, and TV/digital spots and audio assets. The A/V Finishing Producer will report to the Theatrical Creative Services Lead within the Amazon MGM Studios Marketing division.
Key job responsibilities
- Vendor Management: Assist the vendor management process for finishing A/V materials throughout the mix, online, approvals, versioning and QC process and execute internal asset delivery to domestic and international partners.
- Clearance Routing: Route and track the clearances of A/V materials prior to locked cut through final delivered asset.
- Post Production Pipeline Strategy: Establish the finishing pipeline in conjunction with the show post team and VFX team for marketing materials. Connect all parties and manage stakeholder communications.
- Post Production Timeline Management: Provide timeline inputs to cross functional leads. Regularly flag milestones to the internal team and proactively avoid scheduling conflicts. Build and maintain production asset tracker.
- Session Booking: Book mix and DI sessions, and coordinate creative lead and filmmaker/EP attendance when required. Facilitate creative approvals of masters.
- Content Security: Uphold content security. Facilitate vendor security onboarding and tooling training. Manage creation and upkeep of vendor asset management file sharing system for titles and provide permissions to internal and external teams.
- Asset Tracking: Track all assets through the finishing process ensuring prompt receipt and distribution of crucial elements including prep and graphics.
- QC: Oversee QC for branding, exports, social resizes and iterations of all specs.
- Budget Management: Own the A/V finishing portion of the campaign budget in conjunction with campaign managers. Manage billing negotiations, review and open POs, track invoices and vendor relationships.
- Localization Partner: Act as a bridge to the localization team to set expectations around timeline and provide elements for accelerated localization.
- Asset Curation: Oversee the receipt and distribution of Amazon Original Movies (AOM) or Amazon Original Series (AOS) A/V assets from internal production to external vendors working on marketing campaigns.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of creative services experience
- 3+ years of entertainment, brand or production entity experience
- Experience working at or with a creative or advertising agency, network, streaming service or studio
- Experience and understanding of the workflow within a marketing, production, or creative department or company
- Experience with asset management, design workflows, or partnering with creative teams
- Experience with image production, transfer protocols, digital asset management and publishing content for web
- Experience with digital and broadcast TV finishing processes, including online, mix and QC
- Technical knowledge of specs, formats and placements as well as audio, picture, graphics, editorial, conform, and VFX pipelines
- Experience managing post production timelines and budgets
- Knowledge of A/V formats and the fundamentals of asset management, in theater deliverables (DCP), servicing, and trafficking
- Experience managing and delivering large volume of video assets to external partners
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working on or with large-scale, global creative campaigns
- Experience working in localization or with localization teams, with an understanding of subtitle, dubbing, and Experience leading process improvements and/or operations tool implementations (e.g. digital asset management tools)
- Understanding of show post production workflows and storage needs
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team with an understanding of upstream and downstream workflows
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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USA, CA, Culver City - 120,500.00 - 163,000.00 USD annually