Production Coordinator (National Geographic) Washington, DC, USA ID-1399

November 26, 2024

Job Description:

The Production Coordinator for National Geographic’s Yellow Border Production Services team will provide production support to a busy, fast-paced production department; provide organized assistance to Executive Producers, Producers, Associate Producers, and Yellow Border Production Services Management team as needed; oversee final delivery of cut-to-clocks, ensuring compliance with all editorial standards, Legal requirements, Research requests, S&P requests, and Quality Control, for broadcast on National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, and nonlinear streaming platforms including Disney+ and Hulu; assist with developing concepts and producing compilations, mashups, cutdowns, updates, and popped shows as assigned; work with Legal to determine available rights to existing content and license footage from stock vendors; assist Producers with selecting narrators, recording studios, and preparing scripts for narration records; and create deliverables for shows, including music cue sheets, credits, acquired footage logs, conformed scripts, and graphics logs. This position will not supervise other staff / have any direct reports.

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Primary Responsibilities:

Assist with researching, developing concepts, and with writing pitches for shows aligning with National Geographic Content’s creative vision.
Assist with creation of greenlit content from pre-production through post-production.
Create production and post-production schedules and deliver shows on time.
Assist with post-production process for all assigned shows.
Compile scripts.
Create and complete deliverables.
Research stock footage.
Assist with researching narrators, recording studios, and attend narration records.
Request graphic bids.

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum 1+ years’ experience working in content production for a production company or network.
English language required, and additional languages are a plus.
Strong storytelling skills.
Extremely detail-oriented and organized, with a strong ability to manage multiple projects, and appropriately prioritize deadlines and deliverables.
Strong interpersonal communication and writing skills.
Ability to collaborate well with team members, departments across the company, and third-party vendors.
Strong creative thinking and problem-solving skills
Ability to update and work within production budgets.
An inclusive mindset and personal commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and participation in related efforts.
Basic computer skills, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Power Point, Teams. Familiarity with editing systems, and databases

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in non-fiction content production is preferred.
Additional languages preferred.

Required Education:

Bachelor’s Degree.

Preferred Education:

Film Production, Television Production, Journalism, or Communications.

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