Production Lead (Production Manager)

Description

About NYRR

New York Road Runners (NYRR) was founded in 1958 when a small group of passionate runners vowed to bring running to the people, and has grown from a local running club into the world’s premier community running organization.NYRR’s mission is to help and inspire through running, aiming to empower people of all ages and abilities to improve their health and well-being through the power of running and fitness.

NYRR’s year-round offerings of races, community events, programs, and training resources provide hundreds of thousands of people with the motivation, know-how, and opportunities to start running and keep running for life. NYRR’s premier event, the famed TCS New York City Marathon, attracts the world’s top professional runners and committed amateurs alike, while also raising millions of dollars annually for charity and driving economic impact for New York City.NYRR is equally committed to the runners of tomorrow, passionately providing youth fitness programs that educate and inspire children in underserved communities in New York City, nationwide, and around the world.

Headquartered in New York City, NYRR is a 501(c)(3) organization.To learn more, please visit www.nyrr.org.

At New York Road Runners, we are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace by finding the best candidate for the job. We understand that skills come from a variety of different backgrounds. Checking off every single requirement on our job description is not necessary to apply. If you think you are a good fit and have a passion for the work we do, please submit your application. We are eager to learn about your experience and skills! You may be the right candidate for this or other open positions.

New York Road Runners is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About the Department

The Marketing and Communications Department set our brand tone. They construct and magnify stories and messages to help and inspire people through running, across advertising, media, brand strategy, creative materials, video, photography, race broadcasts, editorial, brand presentations, and multiple web and digital platforms. They connect with the world's best athletes and ambassadors to deepen NYRR's mission. They leverage channels ranging from international broadcasts to screens at our NYRR RUNCENTER, individual emails to mass media, and from digital journeys to race day signage. The Marketing and Communications team connects NYRR's initiatives and innovations to the hearts and minds of our community, inspiring them to run for life.

The NYRR Broadcast Team oversees the production and distribution of all NYRR event broadcasts and livestreams, including the nationally televised TCS New York City Marathon and New Balance 5th Avenue Mile. Additionally, the team serves as the primary liaison between NYRR and its broadcast partners and production companies, manages the licensing of footage and access to all NYRR events and programs, and produces video content for external parties, including partners, media, and rights holders.

About the Position

The position oversees operations for all NYRR broadcasts, livestreams, and external video production requests. Primary responsibilities include the hiring and onboarding of freelance staff and vendors, facilitating the licensing of archived footage and access for content capture, and producing videos for external distribution. The successful candidate will understand the production process and have strong project management and video editing skills.

Job Responsibilities (primary and secondary duties):

• Assist in management of production operations to ensure that quality standards are achieved, and budget goals are met.
• Define workflows, communicate documented processes, and ensures all practices are being refined and tuned with learnings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and outside vendors to develop and support production schedules, crewing, and resources to meet short and long-term production goals.
• Identify and resolve production issues and develop process improvements and best practices.
• Develop and monitor budgets and procedures to support the production infrastructure.
• Hire and onboard broadcast operations part-time staff and vendors, including production assistants and coordinators, videographers, editors, drivers, bike spotters, and hair and makeup artists.
• Assist in the stage management of NYRR races and experiential events.
• Work with Media & Public Relations team to produce and edit race day video news releases for distribution to broadcast outlets.
• Manage year-round Special Project requests from NYRR partners and third parties, including licensing, editing, and distributing archived footage, and facilitating onsite access to NYRR events for video capture, working closely with NYRR’s Legal and Strategic Partnership Teams.
• Support the analytics tracking and reporting for NYRR content across a variety of mediums and distribution channels.
• Support production of video melts for use in NYRR broadcasts, and third-party video projects.
• Support partnership with NYRR’s local broadcast partner and coordinate production of features for live broadcasts and shoulder programming.
• Organize database of NYRR-owned video assets and facilitate the organizations video server.

Job Requirements:

• 3 years of production/project management and video editing experience required
• Experience managing video coverage at live events
• Understanding of broadcast restrictions, and the licensing of footage and content capture access
• Highly organized with strong administrative skillset
• Ability to carry out detailed instructions and multi-task
• Demonstrated decision making and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook), and Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, After Effects, Illustrator)
• Experience working with digital asset management tools

Salary: $65k – 70k

NYRR requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.

New York Road Runners is an Equal Opportunity Employer