Responsibilities:

Team Management:

Direct management of all Associate Producers and Production Coordinators on the project

Training and support of production team.

Collaborates with Executive Director Programming on to build production team when appropriate and participates in evaluation of team members.

Ensures that team members comply with Studio policies and procedures

Production Management:

Creation, maintenance and control of overall product production budgets and schedules, delivering product within reasonable expectations

Monitors and manages overall production progress and efficiency for the product

Provides weekly status reporting on the project to senior management

Studio Operations:

Works closely with Technology & Operations and other department managers to insure the proper resources are applied to the implementation of the product

Works with Technology & Operations to integrate and manage 3rd party vendors and developers

Collaborates with other Producers in resource-sharing

Works closely with Executive Director Programming in properly allocating resources on the project

Directorial:

Works closely with all creative staff working on the project to insure proper brand integrity, design implementation and creative quality

Works closely with Programming and Marketing to insure product properly supports Marketing and Sales strategies as well as overall our strategy.

Works closely with Executive Director Programming to ensure product properly supports overall our strategy and design guidelines

In collaboration with department managers, provides direction, evaluation and feedback to all outside artistry and development to insure product integrity and quality

Works with Marketing, Creative Services and Publishing to ensure our distribution channels on the Web are effective channels of distribution for mainstream product provides design input on site design, functionality, etc

License Management:

Fosters and maintains working relationships with representatives of underlying source material, brands or licenses

Works closely with Executive Director, International Bus Dev, Dir. 3rd Party Content in Asia-Pacific and the Executive Director Programming to ensure proper relationship management of licensing partners

Works closely with Publishing & Marketing to insure that all promotional, marketing and sponsorship support maintains consistent brand integrity through development and brand extension

Participates in the initiation (in a support capacity to Publishing and Marketing) and development of brand-specific promotional, advertising and sponsorship projects to insure brand integrity through development and brand extension

Distribution:

Manages integration and production issues with Distribution partners for channel distribution of mainstream programming through external channels

Manages the distribution implementation of our mainstream programming through channels on our network

Knowledge of all major Internet Browser technologies and display technologies(Internet Explorer, Netscape, RealNetworks, NetShow, Flash, MP3, MIDI, XML, DirectX, etc)

Knowledge of popular computing technologies & delivery platforms

Understanding of JAVA, PERL, CGI, SQL & other industry standard software tech.

Working knowledge of popular product/data management tools (i.e. MS Office, Flow charting tools, MS Project)

Localization experience - language skills a plus

Experience in working with game developers & technology managers

Understanding of tools & procedures used by production artists, engineers & other content creators (i.e. PhotoShop, Director, Illustrator, etc)

Strong organizational skills

A Team leader who fundamentally believes in the value of the team’s contribution at every level of the organization

Strong communication & relationship building skills

High energy level: sets an exemplary pace for others to emulate