Producer

Job Description/Responsibilities: The Producer has responsibility for: Managing digital projects for Nick Jr. to successful delivery, on schedule, and within agreed budgets Managing the Nick Jr. digital platforms ensuring all content is editorially and stylistically on brand Producing compelling interactive content, such as games, videos and web applications, for Nick Jr. liaising with internal and external production teams Producing the digital aspect of large multi-platform campaigns working closely with other departments Updating and refreshing content across Nick Jr. with support of Digital Intern Engaging with project stakeholders, managing relationships and communicating as required Supporting the digital delivery of commercial projects, ensuring brand fit and relevance Line manage the Digital Intern Required Knowledge and Experience: Solid HTML and Photoshop skills Experience using different CMS and Dreamweaver Excellent written and spoken communication skills Significant editorial and project management experience Experience of working in an environment where multiple projects have to be delivered to tight deadlines Ability to take on and editorially lead complex interactive projects An ability to rapidly and effectively understand and translate business requirements into project briefs Proven experience at developing relationships - able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of people inside and outside of the digital team, showing necessary resilience An understanding of the needs, expectations and aspirations of children and parents in the digital world Desirable Knowledge and Experience: Understanding of XML/HTML and CMS Experience using Premiere Pro, After Effects or other film editing tools would be advantageous Experience of art directing would be advantageous but not essential Experience of project management methodologies such as Prince 2 or Agile Understanding of working with, and producing content for, children An appreciation of Nickelodeon's output and the potential for interactive technologies to enhance offerings The Producer has to maintain the following internal and external relationships All members of the Nickelodeon Digital Team, providing support during full project life cycles Internal Stakeholders, including Marketing, Programming, Legal and Consumer Products and MTS Digital agencies outside of Nickelodeon, providing thorough briefs and feedback International Digital Viacom groups The Key Challenges: Manage the priorities of various stakeholders across Nickelodeon Work within the commercial, technical and editorial constraints of a small, commercial, digital media team Keep abreast of standards and guidelines and make sure Nickelodeon's sites follow them Personal Attributes: Able to deal with competing demands, and remain calm and reasonable under pressure Able to communicate effectively at all levels, making allowances for different levels of understanding Able to think creatively about how we deliver and produce content for children and parents/guardians Able to translate user/business requirements into internal and external project briefs. Able to meet challenging deadlines. In the event of difficulty or delay, to communicate this as early as possible Key Outputs To engage with project stakeholders to create briefs for websites To update websites using html, Photoshop, and other technologies To recommend to digital team and stakeholders potential new ideas for development To write scoping documents for small and large projects based on ideas, and/or an available brief To liaise with content production teams/designers and technical teams during the scoping phase of new projects To create timeline and resource plans around scoping documents To deliver projects on time and within budget To support and develop an Intern