Director, Creative Operations and Production

About Blavity, Inc.:  Blavity, Inc. is a venture-funded technology and new media company founded in 2014 around a simple idea: enable black millennials to tell their own stories. Today, we are home to the largest network of platforms and lifestyle brands serving the multifaceted lives of Black millennials & gen-z through original content, video, and unique experiences. The company has grown into a market leader for Black media, reaching over 80 million millennials per month through our growing brand portfolio, which includes: Blavity News, Blavity Politics, 21Ninety, AfroTech, Travel Noire, and Shadow & Act.  Assembled of passionate, high-energy, and focused rock-stars, our Blavity, Inc. team executes with our values at the forefront of mind:  Love of Community, Transparency and Communication, Collective Responsibility, and Fail Fast. Blavity, Inc. is continuously looking for new team members to help us continue to scale, cultivate our community, and advance our strategic direction.

Job Summary: Blavity Inc. is seeking a Director, Creative Operations & Production to our production team and deliver 360 digital organic tent pole campaigns and projects throughout the year. The ideal candidate will have a long history producing native digital/social content for a publisher, is a student of social media and has experience in podcast production. This person understands how content and the internet is making it a democracy of cost-efficient, quick turn,  quality content and knows how to add value to this community. The Blavity owned and operated team produces everything from social posts to promote experiences to podcasts that live organically on our Blavity platforms. The right person will bring a mix of creative production oversight and understanding of business operations to the position. We’re looking for an experienced manager of teams and an excellent communicator who can galvanize a cross-functional team of internal stakeholders towards a common goal. 

The ideal candidate will have a fresh perspective on viral content moments and produce fresh and innovative campaigns that align with creating content for Black and diverse audiences. 

The Digital Content, Creative Production Director will report into and have oversight from the VP of Creative Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develop the technical, operational and financial systems that will enable the creative team to collaborate on work seamlessly and increase output of creative assets across video, design and audio for owned and operated (O&O) campaigns.
• Spearhead and own a series of 10 to 12 tent pole campaigns throughout the year from inception to execution such as Shadow and Act Rising Awards, Blavity U, Opening Act podcast. and more.
• Supervise and coach a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social media experts, photographers/videographers, and project managers in the strategic development of messages and deliverables.
• Prioritize work and company resources across engagements based on short- and long-term needs, overseeing production schedules by collaborating with designers, copywriters, and production departments.
• Conduct brainstorming sessions with creative teams, maintaining strategic and creative thinking to develop innovative and actionable creative campaigns in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Support the VP of Creative Strategy on departmental budgeting and planning.
• Lead in the development of content that is emotionally charged, easily shared, and aesthetically pleasing.
• Lead the production team with the POV of producing content programs designed to do well in a viral organic internet environment.
• Capitalize on pop culture, news, and other media trends.
• Ensure content is as easy as possible for consumers to share.
• Encourage visibility with valuable, entertaining, and relatable topics.
• Lead the vision and design for all Blavity O&O digital products and supporting marketing collateral.
• Analyze campaign tracking, market trends, consumer need, and the competitive landscape, leveraging insight for campaign development and concepting.
• Build post production, edit, and media management workflows to deliver an increased number of campaign promo videos, social cuts and reels.
• Institute, monitor, and continuously improve upon project management systems and tools across all creative production.
• Develop contingency models for urgencies, pivots, and unforeseen events.

Qualifications

• Years of Experience: 8-10 years of related experience as creative producer at a media company or digital publisher.
  • Significant experience creating marketing/digital campaigns from developing vision, to the message platform, to overseeing production on-time and on-budget
  • Understanding and past experience creating integrated content across all marketing channels; from digital, social media, paid media, mobile, and experiential with a complementary understanding of offline and print
  • Proven experience with concept development
  • Podcast production experience
• Management Experience: 3 years of management experience
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Fine Art, or similar discipline
• Technology: 
  • Proficiency with design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite
  • Proficiency with project management software such as Asana
• Competencies/Skills: 
  • Prior experience with copywriting, design, or production
  • Prior project management experience, with a focus on creative direction
  • Exceptional capability with typography, layout, and prototyping
  • Highly skilled with leading a team of creative talent
  • Strong creative vision with an understanding of business objectives

Details: This is a Full-Time, remote position that may require attendance to ad hoc meetings out of our LA office. 

To apply, please submit a portfolio online at BlavityInc.com/Careers.

Blavity is committed to creating a diverse environment free of discrimination and harassment and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  Blavity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, HIV Status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.