Senior Director - Production Operations - NBCUniversal - California

Job description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Responsibilities During the course of each production (be it a presentation, pilot or series) responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Pre-Production * Oversee title clearance process from ideation through final binding to insurance. * Draft & distribute agendas for all production kick off meetings
* Initiate & oversee post supervisor meetings for each show to review delivery requirements * Ensure that Oxygen staff lists & distribution grids are sent to ProdCos in a timely fashion * Assist VP, Production in management of development & production finance (including invoice requests, processing, cash projections, etc). * Review pilot & series budgets, alerting VP, Production to any concerns, comments. * Draft & distribute milestone emails on a per project basis Production * Review all shooting schedules and compare with budget. * Plot shooting days on taping calendar. Post & email to all. * Ensure that every series is submitting cost reports per guidelines * Review cost reports and alert VP, Production of any concerns * Confirm any incident reports are being distributed properly * Help production companies navigate various Oxygen departments to resolve legal or insurance issues * Maintain and confirm accuracy of breakage tracking grid * Track digital needs list & confirm all material is delivered on time and that it is acceptable. * Occassionally visit set to ensure creative is being executed within budget and in accordance with creative executive's direction. Post * Review Post calendar with series EIC and confirm that it conforms with post production guidelines. * Oversee post cut grids being maintained by coordinators and alert VP, Production to any concerns / significant changes. * Help ProdCos navigate the graphics approval process, and alert VP, Production and marketing of any gfx delays * Review credits for all series and distribute for internal approvals * Review act timings for overall length & other rules (bottom & top of the hour sweep etc). * Work with post supervisors to track online of all shows and to confirm that production company stays on schedule

* Accept, confirm & distribute final delivery items on all shows. * Track & share delivery dates of all shows with Business Affairs Administration for options tracking * Confirm that all production wrap bibles (incl international bibles) have been received and that everything is acceptable. * Liaise with internal NBCU audit dept if auditing a series. NOC Delivery * Review and advise on all QC reports * Advise NOC on order in which shows need to be QC'd. * Report QC findings to applicable persons/production companies and confirm all episodes pass QC Additional Responsibilities Apart from productions duties may also include but are not limited to the following: Staff Management * Oversee that Manager of Production is completing job responsibilities fully and efficiently. * Assist in training Manager of Production and other Prod Ops dept staff to assist in their career development. * Assist in securing interns and assigning tasks. Special Projects * Track producer assignments and communicate to other Oxygen departments. * Compile and submit quarterly cue sheets to all PROs and other interested parties. * Help communicate special content needs (TCAs, Ad Sales, etc) to ProdCos and manage the delivery of that content to various depts. Technology & Fine Cut * Advise & consult on the setting up of east & west coast offices with Fine Cut and assist with resolving any technical issues. * Stay up to date with latest techological advances in field technical gear & post equipment. Advise others within dept of significant changes, potential cost efficiencies.

Basic Qualifications * Bachelor's Degree * Minimum 5 years experience working as a line producer or Exec in Charge at a production company * Experience overseeing various unscripted formats

Desired Skills * Proficient in using EP Movie Magic Budgeting * Proficient in using Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook

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