NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies, seeking a Project Coordinator for their Franchise Strategy & Brand Creative team. The role involves supporting multiple projects across various functional areas, assisting in franchise planning processes, and ensuring effective communication and collaboration within the team.
Responsibilities
- Assists UP&E Franchise Strategy Operations Director per their direction and guidance:
- Supports the annual franchise planning processes and timelines, designed to ensure alignment across the business, capturing cross-functional feedback
- Supports the development of sales and resource tools to the global organization, coordinating timelines and delivery, including sell sheets, presentation decks, slates and other materials as required
- Maintains UP&E Resource Hub, ensuring currency and identifying opportunities for updates and refreshes
- Tracks embargo and UP&E product and retail launch and set dates
- Assists and coordinates the development of ongoing Franchise communication vehicles, e.g., newsletters, alerts, and the availability of new materials
- Ensures timely distribution of forward-looking internal and competitive slates to business leaders, including presentation-approved slates for broader business use
- Partners with regional franchise leaders to deliver sales materials for Key Partner Meetings (KPMs) globally
- Maintains the global master calendar
- Assists UP&E Brand Creative Operations Director per their direction and guidance:
- Works in partnership with operations leads to ensure seamless management of assigned guide and character art projects
- Assists with reviews of creative development with product design partners to ensure alignment in proof of concept, work in progress and creative rollout phases
- Supports development of agendas and presentation materials for creative review meetings (both internal and with vendors); compiles and sends recaps and feedback for continued work progression
- Liaison for legal, trademark and 3rd party partner approvals for creative projects, including all assigned creative deliverables
- Works closely with Global Asset Production & Management teams for seamless and timely posting of assigned creative deliverables
- Assists with creative guide audits and/or any research requested relating to guides posted on the asset management system over the lifecycle of the brand
- Assists all lead project managers with updates to project trackers, project management tools, budget trackers, and other ad hoc reports
- Recognizes sensitivity of studio assets and manages the watermarking, uploading, and distribution of assets to key internal stakeholders
- Collaborates with regions/vendors to localize assets based on business needs
- Maintains vendor list and annual vendor renewals across operations organization
- Supports project budgets, including budget planning, quarterly forecasting and pacing along with vendor set up, PO creation and invoicing
- Takes notes, helps to track agenda points, keeps meetings on track and on time and recaps next step
- Prepares and updates Keynote presentations to be used for meetings and other events
- Serves as member of Workfront task force team to develop the tool for broader Operations usage
- Contributes to the advancement and actualization of Universal’s diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments
- Additional duties as needed to meet business needs
Skills
- 1+ years of professional work experience, ideally in entertainment operations
- A team player prioritizing partnership, with the ability to follow instructions and follow through on projects
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting/competing priorities and stretch assignments
- Effective communication, including speaking, writing and active listening as well as a professional presentation
- Basic project management skills, including project management software, note taking, scheduling, budgeting, attention to detail, time management, prioritization and multitasking abilities. Experience in Workfront is a plus
- Proficient in MAC, including Keynote, PowerPoint, Teams, OneDrive/SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, and Word
- Knowledge of Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator a plus
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
- Must be willing to work in Universal City, CA
- Bachelor's degree
- Comfortable dealing with people at all levels and easily collaborates
- Positive, enthusiastic, and energetic when interacting with others
- A passion and interest in consumer products, film/content, franchise/marketing strategy and studio process
- A long-term interest in project management
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- A variety of other discounts and perks
Company Overview
NBCUniversal is a media company that provides entertainment and news development, production, distribution, and marketing services. It is a sub-organization of Comcast. It was founded in 1912, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.nbcuniversal.com/.
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