Creative Producer (Project Management - National Geographic)

The National Geographic brand has many different components, from our signature editorial magazines, website, and social media content to television programs and films, books, consumer products, travel experiences, and the scientific research and storytelling of our partners at the National Geographic Society. Integrated Storytelling is an editorial discipline designed to develop innovative creative content that lives at the intersection of these touchpoints, bringing to life cross-disciplinary projects through our award-winning editorial content in photography, video, and text. 

Reporting to the Editorial Director of Integrated Storytelling, the Creative Producer is a hybrid operational and creative role responsible for editorial project management of some of our most ambitious editorial initiatives as well as the creative development of editorial concepts for Integrated Storytelling projects, working in collaboration with both the Editorial Director and colleagues across editorial disciplines, including photo and text editors, video and digital producers, graphics specialists, and designers. The Producer will also liaise closely with counterparts across National Geographic, including television and film producers, social media managers, books editors, communications professionals, and program managers. This is a terrific opportunity for a creative thinker and problem-solver who loves organizing and managing complex projects and has exceptional communication skills to work across the Nat Geo brand and make an impact on some of our most important projects.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as project manager for typical integrated storytelling projects, and provide editorial support on priority cross-organization projects, developing project timetables and deliverables, tracking and ensuring progress through execution, ensuring team meets deadlines, and proactively providing clear, regular status updates on the work to all relevant groups
• Collaborate across the editorial team—including with the Editorial Director, photo and text editors, video, social, and digital producers, graphics specialists, and designers—to develop creative editorial concepts for integrated storytelling projects for editorial platforms, including NationalGeographic.com, our print magazines for adults and kids, newsletters, YouTube, and social media, in support of our strategic objectives for those initiatives
• Serve as editorial’s point of contact on select integrated storytelling projects, working across editorial disciplines to support colleagues in the development of concepts that meet KPI’s, and ensure completion of the work, on time and on budget, while upholding our editorial and brand standards
• Create and maintain a project management database and develop a streamlined workflow for integrated storytelling projects, including monitoring project updates, communicating across teams to ensure alignment, flagging deadlines, and proactively identifying time-sensitive opportunities to collaborate, securing and ensuring proper tune-in and funding language for all TV and NGS-related projects
• Liaise with counterparts across the National Geographic brand, including TV/film, books, consumer products, ad sales, marketing, travel, and our non-profit arm, the National Geographic Society, to collaborate on projects and co-develop ideas, gather and share project details, and represent the editorial POV in cross-organization meetings. Foster good relationships between NGS, TV, Communications and editorial colleagues, employing diplomatic, responsive, and clear communication to ensure positive and effective partnerships with all teams
• Create visually compelling, polished presentation decks showcasing editorial concepts for integrated storytelling projects for use in internal meetings with counterparts and leadership 

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience in a media organization, ideally in a production support role, working on digital, social, print, books, or TV products. Story research and development experience are highly ideal.
• Excellent project/production management, organizational, planning, and time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple workstreams and projects
• Proficiency in project management software, tools, and systems (Airtable or similar) and related experience in establishing or streamlining operational processes and workflows
• Proven ability to develop compelling creative content in service of strategic objectives, leveraging experience in at least one core discipline (e.g., text, photography, video), and in collaboration with other creatives from other disciplines
• Working knowledge of typical creative deliverables and associated production workflow for websites, social media platforms, print and/or television
• Fluency with developing presentations using presentation software (e.g., Keynote, PowerPoint) that bring creative concepts to life in a compelling way
• Excellent interpersonal skills—diplomacy, collaboration, communication, inclusivity—and the ability to work with a variety of personalities and experts in different areas
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, media or any related field
• Must be available to work 4 days/week (Mon-Thurs) in office in Washington D.C and flexible to work remotely on Fridays.
   

The hiring range for this position in Washington DC is $79,400 to $106,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.