Assistant Manager, Production Mgmt, SEA

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Sector: Media and Publishing

Role: Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

Reporting to the Vice President, Kids and Family and MTV Entertainment Brands, Asia, you would play a pivotal part in the brand teams. You will work with creative team leads to prepare, monitor, and manage promotional, creative, and post-production budgets and processes for both Nickelodeon and MTV Entertainment brands. As a production management lead, you are also required to oversee the production process and coordinate all activities to ensure that we are maximizing resources to ensure workflow meets required deadlines.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and manage project timelines, ensuring deliverables are met on time and within budget.
2. Work closely with marketing, content creators, writers, talents, designers and other team members to ensure that deadlines, budgets and objectives are met.
3. Assess project resource requirements and recommend solutions to take for the project.
4. Estimate, negotiate (best value for money), and agree to budgets and timelines with internal and external partners, while maintaining quality and technical standards.
5. Identify opportunities to streamline production/workflow processes to improve overall efficiency.
6. Prepare project budgets and ensure all stakeholders are updated on the cost status during production.
7. Effectively lead the on-the-ground management of productions and minimize the risk of budget overspends.
8. Oversee the smooth running of projects where a level of project management may be required (e.g., scouting for locations and making necessary arrangements for production to begin).
9. Work with creative leads to manage creative spending, report submission for review by brand and finance.
10. Develop a strong relationship with internal stakeholders, freelancers, post-production vendors, and management to implement high-quality content, and seek advice and input from all stakeholders.
11. Prepare a monthly, quarterly, and annual review of brand creative/production budgets.
12. Organize relevant training sessions where required, especially with the various production/finance processes.
13. Ensure that health and safety regulations and clearances are met.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in mass communication, media studies, or other related fields like arts management.
2. A significant administrative experience working in a fast-paced production and media environment.
3. Extensive experience with all aspects of short-form content and creative services production, including studios and location, live and to-tape, single and multi-camera, outside broadcast, and all aspects of program post-production, including editing, graphics, shooting, and crews.
4. Excellent organizational skills to administer the production process.
5. Good accounting and budgeting skills to keep track of the production budget.
6. Sound understanding and experience with the media landscape across platforms, content marketing, branded solutions.
7. A keen eye for talent-platform-content synergies.
8. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a dynamic and global environment.
9. Excellent interpersonal skills which will enable you to interact with a wide range of personalities and build effective relationships at all levels of the organization.
10. Highly organized, collaborative self-starter with the ability to work under pressure, set priorities, handle multiple projects, and meet tight deadlines.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.