What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Assistant position at Blaze Media?
Blaze Media is seeking a PA with experience in podcast, news, or film/TV production. The ideal candidate has a “no job too small” attitude in the present and aspires to become an excellent producer. As such, the qualities we’re seeking include: detail-oriented, team player, open to criticism & feedback, and applies criticism & feedback. The PA should be aligned with Blaze Media’s brand and be prepared to help bring content to life in the areas of politics, news, art & culture, and theology.
Core Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily show operations & communications via email
- Generate daily show documents (ex. Scripts, show maps)
- Manage advertiser workflows & assets
- Request video & graphic assets for daily show
- QC Assets
- QC Episodes
- Cut clips
- Request Thumbnails
- Upload/Schedule/Title/Description/Tags for episodes & clips on all platforms
- Manage YouTube ad slots
- Guest booking admin
- Other show operations admin as necessary
Additional Responsibilities
- Pitch show segments
- Pitch social media content
- Writing/Producing mini-segments
Required Experience & Skills
- 1 years of related production experience on a podcast or news show
- Proven track record of strong editorial judgement in current cultural, faith, political and news media landscapes
- Microsoft Outlook
- Google Docs & Drive
- Google Calendar
- Working knowledge of the post-production process, including editing, mixing, and color correction
Preferred Experience & Skills
- Working knowledge of cameras, lights, and audio recording
- Octopus or Equivalent TV Content Management Platform
- Basic editing skills in Adobe Premiere
- Opus AI
- Megaphone
- Wrike or other project management tools
Salary : $20 - $25