We’re looking for strong leadership and a knack for managing creative personalities, as you take on the management of a team of filmmakers, designers, researchers, and interns. Understanding the tech is extremely important.

Responsibilities:

• Develop video concepts in coordination with the President, Director of Campaigns and other departments
• Oversee physical production of short videos including:
  • Assign research
  • Approve budgets and schedules
  • Write scripts and edit team members’ scripts
  • Manage post production schedule
  • Provide creative direction during editing
  • Manage input and execute notes from other departments at each stage of production
  • Maintain records archives for each project
  • Lead collaborations on storyboards, designs and aesthetic look of videos
  • Supervise Story Producer, Lead Editor, Graphics Designer, and additional Associate Producers and interns.
  • Co-Supervise the Research Coordinator.
• Ability to take a hands-on role at any stage of production - writing, shooting and editing
• Take lead role in establishing culture of creativity, constructive criticism and high standards for aesthetics and ethics.
• Maintain consistency in branding and production quality.
• Advise post production team on technology and workflow
• Special projects as assigned by the President or Executive Director.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years as producer, executive producer, creative director or editor.
• Documentary and/or unscripted television production experience required.
• Interest in and demonstrated knowledge of contemporary politics, including the most pressing domestic and foreign policy issues.
• Proven track record of managing video production with links to completed works (see below)
• Proven experience both on set and in post production.
• Tech-savvy, with solid experience shooting and/or editing.
• Submission of completed pre-hire exercise.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud apps - especially Prelude, Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator.

HOW TO APPLY:

Send the following items to [email protected].

• Cover letter - highlighting film work and political interest/experience
• Resume
• Links - at least 3 completed projects must be included, as well as your role in their creation. Be specific and try to give us variety (e.g., this one I edited, this one I DP’d, etc). In addition, but not in place of these links, you may send links to your reel, if available.

Please, no phone calls.

Brave New Films is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employs without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, handicap or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.