Associate Web Producer (Culver City, CA)

The Associate Web Producer, supports our production by working closely with project stakeholders to produce, build, and schedule small to medium-scale web-based projects.  Under the supervision of a Web Producer, Production Manager or Web Developer, the Production Specialist scopes assigned projects, prepares and maintains documentation (project timeline, sitemaps, wireframe decks and asset logs), communicates status with stakeholders, and builds web pages.  The Production Specialist assists the Web Production team with production tasks, such as building HTML pages, Flash pages, creating graphics, QA testing, encoding and editing video, and any other production related requests.  The Production Specialist is also responsible for archiving, cataloging, retrieving and backing up digital assets. The position is located in
Culver City, California.  This is a full time Contract to perm position.

Responsibilities:  

• Manage small to medium-scale web-based projects, from inception to completion (creative brainstorm, scope development, wireframing, design, production, QA, tracking, delivery, review, launch, etc.)
• Hands-on development of websites and other web-based projects
• Create and maintain project documentation (i.e. scope, timeline, sitemap, wireframe deck, etc.)
• Coordinate with the project team assigned to each project and supervise daily progress (a typical team is comprised of a designer, flash designer, web developer, QA analyst, content producer, software engineer)
• Conduct small project kick-off meetings and subsequent status meetings with project team and stakeholders, including client representatives
• Manage assigned projects with external vendors (this includes project management, testing and integration)
• Manage and keep track of all project reviews and approvals from Art Director, Legal, Marketing, and Client Representatives
• Communicate clearly and often with project stakeholders (i.e. revisions, scope, timeline, etc.)
• Enforce strict adherence to tech specs, tracking specs, standards and best practices for all disciplines within team
• Consistently deliver outstanding work, always on time
• Research and evaluate competitive websites to continuously improve quality of work
• Organize and back up production assets, source files and production files for easy retrieval
• Keep track of hours worked on each project for accounting purpose

    Requirements:  

• A minimum of 3 years web development/project management experience (preferably entertainment based; prior CMS experience also a plus)
• A minimum of 3 years experience with the following applications: HTML, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, JavaScript, CSS, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, Visio
• If required for the position: hands-on video and sound editing experience (Premiere, After Effects, Acid, Sound Forge, Final Cut Pro, SoundEdit, Director), game developing and producing experience (Flash and Director), working knowledge of Quark, WAP, J2ME.
• Solid understanding of the web production process, including requirements gathering, design, development tools and technologies, QA and deployment management
• Must have intermediate to advanced graphics design skills utilizing Photoshop.

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