Project Manager, Digital Marketing - YouTube

The Digital Marketing team oversees creative and programming of Disney Entertainment’s General Audience (GA) YouTube channels. The team is responsible for creative content development and production, channel strategy, program planning, publishing and channel operations. Additionally, this team works closely with Brand and Franchise, Studios, Consumer Products, Governance, Legal, Music, and Finance. The team manages channel operations and is responsible for adhering to TWDC and YouTube policies.

The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing digital content production workflows, schedules, budgets, and deliverables associated with the Digital Marketing team’s YouTube content creation, production, and global content distribution needs for GA channels. The role interfaces with internal producer-editors and external vendors to ensure productions are on schedule, within budget, and tracking for timely delivery to align with Creative, Programming, & Strategy rollouts. The Project Manager will assess delivered assets, including performing QC, to confirm correct technical specifications are met. The role, in conjunction with the creative leads will traffic assets to key stakeholders for reviews and clearances. This person will also manage the content library, organizing assets into the designated, central asset repositories, archives, and catalogs.

The Project Manager should be well-versed in digital content production management, with a solid understanding of production schedules, budgets, technical specifications, asset management, and the QC and localization processes.

The Project Manager should be a detail-oriented multi-tasker with the ability to collaborate extensively with a team, as well as work autonomously with thoroughness and accuracy.

This position will be in the office four days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee production workflow, schedules, and budgets of internal production partners and external vendor productions through all stages of a project pipeline

• Engage 3rd-party vendors, securing project bids and managing contracting with the necessary internal teams

• Collaborate with creative leads on providing assets to internal production teams and external vendors

• Generate and maintain project schedules and distribute trackers to stakeholders ensuring awareness of milestones, delays and any relevant updates/issues; offer solutions as needed

• Track budgets, costs and invoicing working with Finance and Optimization teams

• Manage asset delivery, ensuring technical specifications are accurate and receipt of all required deliverables is fulfilled

• Collaborate with creative leads on trafficking assets to key stakeholders and reviewers

• Perform QC on delivered assets; require re-delivery from vendor or make necessary fixes internally

• Manage assets into and within the designated repositories, archives, and catalogs o Liaise with creative and publishing & programming partners to ensure content delivers as required and on time to fulfill Digital Marketing plans

Required Skills

• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office, Outlook, Google Docs, Box, Airtable, Keynote/PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere

• Strong understanding of content production, schedules, bidding, and budget management, specifically digital content and YouTube

• Proven track record of managing and building relationships with external vendors

• An affinity for and knowledge of the Walt Disney Studios’ brands and content

• Quality control proficiency · Detail-oriented, resourceful and dependable with excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, digital-forward environment · Prepared and excited to collaborate with a growing team

• Efficient with time with the ability to meet deadlines and self-direct time management

Required Experience/Education

• 3+ years of experience in video/audio production in the entertainment space, preferably digital production

• Project management experience

• BA/BS Production/Digital Production or equivalent work experience

• Experience managing a high volume of projects concurrently, anticipating needs and changing dynamics with a solutions-oriented mindset