Position Information

● Full-time position: 32/week - LL+L honors a 32-hour work-life balance week

● This is a freelance, independent contractor position

● COVID-19 Precautions: Remote interview process, virtual meetings

● Compensation: $35/hour, dependent on experience

● Position begins: Immediately

Position closes: Open until filled

How to apply: Send a resume and cover letter outlining why you are the right person for this

particular position with an anti-racist media organization to recruitment@looklistenandlearn.org

with Associate Producer in the subject line. Include two professional references with your

application materials.

The Organization

Look Listen and Learn (LL+L) is a nonprofit media organization that creates programming that

inspires and advances early learning. We feature the brilliance of Black, Indigenous children,

families, and educators of color for everyone to experience. The content is anchored in research

about what works best to promote school readiness, success, racial and radical joy. We exist at the

intersection of art, science, and media to foster early learning. Our work supports social-emotional

skills and nurtures healthy interactions that encourage school readiness for 3 to 8-year-olds. We

produce an award-winning television series called Look, Listen + Learn (LL+L). In the loving

tradition of Mr. Rogers, we invite young children to explore books, music, cooking, and more with

co-hosts Possum and Auntie Lena.

Position: Look, Listen and Learn is seeking an Associate Producer to work closely with the

Executive Producer to manage media production schedules; provide administrative support for

LLL operations; follow up on task progress and priorities; organize meetings; keep show

information flowing smoothly; and coordinate planning and logistics, including helping organize

the production team, talent, and partner agencies for shoots. To succeed in this role, it is essential

that the ideal candidate has a communications background and media production experience, interpersonal skills, and that they are self-sufficient, efficient, trustworthy, and accountable to

work plans and deliverables.

Duties:

● Plan and oversee production scheduling, rehearsals, casting, and segment development

with community partners and talent (i.e. families, children, leads, and filming sites).

● Prepare, write, and distribute episode scripts and maintain script tracker.

● Lead outreach and development of production partnerships with community

organizations and stakeholders.

● Oversee on-site productions to ensure crew and talent access to filming, and continuity.

● Coordinate program distribution via YouTube, online streaming platforms and

government-access television broadcast stations.

● Solicit and clear book publishing copyrights.

● Maintain Monday.com production project management.

● Prepare monthly newsletter highlights and social media posts with communications.

● Attend bi-weekly Core Team Meetings and one-on-one meetings with the Executive

Producer.

Desired Experience/Skills:

● Minimum of 3 years of professional broadcast media production experience is preferred.

● Interest and/or knowledge in working with children and families; prior early learning

and/or brain development research is preferred.

● Superior client interaction, communication, and negotiation skills.

● Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.

● Strong technical knowledge in terms of formats/deliverables and post-production

workflows.

● Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite, social media management,

Mailchimp, Adobe Premiere Pro, Canva, Monday.com, Youtube, and professional

etiquette.

● Highly professional, driven, and motivated with excellent follow-up.

● Dependable, strong analytical, detail-oriented, organizational and time management

skills.

● Ability to communicate directly and effectively with teammates, production and

community partners.

● Self-driven, creative, strategic, proactive, innovative, and creative.

● Relationship building skills in order to leverage partnerships with local and like-minded

organizations/companies.

● Race and Social Justice Champion.

● LLL encourages people of color and those who are committed to forwarding racial justice to

apply.

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