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.
