Project Manager, Television and Content Production

Company Description

Leading The Way (LTW) is a Christian media ministry committed to the proclamation of the whole counsel of God. Uniquely equipped to reach a global audience through its offices in the USA, Canada, Australia and England, we use today’s technology to connect individuals with sound Biblical teaching – whether here at home or in closed countries and remote regions. Now celebrating over 35 years of ministry, Leading The Way's television, radio, and digital programs are broadcast in 28 languages to audiences across six continents. The ministry also operates an Arabic satellite television channel that broadcasts into the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and Australia; distributes solar-powered Navigators containing the New Testament and Biblical teaching into remote regions; employs Field Teams for on-the-ground evangelism and discipleship; mobilizes Christians in prayer through the AWAKE America prayer campaign and city-wide rallies; and hosts international Evangelistic Celebrations in strategic cities across the globe. Dr. Youssef passionately proclaims uncompromising Truth and leads the way for people living in spiritual darkness to discover the light of Christ.

Job Description

The Project Manager serves as the operations manager for the television and content department, ensuring the director has the day-to-day schedule, priorities, and tracking of deliverables. This person will also collaborate with finance and IT to ensure support is able to cover all projects.

Key responsibilities of the Project Manager include but are not limited to the following:

• Understand day-to-day department operations and set priority review with Director
• Compile the schedule and other administrative tasks that have been assigned by Director
• Manage, track, and verify timely and high-quality deliverables
• Establish and advocate for the overall schedule, aligned with the requirements of cross-functional teams
• Lead the development of processes and tools to monitor and improve production/delivery efficiency, cadence, and impact of programs
• Communicate the project status regularly to the Director and team members, with efficient analysis of issues and potential direction
• Identify and assign clear ownership of feature tasks to cross-functional team members and drive the timely execution of each person
• Make certain that feature issues are tracked, managed, and communicated, with a path to resolution clearly defined
• Perform KSAT/INT & Regular Program QC, when time permits
• Produce APM quarterly reports and pass to Lead Program editor
• Script management, content for Dr. Michael Youssef (and other) recordings
• Project manage Weekly Worship Online, including delivery tracking and assisting in scheduling content
• Management of deadlines for all editors, working with department director to highlight areas of attention/production need
• Helping organize, communicate, and assist offsite/contract editors for key Television Projects
• Manage Wistia video count to save departmental cost
• Work with finance assistant to help renew key TV contracts, plugins, and editor needs
• Proficient with GFX/SFX/and other production plugins that will improve functionality
• Update program editor on spots when they are complete for program, and put in their respective content folder in AVID interplay
• Help assist/track progress of external department requests, such as digital, Australia, UK, and other unique media requests such as podcasts, guest hosts with DMY, and outside vendors the Television & Content department sends upon request

Qualifications

• A mature Christian faith and an evident passion for the ministry of Leading The Way
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented, with notable experience handling multiple projects and tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness and ability to fill in roles and responsibilities as assigned by the Director
• A demonstrated ability to influence other teams to meet goals
• Able to influence and collaborate with other teams to meet shared goals, and a willingness to work outside designated responsibilities and hours, as needed
• Personal qualities of honesty, integrity, and attention to detail; able to handle multiple projects in a very methodical manner; good organizational and teamwork skills; able to work in a fast-paced environment; excellent verbal and written communications
• Must live in the Metropolitan Atlanta area within a reasonable commuting distance of LTW headquarters
• Experienced/proficient in project management apps like Basecamp, Slack, Monday.com, etc.
• Exhibits familiarity with visual/audio/graphic design production workflows like AVID, PremierePro, DaVinci Resolve, and other production programs (preferred)
• Experience with production management, creative agencies, or visual productions (preferred)

Desired Characteristics of Applicants

When LTW reviews applicants for an open position, we look for certain characteristics we believe are important to maximizing the ministry of LTW and fully utilizing the spiritual gifts and talents as individuals.

• Christian. We believe that to contribute to our mission it is essential that a person maintain a vibrant Christian faith.
• Called. Work at LTW is not just another job; it is the work of God and an employee should sense the call of God on his or her life work within the ministry.
• Competent. In addition to being a Christian and having a sense of calling, a person must be fully competent to perform all the duties of the position.
• Committed. Because of LTW’s high standards and its belief in good stewardship, it is essential that all employees manifest a high level of commitment to their job responsibilities and the ministry as a whole.

Additional Information

Leading The Way’s employees come from a broad range of church backgrounds. Nevertheless, employees are expected to be a member in good standing of a church whose doctrinal convictions and statement of faith are not in conflict with LTW’s. To make sure everyone understands our theological foundations, we require that all employees subscribe to LTW’s Statement of Faith, avoid public statements conflicting with the Statement of Faith, and seek to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the beliefs set forth in the Statement of Faith.

Leading The Way is both an equal-opportunity employer and a Christian, nonprofit, religious organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, parental status, or disability of an otherwise-qualified individual. The status of LTW as an equal-opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all staff share the same religious commitment, which is central to our stated religious purpose and day-to-day operations.

This job posting is being managed by Forrest Johnson Recruiting on behalf of Leading The Way.

Work Model: Hybrid