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About the Role

The Associate Producer for A&E supports development and production teams by tracking project status, assisting executives with creative aspects like casting and research, and managing deliverables for active shows. The ideal candidate is highly organized, motivated, and experienced in nonfiction projects, with strong communication skills and the ability to provide creative notes and understand network priorities. This role also involves coordinator duties for the senior executive team, including scheduling and travel arrangements.

Responsibilities

Work closely with Executives to manage assigned series and development projects, providing critical editorial feedback throughout the production process.
Note cuts, identify story and structural issues, communicate creative notes effectively, and independently lock cuts when needed.
Manage and maintain departmental tracking systems and databases, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information related to project status, production schedules, workloads, and other key operational data.
Oversee the post-production deliverables process for assigned projects, ensuring all required materials are received, organized, and delivered on schedule.
Track production milestones, contracts, invoices, and payment schedules, partnering with production companies and internal finance teams to ensure timely execution of project deliverables and financial commitments.
Generate ideas and identify new talent by staying aware of news, pop culture, internet trends, interesting worlds, and potential breakout characters for unscripted series.
Conduct research and assist in the creation of pitch materials, presentations, decks, and development documents.
Create presentations, pitch materials, briefing documents, and other creative assets to support development, production, and executive presentations.
Attend weekly production meetings for assigned projects and communicate key updates to executives and stakeholders.
Collaborate with internal departments including Marketing, Communications, Production Management, Legal, Business Affairs, Finance, and Scheduling to support assigned projects and departmental initiatives.
Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for production companies and freelance teams, helping to facilitate communication, track deliverables, and resolve project-related issues.
Clip footage and prepare materials for presentations and internal reviews.

Requirements

BA/BS Degree with preferably at least 3-4 years experience in television production.
A positive and collaborative attitude.
Experience reviewing cuts, providing creative feedback, and working closely with executives and production partners throughout the editorial process.
Must be technologically savvy, comfortable learning new systems quickly, and able to adapt to evolving internal tools and processes.
Great attention to detail and follow-through.
Strong creative skills.
Strong communication, organizational and administrative skills are essential.
Ability to take direction from more than one individual, work independently and manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
Must be able to work well in a team environment and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners and suppliers.
Highly adaptable and comfortable learning new technologies, software platforms, AI tools, and evolving workflows; able to quickly adopt new processes and leverage tools to improve efficiency and collaboration.

Skills

Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Airtable
AI-powered productivity tools
Project management or workflow platforms
Basic video editing
Final Cut Pro
Premiere Pro
CapCut

Location

New York City
Los Angeles
Chicago
Stamford, CT
Remote (eligible states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming)

Work Type

Remote
Hybrid
Full-time in office

Experience Level

Associate Producer
3-4 years experience in television production

Education Level

BA/BS Degree

Salary/Compensations

Hourly Pay Range: $36.15 - $41.58
Annual Incentive Target: 5%

Benefits

Healthcare coverage
401k matching

About the Company

A+E Global Media is in the storytelling business, bringing consumers new ways to experience stories through discovering new talent, narratives, and characters.
A+E Global Media is a joint venture of the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
A+E Global Media® is a collection of culture brands that includes A&E®, The HISTORY® Channel, Lifetime®, LMN®, FYI®, VICE TV and BIOGRAPHY®.
The company reaches 342 million people worldwide and has over 500 million digital users across its sites and streaming apps.
Since its founding in 1983, A+E Global Media has grown into a multiplatform, multimedia, multigenre content creator.

Equal Opportunity

A+E Global Media proudly provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants, and makes employment decisions consistent with this principle.
Employment actions and decisions are made without regard to an employee’s race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, alienage or citizenship status, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, family and medical leave status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact careers@aegm.com.