Production Coordinator

Title:
Production Coordinator (Temporary)

Schedule Format

- Location:

Hybrid
- San Francisco

Pay Information:
Hourly Rate: $33.24-$41.55

The Production Coordinator supports the day-to-day operations and execution of KQED’s Digital Video production portfolio. This position coordinates the administrative, logistical, and operational needs of Digital Video productions from pre-production through production, post-production, delivery, and archiving.

The Production Coordinator will work closely with Digital Video producers, editors, Audience Development, Production, Finance, Legal, TV & Engineering, vendors, freelancers, and other internal and external partners to ensure that projects remain organized, properly documented, and on schedule. This position will maintain production information and systems, coordinate resources and logistics, track deliverables, and provide day-to-day support to production teams.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, resourceful, and comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced production environment. The position requires strong communication skills, an understanding of digital video production workflows, and the ability to anticipate production needs, resolve routine issues, and escape more complex issues to TV & Engineering Department Leads.

This position will support productions across KQED’s Digital Video portfolio, including midform You Tube content, vertical video series, and television broadcast programs supporting KQED’s Food, Guides, and Technology editorial verticals.

This is a full-time, limited-term position reporting to the Manager, Video Content and Development.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

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The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely.

• Support the day-to-day coordination of multiple Digital Video productions from pre-production through production, post-production, delivery, and archiving.
• Maintain production calendars, project trackers, schedules, and other production documentation in Airtable and other systems used by Digital Video.
• Coordinate scheduling of production and post-production spaces, equipment, and other resources using KQED-designated scheduling systems.
• Support producers and production teams with the preparation and distribution of production documents, schedules, contact lists, releases, permits, and other required materials.
• Assist with coordinating freelance crew, vendors, production partners, and other external collaborators.
• Manage day-to-day equipment check-in and check-out, maintain accurate inventory records, and ensure equipment is available when needed for productions.
• Coordinate repairs, maintenance, shipping,…