Senior Producer to develop an original documentary production of filmmakers to tell thought provoking stories from BC and Alberta Communities - 18441
Job Type: Contract
Positions to fill: 1
Start Date: Apr 17, 2023
Job End Date: Apr 12, 2024
Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable
Job ID: 127783
Location: Vancouver
Our telecommunications client is looking for a Senior Producer to develop an original documentary production of filmmakers to tell thought provoking stories from BC and Alberta Communities - 18441.
Initially a 12 months contract with a possibility of extension. Hybrid model. Open to candidates across BC or AB.
Must Haves:
Initially a 12 months contract with a possibility of extension. Hybrid model. Open to candidates across BC or AB.
Must Haves:
- 10+ film/TV production experience, ideally within BC or AB.
- Fundamental understanding of film production and technical film language, ideally in the contemporary documentary landscape.
- Ability to assess production budgets, schedules and teams.
- Familiarity with best practices as set forth by equity-driving industry groups, including:
- Indigenous Screen Office
- Black Screen Office
- Racial Equity Screen Office
- Disability Screen Office
- ImagineNATIVE's "ON-SCREEN PROTOCOLS + PATHWAYS: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories"
- Cultural safety and/or specific decolonization and anti-racism trainings.
- Familiarity with the Canadian film/TV funding landscape, including tax credits.
- Experience liaising directly with a production executive, commissioning editor or funder through the production and post production cycles of a project.
- Develop an outreach strategy to secure program-qualified pitches
- Create and foster relationships with B.C. and Alberta-based producers, including in particular, among equity and narrative sovereignty-seeking filmmakers.
- Contribute respectfully and constructively to producers’ ideation during pitch development and pre-production
- Assess market viability of a production, including value to community and potential impact production opportunities
- Contribute to the pitch evaluation and decision-making process, including the completion of an evaluation rubric to ensure we have a strong slate of productions that meet our various mandates
- Propose a production slate to senior leaders for final approval before greenlight