Overview
NRG is a professional gaming and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2016, NRG has embodied competitive esports excellence and the best of gaming culture over the last half-decade. Known for championship teams and innovative gaming lifestyle content, NRG is one of the most-watched organizations in the world on Twitch and YouTube in North America. Our gaming and entertainment content reaches over 50M, 18-24 year olds every month. In 2021, NRG produced thousands of pieces of content that was viewed close to 1.5B times across platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Twitter. The Role
NRG is seeking an experienced Head of Production from the esports or gaming industry who can elevate all things pre-production, production and live production while working on-site at the NRG Hot Pockets Castle here in Los Angeles, California. The Head of Production will be the tip of the spear when it comes to the NRG content machine, and will be responsible for moving ideas on paper into production as efficiently as possible. Your team will be responsible for the production of short form platform specific social content, long form YouTube content, gaming content, live stream productions, as well as assisting in the creation and execution of premium long form programming. Responsibilities
Accountable for managing and overseeing the NRG Production teamAssessing personnel needs and staffing of your team accordinglyAssigning production projects and monitoring progress, milestones, strategies and performance of project and teamAssessing production needs and budget of each specific project and executing accordinglyWorking with partnerships team to plan, track, and execute on partnership related deliverables and productionGenerating production documents (ROS, cost accounting, etc)Finding and booking contractors & vendors in accordance with our needsShore up production workflow processesManage and assess equipment needsSetting up production for all styles of shoots (short form TikToks to long form gaming live streams)Ensure production quality on setCoordination of all on-site productionPoint of contact on-site at our facility
Requirements
5 years of production management experience within esports or gamingDeep knowledge of studio production, live event and video shoot processes & workflowsNetwork of contacts in the industry to build your production team and secure contractorsProven track record of planning, running and wrapping productions including an excellent understanding of budget management (i.e. how and when to bring vendors in) and keeping everyone’s schedules on trackExcellent leadership and managerial traits, but also the ability to work autonomously to problem solve and execute on your own under tight deadlines and pressureYou’re also a team player as you’ll be working with other team leads across the companyOutstanding attention to detail and consistent follow up with extremely strong verbal and written communication skillsExpected to work industry hours, not the traditional 9-5Thrives in a startup environment