Who we are:
MasterClass is transforming the journey of learning by enabling anyone in the world to learn from the very best. We are deconstructing what makes an actor able to cry on demand, how an athlete defies gravity, and what it takes to write a bestseller. Our online learning content is available to students anywhere anytime, which supports our mission to ignite the greatness in others.
We are a quickly growing VC-funded startup based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Los Angeles. We have created online classes taught by famous masters— Gordon Ramsay, Serena Williams, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sara Blakely, David Sedaris, Bobbi Brown, Timbaland, Anna Wintour, and many more to come.
Since launching in 2015, we have been growing our team.
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What we are looking for:
MasterClass is looking for an experienced and motivated Project Manager to join our collaborative, creative Motion Graphics team to plan and oversee motion graphics projects to ensure they are completed in a timely fashion and within budget.
The Motion Graphics Project Manager will work closely with the Producer, Creative and Art Directors to plan and designate project resources, track spending against budgets, monitor progress, and keep stakeholders informed the entire way.
They will need to be comfortable working closely with all of the roles in our post production workflow, particularly with those most related to the skills of the Motion Graphics team.
It helps to have direct experience in the areas of Producing, Motion Graphics and/or Editing.
From ideation, to storyboarding, design to animation, and through final delivery, the Project Manager will need a strong understanding of all aspects of the process of developing creative deliverables.
The Project Manager will be responsible for tracking and successfully delivering all project deliverables for each project in the Post pipeline.
They will help lead the Motion Graphics team and skillfully negotiate the multiple relationships within any project—whether with Creative Producers, Creative Directors, Post Coordinators, Executives or any variety of cross-functional partners, as well as motion graphics freelancers, contractors or even agencies—and functions as the hub of a project.
Responsibilities of the role:
- Ability to mediate competing priorities across multiple stakeholders and manage expectations across various dynamic personalities
- Collaborate with the Art Director, CP, CD and Post team, determine and define class graphics scope and objectives
- Strong leadership skills, including interpersonal/building relationships, gaining trust, managing expectations, and resolving and preempting conflicts
- Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
- Collaborate closely with Post Production Management and project Leads to adapt project schedules/plans in order to accommodate resource changes
- Track project costs in order to meet budget
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and resource plan
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
- Own all GFX process improvements and help develop new ways of working
- Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement
- Actively help source motion graphics designers and animators to join the team, in collaboration with the Art Director.
- Build positive working relationships with all motion graphics contributors and cross-functional partners
- Support Art Director with day to day resourcing, management and individual project needs
- Facilitate onboarding of new third-party motion graphics contributors, including facilitating through People Ops & IT process
- Initiate and execute quarterly GFX Design offsite events for the purpose of optimizing workflows
- Plan and facilitate all GFX review meetings, lead GFX team meetings and host cross-functional team onboardings
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of project management or production coordination experience preferred
- Proven ability to solve problems creatively
- Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
- Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle from ideation to delivery
- Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
- Proven ability to complete projects according to scope, budget, and timeline
- Technical knowledge of 4k post production workflow
– particularly with those most related to the skills of Motion Designers
– a plus - Experience facilitating creative critique
- Experience negotiating conflict, building teams and group dynamics, and enabling creative thought processes.
- Ownership/leadership and accountability.
With multi-faceted, compartmentalized teams and/or skill sets, the Project Manager needs to be the one person to bring everything and everyone together and take responsibility for the work.
When it comes down to it, the Project Manager is the person most responsible for all project’s success or failure.
At MasterClass, we believe we put our best work forward when our employees bring together ideas that are diverse in thought.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
In addition, MasterClass will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.