ViacomCBS

Project Manager, Sports & News

Posted on: 17 Jan 2021

Burbank, CA

Job Description

ABOUT US:

CBS Interactive, a division of ViacomCBS, is the worlds largest publisher of premium digital content and a perennial top 10 Internet company. CBS Interactives brands span popular categories like technology, entertainment, sports, news and gaming.

Properties include the websites, apps and streaming services of the CBS Television Network such as the CBS All Access subscription service, CBS News Digital platforms including the 24/7 digital news network CBSN, and CBS Sports Digital brands including the 24-hour streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ, as well as digital-first properties in key content verticals, including CNET, ZDNet, TVGuide.com, GameSpot, Last.fm, Metacritic and Chowhound.

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Role Details:

The year ahead for ViacomCBS is an exciting one. Our new broad pay streaming product will expand CBS All Access by adding the company's scaled assets in film and TV, including world-renowned brands, and reaffirm and expand the value of entertainment, news and sports through on-demand and live experiences for audiences around the world. To help us navigate this rapid expansion, the CBS All Access Marketing team is actively seeking a Project Manager to work cross-functionally with agencies, Design, Product and Content groups to ensure teams are working in concert with one another to hit key benchmarks. We are looking for a quality individual who has validated experience leading highly-complex projects, helping to bring them in on time and on budget. Were looking for someone who takes initiative, enjoys digital product development in a supportive team environment and wants to have fun.

Your Day-to-Day:

* Lead and track multiple creative projects and timelines simultaneously within the Sports & News areas

* Work with agencies and marketing teams to assess initial requests for information, project parameters, priority scheduling, and creation of all deliverables against established deadlines and marketing strategies

* Lead creative project workflow by planning, tracking, managing and driving all steps in the creative life cycle, including dependencies

* Assess, recommend and implement strategies for increased production and workflow efficiencies

* Lead communication of timelines, status updates and potential risks to the project team. Partner with internal teams to identify issues early and suggest workable solutions

* Identify weaknesses in current systems and work to improve them

* Take notes in meetings, gathering feedback, and facilitating consolidation

Key Projects:

* Partner with agencies and marketing teams within ViacomCBS to help drive the expansion of CBS All Access

* Develop project timelines for creative coming from external creative agencies and in-house teams

* Ensure results from creative testing is shared with design and product teams

QUALIFICATIONS:

What you bring to the team:

You have:

* BA/BS

* Significant experience working in production management/digital marketing/creative agency and/or professional services/consulting

* Proven history of leading complex projects with tight deadlines and multiple dependencies

* Comfortable working cross-functionally with multiple partners at all levels of a corporate organization

* Adaptable and able to change gears quickly and nimbly when changes happen to processes and projects

* Lead scope, budget and campaign resources

* Superb verbal and written communication skills to relay information simply and clearly to creative marketing and cross functional departments

* Can see the big picture while also focusing on the details

* Calm, balanced, level-headed, and collaborative in nature

You might also have:

* Extensive JIRA and project management software experience

* Project Management certification(s)

FUNCTION: Project ManagementEEO Statement:

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At ViacomCBS, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. ViacomCBS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status

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ViacomCBS

Manhattan, NY

ViacomCBS Inc. is an American multinational mass media conglomerate based in New York City. The corporation was formed via the merger of CBS Corporation and the second incarnation of Viacom on December 4, 2019, which were created from the split of the first Viacom in 2005. The company has interests in film, television, publishing and digital media.

The company's main assets include the Paramount Pictures film studio, CBS Entertainment Group (consisting of CBS-branded properties including the namesake CBS network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Television Stations, CBS Interactive and a 50% interest in The CW), domestic networks (consisting of U.S.-based basic and premium-tier cable television networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central and Showtime), international networks (consisting of international versions of domestic ViacomCBS networks as well as region-specific networks including Channel 5 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia and Telefe in Argentina), Global Distribution Group (consisting of CBS Television Distribution and CBS Studios International) and publishing company Simon & Schuster.

Headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, the company operates approximately over 170 networks and reaches approximately 700 million subscribers in approximately 160 countries.

 

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