Production Manager, Development (1 Year Contract - Maternity Leave)

at  Blue Ant Media

TELLING CAPTIVATING STORIES TO AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE

Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international production studio and rights business, and channel operator. Blue Ant Studios creates and distributes a premium slate of programming, in all content genres, for streaming and broadcasting platforms around the world. Blue Ant Media also operates free streaming and pay TV channels under a range of media brands internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, Makeful, T+E, BBC Earth Canada, BBC First, HauntTV, Homeful, Drag Race Universe, Total Crime, Declassified, Love Pets and Love Drama. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with six international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Washington and Sydney. blueantmedia.com⼁Twitter⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn
Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.
Production Manager, Development (1 Year Contract - Maternity Leave)
Reporting to the Director, Creative Operations, the Production Manager, Development is responsible for the oversight and production of all company websites, newsletters and custom web development. If you’ve ever been drawn to a particular website because the UI/UX was compelling, this is the role that makes sure all that great stuff gets made – and delivered!
This position works closely with all internal department stakeholders to ensure all development projects run smoothly from beginning to end.
The ideal candidate is self-motivated, patient, incredibly organized, and able to manage many overlapping tasks. Oh, and a love of code is always a bonus.

What You’ll Be Doing…

• Website management of over 26 company websites (including digital publishing, corporate, custom landing pages, marketing for broadcast and FAST channels).
• Work with internal stakeholders to develop product business requirements for new requests.
• Maintain relationship with third party development agency (Vertical Wave) front and backend developers that develop and maintain our portfolio.
• Plan and execute custom website projects (including sales hubs, website feature updates/additions, design updates) working closely with our internal design team.
• Ensure sites are working as expected (liaise with development team when bugs, security or any general issues that arise).
• Daily maintenance of our project management system (Wrike), communicating timelines to all stakeholders from project request through to material delivery.
• Work closely with Creative Operations Director to prioritize projects on a daily basis.

What You’ll Bring…

• A Post-Secondary degree or diploma, preferably in a related field
• Experience in project management
• Knowledge of UI/UX and web development
• Excellent communication skills
• An interest in maintaining and evolving organizational systems
• A proactive approach with strong follow-up skills

You are…

• Organized with strong attention to detail
• Able to manage overlapping, urgent tasks and deadlines
• A team player, but comfortable working independently
• Familiar with video production and formats

At Blue Ant Media, we believe promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. We can all contribute. As a global media company, we recognize our platform and opportunity to influence change and promote a more inclusive world. We know what we create, distribute, and produce is better with a diverse workforce. In recruiting for our teams, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds (who are eligible to work in Canada) and welcome the unique contributions each person brings.
If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at HR@blueantmedia.com

• Website management of over 26 company websites (including digital publishing, corporate, custom landing pages, marketing for broadcast and FAST channels).
• Work with internal stakeholders to develop product business requirements for new requests.
• Maintain relationship with third party development agency (Vertical Wave) front and backend developers that develop and maintain our portfolio.
• Plan and execute custom website projects (including sales hubs, website feature updates/additions, design updates) working closely with our internal design team.
• Ensure sites are working as expected (liaise with development team when bugs, security or any general issues that arise).
• Daily maintenance of our project management system (Wrike), communicating timelines to all stakeholders from project request through to material delivery.
• Work closely with Creative Operations Director to prioritize projects on a daily basis