Cortina Productions is seeking a freelance Associate Producer to support the content research and scripting phase of media exhibits including films and innovative touchscreen interactives for a museum focused on the holocaust and its application to democracy and tolerance today. This is a temporary position starting as soon as possible for 1 month, working full-time hours with the potential to extend into a longer contract.
Candidates must be tightly organized and show demonstrated experience completing content research, archival media research using verified sources and organizing various archival media assets. An ideal candidate has experience conducting research and identifying visuals for a youthful audience, and, has experience writing content including scripts.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Conduct content research using verified sources including: researching specific people, places, and events related to the rise of Nazism both in the U.S and internationally.
- Reviewing and organizing survivor testimonies
- Create concise overviews that distill content research into digestible bites of information.
- Responsible for managing the stock media inventory for the project using Air Table to manage the database. Includes: downloading assets (images, videos, audio, etc), renaming the files, entering the vendor information and pricing information.
- Initial media research will be provided by a third-party vendor, but additional archival imagery and footage research may be required.
Skill Requirements
- College education: Bachelor’s and/or advanced degree in the study of film/production
- 2+ years working on historical non-fiction media projects, historic research projects, archival media research.
- Strong communication skills
- Excels at logistical coordination
- Excellent attention to detail
- Knowledge of:
- Office 365 / Microsoft Teams and other MS Office suite programs
- Air Table
- Google Suite
- Adobe Creative Suite is a plus
- Candidate can be remote but must be online and available to producing team during normal business hours
- Ideal candidate would have familiarity with content related to the holocaust and contemporary applications to today.
Position would ideally begin the week of July 14 and would last for 4 weeks until August 8th. The position may extend into a longer-term contract after the initial 4 weeks.
Salary commensurate with experience. Please submit your resume, cover letter, & professional references to jobs@cortinaproductions.com. Please include the job title in the posting.