Production Manager - Winter Park, United States - Full Sail University

Description

If you're looking for the chance to learn, grow, and make a contribution to the community, look at employment opportunities with Full Sail University. You'll find your choice of career opportunities, great benefits, an environment that welcomes and values creativity, and a work experience that is both challenging and rewarding

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Behave as a Full Sail University ambassador and embrace our unique educational model, while maintaining the highest level of integrity, professionalism, customer service, and compliance.
• Co-lead Full Sail University's 'Runway' initiative, serving as main point of contact for participating employers seeking independent Full Sail University graduate contract work.
• Direct external operations of 'Runway' initiative, establishing and driving annual objectives while identifying priority opportunities for graduates.
• Oversee external relationships with participating companies related to 'Runway' Initiative, striving for continuous improvement and expansion of opportunities.
• Partner with participating companies to define project scopes of work (SOWs).
• Identify and evaluate new external company content, event, or experience opportunities tailored to 'Runway' Initiative.
• Oversee the development and management of platforms specific to initiative needs.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and professional development opportunities for graduates participating in 'Runway' Initiative.
• Forecast and manage budgetary, workforce, design, and technology requirements for new initiatives within 'Runway' Initiative. Analyze and present outcomes.
• Evaluate key performance indicators for both new and existing initiatives within 'Runway' to ensure alignment with program goals.
• Supervise content strategy for communication with graduates participating in 'Runway' Initiative, ensuring engagement and relevance.
• Strategically plan and execute brand advocacy, engagement, recruitment, and retention activities for graduates participating in 'Runway' Initiative.
• Implement operational excellence methods to streamline processes and tasks specific to 'Runway' Initiative.
• Lead meetings effectively, document communications, and contribute to research efforts focused on enhancing the 'Runway' Initiative.
• Provide support for Full Sail University Career Development department events and activities as needed, maintaining flexibility in scheduling.
• Stay abreast of developments within the Full Sail University graduate cohorts, graduate initial employment & industry trends, and relevant educational offerings.
• Complete administrative tasks related to 'Runway' initiative promptly and accurately.

Other Responsibilities:

• Stay updated on pertinent information related to Full Sail University, the entertainment media & emerging technologies industries, post-secondary education, and ACCSC standards specifically pertaining to Full Sail University 'Runway' initiative.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of all educational offerings provided by Full Sail University, with a focus on how they relate to 'Runway' initiative.
• Provide detailed explanations of Full Sail University's educational programs, expected outcomes, and services provided to students/graduates, members of the education community, local businesses, and internal/external clients, emphasizing the opportunities available through the 'Runway' initiative.
• Document all communication and contact information related to the Runway initiative within Full Sail University's customer relationship management system (CRM).
• Contribute to educational and industry research efforts specifically aimed at enhancing the 'Runway' initiative's impact on graduates.
• Support additional initiatives on behalf of Full Sail University as required, with a focus on promoting and expanding 'Runway' initiative.
• Implement best practices across all aspects of 'Runway' initiative to ensure a cohesive and effective brand experience for graduates and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate flexibility in scheduling, including availability for late nights, weekends, extended hours, and overnight travel, particularly during peak seasons of 'Runway' initiative.
• Complete expense reports promptly and accurately in relation to expenses incurred during the execution of 'Runway' initiative activities.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains all levels of staff in their department.
• Oversees the schedules and responsibilities of staff in their department.
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.

Competencies:

• Have a genuine excitement for people, education, technology, and entertainment media & emerging technology industries.
• Self-motivated, adaptive, resilient, and embody integrity, always willing to do the right thing.
• Possess strong leadership, training, facilitation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Excel at face-to-face, over the phone, written, and virtual communication, in both "one-on-one" and large group environments.
• Creative problem solving, conceptual thinking, and decision-making ability.
• Technical aptitude with strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Enthusiasm for people, education, technology, and the entertainment media industry.
• Proficient in quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and thrive in high-pressure environments.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree preferred, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in project management, talent development, or a related field.
• Understanding of entertainment media & emerging technology industries, and the needs of recent graduates.
• Must become familiar with Full Sail University's 'Runway' initiative and objectives.
• Must successfully participate in and complete all continuing education/training requirements.
• Start-up project management experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Must successfully participate in and complete all continuing education/training requirements.
• Background check mandatory.

Computer Skills:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, iWork, various web tools, Simplicity CRM software, Salesforce CRM software, and various other software as needed.
• Proficient with various Apple and Windows based hardware.
• Presentation skills and technical knowledge for in-person, virtual, and digital communications.

Environmental Factors/Physical Demands:

Work is performed in an office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to maintain active customer and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system; enter alpha-numeric data into a computerized system often while listening on the telephone. May be subject to bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to thirty (30) pounds.

Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.