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American Airlines Lead, Creative Video Production in Dallas, Texas
Intro
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
You will be responsible for delivering brand-focused, high-quality videos that serve as a vital communication approach for American Airlines.
You will be instrumental in revolutionizing how we interact with colleagues and help innovate our digital video approach.
You will take a brand-first approach to content experiences and have a knack for connecting content strategy to thoughtful video production.
Collaborate closely with our communication stakeholders to deliver engaging video solutions that shape how team members connect with the company.
Indulge your passion for technology, leverage your keen eye for design, and cross disciplines to deliver on our goal of connected and elevated video experiences.
Your video production skills will be visible to the entire corporation, and you will work at the heart of American’s communication center.
What you'll do
Lead the planning of video storytelling.
Develop video creative briefs and execute on the agreed upon approach to deliver quality video that meets the marketing and communication goals.
Provide technical expertise for video production, audio recommendations, and lighting.
Assist in managing the studio's video production equipment, ensuring effective utilization and maintenance.
Participate in the development of contingency plans for technical issues for live stream and studio endeavors.
Drive the post-production edits to deliver innovative video experiences.
Collaborate on some interactive elements for studio show production.
Write engaging scripts for videos that inform our audience.
Direct, shoot and produce video shoots, fostering a creative environment.
Ensure contract labor is scheduled and be accountable for their performance when engaged in a project.
Collaborate with the creative team on studio set design.
Assist in creating and managing budgets for video productions.
Monitor equipment and personnel expenses for video shoots.
Ensure videos meet the highest visual and auditory quality standards, brand adherence, and professionalism.
Always be looking for new technology we can bring to the table to create exciting ways to engage our team members and keep content experiences fresh.
Provide strategic recommendations on new and exciting ways to drive video content engagement and help to innovate our approach to video production.
Help lead production technical research; translate findings into functional improvements.
Collaborate with stakeholders to develop elevated production experiences that incorporate best practices that align with business and design goals.
Champion American’s internal visual design and brand standards.
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
Bachelor’s degree in film, cinema studies, broadcast, or relevant field, equivalent experience, or training
5-8 years’ experience in video production / broadcast experience
Thorough knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere Pro
Technical proficiency with our studio equipment – Ross Carbonite, Ross XPressions, Avid Ingest, Autoscript, Panasonic Varicam / PTZ camera systems, Litepanel, Chamsys, Letrosonic, Sanken, Allen & Heath.
Technical proficiency in video production equipment operation.
Strong visual design skills including motion graphics, video, screen layouts, information design, and typography.
Proven experience in managing video productions, including content capture, post-edit and delivery.
Expertise in copy / script writing preferred.
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Implement and oversee a comprehensive quality control process for all produced content.
Build and maintain relationships with external partners, ensuring smooth collaboration and timely service delivery.
Ability to collaborate with the creative team to coordinate video production projects from initial design concepts to implementation.
Ability to perform in a fast-paced, Agile based, iterative environment.
Portfolio of work that demonstrates required skills and detailed attention to video production, set design, motion and graphic elements.
What you'll get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status. We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. American Airlines, Inc fully considers all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history.
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