Content Producer

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential. We acknowledge, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minhrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Band – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, District 4.

We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

The Chance

The Content Producer plays a key role in the development and delivery of leading-edge content creation and production. They will be the videographer and editor for many of the team’s projects year-round, across all business areas on campus. The work ranges from capturing cinema-grade video on and off campus for interviews, b-roll, collaborating with photographers, performances, atmospheric, and documentary-level participant footage to editing your own material, along with archival and motion graphics. Along with video projects, the producer will contribute to audio-first pieces like podcasts. They will manage audio selection and editing for video projects and may write copy and text for content pieces. This role will support content plans across marketing and communications, along with supporting the ongoing improvement of digital media and social media efforts.

The content plans also include video that is distributed across a wide range of outlets, from standard digital media and YouTube to in-theatre experiences, out of home video, and video placed across campus. Whether it’s audio or video, the producer is a writer and storyteller at heart.

Roles and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, below are some key accountabilities:

Videography:

This role is the content capture role on the marketing and communications team when it comes to video, complimenting and supporting social media and digital media objectives The type of videography captured varies from b-roll to documentary-style behind-the-scenes capture, to sit-down interviews with participants, and animated or motion graphic pieces.

Audio Capture:

Banff Centre produces audio content [podcasts, concert recordings, talks].



This role should be familiar with and comfortable with editing audio pieces. One aspect of the content strategy is to bring together various production streams into one, cohesive plan. This role would be asked to set up and strike audio productions, both with live audiences and in studio.

Editing:

This role is the video and animation editing role on the marketing and communications team. Along with editing works that this role filmed themselves, it will require edits of materials captured by others, including current team members, past filming, and archival.

Writing:

This role will be assigned to write material, mostly focused on scripts or stories for video production.

Project Management:

This role will sit between multiple team members looking to plan and produce stories. Often the scheduling will depend on the activities filmed, or the subjects on camera, so remaining organized and over-communicating plans via project management tools is key to maintaining pace. While there will be inbound requests and plans presented to this position, there will be a requirement for proactively developing content calendars and ideas for stories and series.

Organize materials, both new, and existing, to support and improve digital asset management. This also includes tracking permissions and consent documents, including obtaining signature on location when required.

Interpersonal skills:

This position has extensive internal and external contact including staff, faculty, participants, and administration. This role also works closely with the subjects they’re filming, so a calm and kind demeanor is critical to succeeding. Contacts extend across Canada and around the world. This position requires tact, discretion and exceptional service delivery. This role is empowered to make decisions and direct others across campus on matters related to video and editing.

Other related duties as assigned

Qualifications and Educational Requirements

- 5 years or more of related experience in content production, primarily video including editing, especially in cross-functional marketing teams, with a focus on post-secondary institutions which have a high content output
- Undergraduate degree or diploma in production, film, digital video, or a related field, or related experience




- Strong attention to detail and time management skills to manage multiple tasks and projects
- A self-starter with the ability to work under broad direction without close supervision
- A fundamental ability to manage and create content production workflows for marketing and communications teams, serving multiple types (written, audio, video) with multiple outputs including digital media, out of home video, and theatrical
- Ability to light productions both in and out of studio, and operate broadcast / cinema-grade 4k cameras
- Lead the setup and strike of production sets
- Technical experience with Apple, Adobe & Avid tools: Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Media Composer, and Adobe Premiere Pro
- Experience in producing interviews and other spoken word content and/or visual content
- Exceptional oral and written communication
- Knowledge of standard office software packages and Internet literacy is required. The ability to use both Mac and Microsoft platforms is necessary
- Can work self-directed at a professional level and demonstrate excellent organizational and technical abilities
- Can work under pressure of time, multiple simultaneous demands, and deadlines
- Adaptability and a team player attitude; takes feedback as well as they can give it
- Experience with arts organizations or a post-secondary institution is an asset

Employment Terms & Benefit

- In accordance with CUPE 4318, this is a unionized, salaried support staff position, subject to a 6 month probation period.
- The annual salary for this position is is between $63,960 - $67,163, depending on experience, based on working 40 hours per week.
- Hybrid work environment (3 days in the office, 2 days remote)
- The successful candidate will have access to a range of benefits through Alberta Blue Cross and will be eligible to participate in our defined benefit pension plan.
- Benefits of working at Banff Centre are:
- Employee Assistance Program
- Professional development
- Staff cafeteria and restaurant discounts
- Onsite fitness facility at a discounted rate - first month free for new staff!

Application Process

- We are accepting applications for the Content Producer position until a suitable candidate is found.
- Please submit your documents in one PDF document
- Candidates offered a position with Banff Centre, in this capacity, will be required to obtain a criminal record check verifying a clear record before a final job offer can be finalized.
- Visa Requirements: Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

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