Senior Producer, National Geographic Production Services
Job Summary:
The Senior Producer on the Production Services team will be responsible for producing and delivering a wide range of content, including kids, travel, science, and natural history content for National Geographic’s portfolio of streaming, digital, and linear platforms. This role is ideal for a highly creative, collaborative, and experienced producer who can bring strong storytelling instincts, production expertise, and a sharp editorial eye to both short and long-form content. Leveraging National Geographic's world-class archive and AI-enabled tools, the Sr. Producer enhances content curation, archival discovery, metadata enrichment, and identification of key narrative moments within existing content collections. The role collaborates closely with internal teams, production management, talent, editors, research external partners, and creative development and production leads to maximize the value of archival assets while delivering compelling, high-quality content that inspires curiosity, discovery, and a deeper understanding of the world.
- Produce greenlit kids, travel, science, natural history, and archival-focused content from pre-production through post-production, ensuring projects stay on schedule and meet creative, editorial, and delivery requirements.
- Manage projects from greenlight through final delivery, including research, field production, scripting, narration, post-production, audio mixes, and quality control.
- Produce both short and long-form content utilizing the National Geographic archive, transforming historical assets, footage, photography, and related materials into compelling viewing experiences for various NG platforms.
- Leverage advanced tools to enhance archive discovery, content curation, metadata enrichment, asset organization, and identification of key narrative moments, themes, and story beats within existing content collections.
- Create and manage production and post-production schedules to ensure assigned shows are delivered on time, on budget, and in accordance with brand adherence.
- Partner with Production Management to develop production budgets, hire crews, and coordinate filming logistics and locations that support kids, travel, science, wildlife, and cultural storytelling.
- Identify and collaborate with subject matter experts, on-screen talent, narrators, recording studios, composers, and other creative partners as needed.
- Oversee the post-production process for short and long-form assigned shows, including edits, scripts, narration production, original music, graphics, audio mixes, and final delivery.
- Ensure all assigned programs meet NG Research, Standards & Practices, Rights Management, and archival usage requirements.
- Support and mentor the internal production teams, sharing best practices in content development, editorial storytelling, and workflow process across creative projects as needed.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in nonfiction content production for a production company or network.
- Strong storytelling skills with the ability to shape compelling content across platforms.
- Detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize competing deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and third-party vendors.
- Strong creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Experience creating and managing production budgets.
- Demonstrated inclusive mindset and personal commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
- Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams. Familiarity with editing systems and databases.
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.