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This is a role that partners with the Executive Producer, Director(s), Line Producer, Production and Creative Executives to execute the creative vision of the show while working within the schedule and budget for the series. In particular, the Assistant Director works closely with the series Directors and the artists on the series to support the Storyboarding, Animatic and Shipping process. As part of the series Creative Leadership, it is expected that the Assistant Director have the ability to manage a team, deal with frequently changing schedules, and tight deadlines. This role requires collaboration and partnership with a diverse group of people in a fast-paced environment.

By submitting an application for this Assistant Director job posting, you may be considered for any Assistant Director positions that arise until the until December 31, 2026.

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NBC’s Nightly News is looking for a driven, detail-oriented Production Assistant to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a motivated early-career journalist to learn the core skills of broadcast news production and contribute to our flagship program, which delivers trusted journalism to millions of viewers every weekend.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator who thrives under deadline and has a deep interest in a career in journalism. You’ll work closely with producers, editors, and the control room team to support the broadcast from pitch to air.

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The NBCU Creative Group is a fast-paced, collaborative team of strategists, writers, editors, producers, and designers who develop best-in-class creative solutions for advertisers and various functions within Advertising & Partnerships division.

As a Graphic Designer, you’ll help bring the power of NBCUniversal brands to life through compelling visual storytelling. You’ll partner with creative leaders and cross-functional teams to design digital experiences, industry event branding, sales narratives, and custom creative executions for some of the world’s leading advertisers.

You will have an emphasis on UX/UI design including product design and editorial layout design. Experience in Figma and/or Storied a plus.

Ideally, you are highly organized and detail-oriented designer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering polished, accurate work on tight timelines. This role is heavily execution-focused, requiring the ability to translate established creative direction into strong visual deliverables efficiently and consistently.

We are looking for someone with a collaborative, team-first mindset who is dependable, proactive, and eager to contribute wherever needed. The right candidate approaches projects with a positive attitude, responds well to feedback, and demonstrates a strong sense of ownership and accountability from kickoff through final delivery. They should be comfortable managing multiple assignments simultaneously, adapting to shifting priorities, and maintaining a high level of quality under pressure.

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The Production Finance Manager is responsible for providing production finance managerial support across motion picture productions throughout development, production, wrap, and post production. This role partners closely with freelance production accounting teams, production teams, corporate accounting, treasury, tax, and digital systems to ensure financial accuracy while supporting productions in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

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The Entertainment Coordinator will provide administrative support to two executives in Production within the Universal Television Studio organization. The role also interacts with internal leadership team, clients, networks and all personnel, and with external studio clients, executive producers and producers.

• General administrative duties including: answering telephones, scheduling, arranging drive-ons, copying, filing, processing expenses, and planning all travel arrangements for executives

• Maintain reports and databases for staffing submissions, production schedules, material delivery, and studio-wide series coverage

• Coordinate conference calls, run-thrus, and both in-person and virtual meetings and table reads; maintain files and status reports for series in production

• Anticipate scheduling conflicts, production needs, and administrative gaps; proactively address issues or escalate appropriately without requiring direct instruction.

• Continuously evaluates existing processes and workflows, identifying redundancies or outdated practices and proactively propose improvements

• Assist in internal communication with our production and talent, and across NBCU departments and divisions; as well as with external partners in the creative community: networks, streaming services, other studios, agencies and managers

• Process contracts, deal memos, and budgets as well as maintain staff, crew, and travel databases

• Distribute materials to internal and external parties as needed following strict protocols

• Will be a team player and cover for other department assistants as needed

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The Entertainment Coordinator will provide administrative support to the EVP, Drama Development of Universal Television Studios Programming and serve as office liaison communicating with internal NBCU divisions as well as the external business and creative community.

• General administrative duties include: answering telephones, scheduling, arranging drive-ons, copying, filing, compiling and submitting expense reports, and planning all travel arrangements

• Maintain submission log & return materials when appropriate

• Coordinate meetings; maintain files and status reports for all aspects of production

• Assist in communication with the creative community on a daily basis

• Conduct research on request and maintain a general awareness of industry trends, formats, talent and competitive environment

• Be expected to handle confidential and other sensitive information

• Will be a team player and cover for other department assistants as needed

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DreamWorks Animation is currently seeking an administrative assistant to support two executives in feature development and become a contributing member of the feature development team. The position will interact with studio departments, talent agencies and management companies, as well as book publishers.

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Main Street is The Walt Disney Company’s first company-wide creative agency, bringing together marketing talent from across Disney’s businesses — entertainment, sports, experiences, consumer products, and more — into a single agency model designed to unlock the studio’s collective creativity through collaboration, shared purpose, and a unified approach to storytelling and brand expression.

Within Main Street, the Creative Operations organization provides the operational backbone that makes ambitious creative work possible. The SVP, Creative Operations leads a large team spanning project management, post production, finishing, traffic, media workflow, and data operations.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant who is curious about how it all works, energized by scale and complexity, and ready to use this role as a launching pad. If you want to understand how a large creative organization operates from the inside — and you’re ready to earn that access by being indispensable — this role is for you.

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This role can sit in either San Francisco, CA or Glendale, CA and is required to be on-site 4 days/ week.

Coordinate and perform a broad range of complex administrative, operational, and project support activities for senior leaders within Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology. Independently manage executive calendars, travel, communications, meetings, events, presentations, reporting, and department operations while maintaining the highest levels of professionalism, discretion, and attention to detail. Serve as a trusted partner to executive leadership, provide mentorship and guidance to fellow Executive Assistants, help establish and document team best practices, and deliver backup support across the executive assistant team as needed.

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The Administrative Assistant is responsible for managing schedules, coordinating meetings and handling travel arrangements for 3 SVPs and 1 VP in Brand/Franchise Marketing. This role will also include leading meeting logistics and tracking of key actions required.

• Manages complex scheduling for meeting heavy executives; specifically coordinates meetings with internal and external parties utilizing multiple calendars, often balancing strict demands of studio heads and shifting priorities while anticipating problems and conflicts in advance

• Supports executives with managing their meetings of the day/week ahead, meeting planning, agenda prepping with excellent follow up and problem-solving skills

• Compiles meeting agendas for weekly team meetings as well as other key meetings

• Coordinates travel schedules and arrangements, collects required travel documentation

• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with internal and important external clients

• Prepares and processes P-card and expense reports in accordance with established divisional travel policy guidelines; Ensures the timely processing of expenses utilizing the latest electronic processes for payment to corporate credit card

• Proactively manages meetings and presentation logistics (in person, hybrid or virtual)

• Maintains proper record keeping and filing system for all work

• Composes and types routine e-mail correspondence in a timely manner

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We are seeking an experienced Administrative Assistant to support our Director of Distribution at Netflix in Los Angeles. A successful candidate will be self-motivated, proactive, quick-thinking, flexible, and able to juggle multiple and diverse responsibilities. They will need to place a strong emphasis on organization and unwavering attention to detail at all times, as well as an interest in and enjoyment of planning team events and travel. This is a demanding, fast-moving position that requires someone who can exercise sound judgment and significant initiative.

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This role can sit in either San Francisco, CA or Glendale, CA and is required to be on-site 4 days/ week.

Coordinate and perform a broad range of complex administrative, operational, and project support activities for senior leaders within Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology. Independently manage executive calendars, travel, communications, meetings, events, presentations, reporting, and department operations while maintaining the highest levels of professionalism, discretion, and attention to detail. Serve as a trusted partner to executive leadership, provide mentorship and guidance to fellow Executive Assistants, help establish and document team best practices, and deliver backup support across the executive assistant team as needed.

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• Serve as main liaison between WWE Media and WWE Creative Writing teams

• Represent WWE Media in production and relevant creative writing meetings and develop effective communication processes for Creative Writing priorities to relevant WWE Media team members

• Organize promotional schedule for upcoming matches and create weekly tracking communications to deliver across departments

• Work with Senior Director, Social Editorial Coverage to plan PLE and weekly match announcement rollouts

• Pitch match and show promotion project ideas to Senior Director, Social Editorial Coverage and WWE Media team and WWE Creative Writing

• Coordinate with road producers, social and editorial teams to execute against Creative Writing team priorities

• Work with Manager, Talent Social Media to enhance promotion across talent social pages during PLE buildups

• Monitor portrayal of Superstars across WWE.com profiles, WWE social media handles and promotional graphics to ensure it aligns with current creative writing directives

• Assist editorial team with show coverage across WWE.com, YouTube and other platforms

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This role will support Netflix’s VP of Finance Procurement Operations (FPO) as well as other executives within their team. The mission of our FPO team is to be a highly trusted and valued financial steward and support partner for the business seamlessly enabling finance operations for new and existing business activities (e.g. source to pay), providing exceptional internal customer experiences (procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier management, supplier diversity), and enhancing shareholder value (operationalizing cost, building seamless workflows, and increasing company savings).

This Executive Assistant’s responsibilities include managing complex calendars, managing travel plans & associated expenses, editing key emails and memos, and coordinating with administrative support across their business organization. A successful candidate is a strong communicator, highly detail-oriented, with the ability to make judgment calls and move quickly. Prior experience as an executive assistant in a fluid, fast-paced environment is a must. This position will be based in Los Gatos or Los Angeles in-office on a hybrid schedule.

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We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Coordinator for the Client Relations & Events Team to support in the planning, coordination, and executive of client engagement initiatives and events. This role plays a vital part in ensuring exceptional client experience while contributing to the relationship-building efforts and success of the Paramount Advertising team.

• Assist in the planning, organization, and execution of in-person and virtual client events such as meetings, receptions. dinners and client trips.

• Coordinate logistics including securing venue, catering, travel, invitations, RSVP tracking, registration and guest communication.

• Collaborate with internal departments, vendors, and event partners to ensure seamless execution.

• Act as a key point of contact for client communications, ensuring timely and professional responses.

• Attend events as needed to provide onsite support, troubleshoot issues, and ensure a high-quality client experience. There may be opportunities to travel for events, but this will vary based on need.

• Maintain project timelines, checklists, budgets, and calendars related to events and client outreach.

• Ticket tracking – organize and maintain ticket request and access for various events.

• Research venues and organize library of options in major ad sales markets.

• Maintenance and organization of client premium closet.

• Support post-event process including invoice reconciliation and budget tracking.

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The Trade Marketing Coordinator is responsible for working with key NBCUniversal stakeholders, internally and externally, to generate demand in the marketplace and increase sales, specifically for NBC Sports’ linear and digital properties.  

• Work with Manager in developing and maintaining NBC Sports’ suite of sales materials across all properties: sales presentations (generic and customized by brand), one-sheets (i.e. research-based highlights, program overviews), web landing pages, media kits, e-blasts, client-direct mailers, event collateral, etc.  

• Manage programming updates and organize assets, ensuring all materials are up to date with the latest logos, imagery, dates, etc.

• Facilitate efficient and transparent communication; liaise and collaborate with a variety of internal groups (Sales, Research, Consumer/Trade Marketing, Programming, etc.)

• Assist in event management (ideation, venue exploration, creation/design of branding, list management & day-of execution) in collaboration with Sales and Corporate Events, for best-in-class activations that strengthen Sales’ relationships with key clients

• Maintain premium merchandise stock and on-site closet management, as well as ideating and ordering branded items based on Sales priorities

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NBCUniversal seeking an Executive Assistant who will be responsible for supporting two Senior Vice Presidents SVP, Workplace Operations with day-to-day administrative functions and operational duties and will also handle special projects as assigned. The ideal candidate for this position has exemplary planning and time management skills and can manage multiple priorities at time) with day-to-day administrative functions and operational duties and will also handle special projects as assigned. The ideal candidate for this position has exemplary planning and time management skills and can manage multiple priorities at time.

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