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Universal Orlando Resort · 6 hours ago

Associate Producer, Entertainment Production - Universal Kids Resort

Frisco, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Universal Orlando Resort is seeking an Associate Producer for their Entertainment Production at Universal Kids Resort. The role involves overseeing various entertainment projects from concept to operation, ensuring compliance with policies and managing project status while collaborating with multiple teams.

Entertainment

Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring all projects are successfully established and integrated. Partners with the leadership team to develop, review, and manage project plans, scopes, and strategies, ensuring that the creative intent is developed within the project’s parameters and Universal Kids Resorts’ business objectives. Effectively collaborates with Technical Entertainment and Entertainment Operations teams on their respective elements of each project and event

Provides oversight and direction to the Entertainment Production team. Creates budget estimates for all assigned projects. Reviews continually-evolving design documents and estimates to ensure projects are on budget. Develops conceptual Rough Order of Magnitude estimates for projects prior to and in Blue Sky Phase to develop initial costs for business unit financial analysis. Creates Value Engineering components with the project team to mitigate cost overruns

Develops the production schedule milestones to align with the overall project goals and strategies. Monitors for changes or delays to the schedule, and forecasts potential timeline risks. This includes but is not limited to the evaluation of Contractor’s schedule performance and schedule coordination with other groups and departments

Acts as a principal point of contact for all assigned projects, and manages, interprets, communicates, and presents project information to a variety of audiences throughout the project process. Leads routine project meetings as required. Develops and manages the delivery of stakeholder engagement and communication strategies on all aspects of the project. Provides project touchstones to senior leadership, including budget trending, milestone progress, defined scope, and risk assessments. Prepares reporting tailored to relevant audiences to maintain strong positive engagement from all project stakeholders

Creates initial charter documentation outlining project goals, objectives, milestones, staffing plans, topline budget, defined scope, assumptions, and risks. Manages and interfaces with appropriate internal and external resources through every phase of the project ensuring the highest level of integration into the overall strategic plan for the resort. Ensures that project Quality Standards consistently align with the project’s creative intent. This includes regular walks through the production sites to monitor progress and developments to ensure that the work being accomplished is in accordance with the contract documents

Ensures that staffing and resources are contracted and approved in accordance with the approved project budgets and schedules. Makes hiring decisions and evaluates Team Member performance

Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UDX policy, procedures, training, and team member involvement activities

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Supervisory ExperienceBudget ManagementProject ManagementPMP CertificationEntertainment ProductionCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationProblem Solving