HBO is looking for an experienced Director of Sustainability to help manage the greening of a diversified portfolio of HBO productions.
The Daily
- Serve as the liaison with crew and production personnel to implement the HBO Green strategy and policies and help manage the sustainability efforts at the corporate level.
- Communicate Sustainable Production Guidelines and assist in the integration of best practices into existing and new production operations.
- Administer production documents to gather qualitative and quantitative information and track ongoing progress on all productions.
- Train crew members on sustainable production best practices
- Oversee the compilation and analysis of production environmental accounting data. Create benchmarks for annual goals.
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g. Finance, Post Production) and CSR to communicate program progress to Corporate.
- Collaborate with the sustainability teams in other corporate entities on reporting and communications of sustainability related information and industry best practices.
- Maintain database of sustainable suppliers and resources.
- Research new vendors and emerging technologies and keep HBO Sustainable Production Guidelines up to date and implementable on productions.
- Conduct educational webinars and presentations for productions and on corporate level as needed.
The Essentials
- Production Related Experience
- Corporate Sustainability Reporting Experience
- Project Management Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree preferred
- Experience working on a film/TV production in a sustainability capacity preferred
- Project and/or change management training preferred
- Team Player
- 5+ years of experience in Corporate Sustainability preferably in the motion picture industry
- Corporate Sustainability Reporting Experience (CDP, GRI, etc.)
- Knowledge of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
- Ability to adapt to ever-changing business environment
- Superior management, teaching, communication, writing, and presentation skills
- Curious, insightful, engaged, determined
- Experience with carbon calculation, data analysis and presentation, LEED requirements
- Experience with alternative power sources and applications (e.g., Solar, battery power)
- Ability to multi-task
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as graphic communication skills
- Ability to adapt to meet the needs of clients and the company
- Experience managing relationships, setting expectations, and engaging with production executives, producers, directors, production crew and vendors
- Good customer service and people skills
- Able to do speaking engagements
- Experience with general office software applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
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