Director IEEE Multimedia (E6076)

• Job Summary
  The Director of IEEE Multimedia is a visionary multimedia leader whose role is to drive IEEE's multimedia content ecosystem—from infrastructure to strategy to delivery. In collaboration with senior leadership across shared services, you will develop and scale a modern, cloud-first multimedia operation that serves a complex, global organization, while pushing the boundaries of what's possible in digital storytelling.
  
  The Director of IEEE Multimedia leads the Multimedia vertical, creating and overseeing the complete multimedia shared services roadmap. Work involves accountability for video production, post-production, live events capture and streaming, emerging formats, and multi-platform distribution. The Director develops and implements multimedia strategies that align with IEEE brand identity and marketing objectives. The role works at the intersection of technology and storytelling, defining what world-class looks like and building it. The multimedia team works closely with content creators, creative directors, and project managers who may need additional storytelling support. In this capacity, the Director ensures that the storytelling and quality align with the enterprise brand narrative and strategic messaging as advised by leadership.
  
  The Director will manage the business by developing product offerings that meet the needs of stakeholders across the enterprise. Build and manage budgets. Operate in a highly adaptive manner in a global environment, sometimes leading, sometimes advising, and sometimes implementing. Oversee internal teams (Field Producers, Operations Manager) and global vendor networks. Deliver consistently excellent work, on time and on budget.
  
  In collaboration with Information Technology, the Director will lead a modernization effort of the production infrastructure, including driving the migration to cloud-based workflows, implementing cutting-edge editing tools, and integrating AI-powered production capabilities. The Director is equally comfortable discussing codec optimization and creative vision. The role leads and influences a rebuild of a physical production studio and facilities to create useful, scalable, and immersive environments. Partnering with IT and Marketing, the incumbent will help define, implement and manage a new set of technology and infrastructure tools to support multimedia.
  
  The Director will build a new process architecture, create standards and scalability
  
  
  • Redesigning the client intake process to eliminate ambiguity upfront
  • Ensuring creative briefs and deliverables are crystal clear before production begins
  • Establishing technical, editorial, and multimedia standards that work universally across:
  Internal teams
  External agency partners
  Live, recorded, and hybrid events
  Automated production workflows
  
  This role will collaborate with our Brand, Marketing, and Communications (BMC) team, which sets the IEEE brand standards and strategy. The director will translate the enterprise brand standards, messaging, and strategy into practical multimedia applications and operational best practices, ensuring that brand compliance is built into each project. This role is a contributor to the objective to position the Brand externally as modern, dynamic and forward-looking and stays in alignment with the vision of the brand as set by our CMO.
  
  This role will redesign the intake process to ensure that the creative brief and deliverables are clearly understood and agreed upon upfront. The Director will oversee the final multimedia quality review of the work to be delivered to the client. This role is responsible for creating processes and scaling quality by establishing technical, editorial, and multimedia standards that work across all production environments, including internal teams, external agencies, live event capture, recorded events, and hybrid events. Ensure accessibility and compliance are baked in, not bolted on. The incumbent works collaboratively and in sync with the brand and creative services teams and is accountable for systematically applying these standards to multimedia outputs. Works to align with the enterprise brand narrative.
  
  This is a highly collaborative role, and the Director will need to partner strategically across the enterprise: collaborate with Brand/Creative on standards and storytelling. Work directly with IT on infrastructure and security. Align with executive leadership on innovation priorities, tone, and strategy. The role involves serving as the translator between creative ambition and technical reality. Collaboration with IT and Brand teams is seamless.
  
  In an environment of innovation and change, relentless innovation is required: trial emerging technologies—such as AI editing tools, real-time production systems, spatial audio, and generative content. Bring forward proofs of concept that position the organization at the leading edge.
  
  Key Responsibilities
• Strategic Planning: Developing a video or multimedia strategy that aligns with IEEE’s organizational goals and the evolving needs of its constituents (e.g., volunteers, staff, event attendees).
• Project and Team Management: Managing a team of direct reports and external service providers. Establishing workflows, production standards, SLAs, and best practices. Likely to guide and collaborate with various SMEs (global videographers, social and event producers, animators, or freelancers).
• Multimedia Production Oversight: Support and sometimes lead asset creation (briefing shooters, editors, etc.) and frequently function as a production manager, ensuring technical accuracy. Ensures outcomes occur to specification, with output suitable for the intended channel. Final pre-client work product review.
• Technology and Infrastructure Management: Partnering with IT and Marketing to define, implement and manage a new set of technology and infrastructure tools to support multimedia.Evaluating and implementing tools, software, asset-management systems, and overseeing a physical studio. Occasionally, this involves creating and maintaining a fixed gear set-up rather than relying on rental environments (such as events, exhibits, or temporary settings).
• Innovation Monitoring: Staying current with emerging media formats, tools, and processes, and encouraging experimentation where appropriate, both to lead in the industry but also for operational efficiencies.
• Budgeting: Managing budgets, evaluating proposals, negotiating contracts, and tracking ROI.

Travel Information

• 20% International

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Req
• Master's or other advanced degree Pref

Work Experience

• 10-15 years 15 years in leading multimedia operations in agency, brand, or enterprise environments including leadership roles Req
• Deep production expertise: Live event production, multi-camera shoots, post-production, sound design, and broadcast standards Req
• Cloud & AI fluency: Hands-on experience with cloud editing (Frame.io, Adobe Cloud, DaVinci Resolve Cloud), AI production tools, and workflow automation Req
• Vendor & budget mastery: Managed multi-million dollar budgets and complex global vendor relationships Req
• Technical credibility: Can discuss RESTful APIs with engineers and creative direction with producers—and know when each conversation matters Pref
• Leadership presence: Built and mentored teams, driven operational excellence, and influenced at the executive level Req

Other Requirements:
As defined in IEEE Policies, individuals currently serving on an IEEE board or committee are not eligible to apply.

PLEASE NOTE: This position is not budgeted for employer-sponsored immigration support, this includes all persons in F (both CPT and OPT), J, H, L, or O status.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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