Video Operations Manager Contract

About Minno

Minno is a global media and technology company based in Nashville Tennessee on a mission to help kids and families experience Jesus every day through media and technology.

Founded in 2019 Minno is building the most trusted Christian media brand for the next generation. Through our streaming platform original programming publishing and digital presence we aim to spark childrens curiosity about God and the Bible support parents and create joyful lasting faith experiences for families worldwide.

Were a fast-growing startuppowered by a mission-driven team with experience at Amazon PBS KIDS Duolingo HarperCollins and leading studios and startups. Our growth has placed us in the top 1% of direct-to-consumer subscription businesses and we are scaling rapidly following the close of our Series A round led by Konvoy Ventures.

Minno serves kids and families through:

• Minno Kids: Our ad-free streaming platform featuring curated faith-filled shows for children
• Minno Originals: Groundbreaking series including Laugh & Grow Bible for Kids Young David and Gods Greenhouse
• Minno YouTube Channel: One of the fastest-growing kids channelsranked in the top 0.6% of all YouTube channelswith 1.1M subscribers and 110M views annually.
• Minno Press: Publisher of the bestselling and award-winning Laugh & Grow Bible for Kids

We differentiate ourselves through:

• Creative Excellence: Raising the bar for Christian content through high-quality storytelling and design
• Brand-Led Development: Creating distinctive shows with a clear voice and point of view and building them into enduring brands that live across our streaming platform publishing and beyondintegrating content product and marketing to maximize impact
• Faithful Curation: Delivering safe age-appropriate Biblically aligned content families can trust
• Parent Partnership: Equipping grownups to lead meaningful spiritual conversations at home
• Global Vision: Honoring the diversity of the global Church and serving all people as image-bearers of God

Minno is a public benefit corporation and our mission fuels everything we dofrom product design to partnerships to content creation. Our vision is to set a new standard for Christian childrens media: imaginative trustworthy spiritually formative and deeply joyful.

If youre excited about building something that matterscombining mission innovation and storytelling to shape the spiritual lives of the next generationwed love to meet you.

Position Overview

As the Video Operations Manager you will be facilitating the onboarding of new video content from delivery to deployment on our SVOD (streaming-video-on-demand) platform.

You will work cross-functionally with our content business affairs and marketing teams to ensure videos launch successfully. You will also manage how we merchandise content within the product on a day-to-day basis. You will work with our product team to improve and redevelop our video management system (VMS) which facilitates the upload and deployment of videos to our platform.

This role reports to our in-house producer and will be the glue between the content and product teams. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated and capable of managing their workload and prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced dynamic work environment as well as a keen eye for detail.

The successful candidate will have worked in environments where priorities change regularly demonstrating their ability to adapt and organize their workload effectively. Having well-developed organizational skills is a must.

Experience with streaming media and video formats is a must. While experience with technical development teams is not required it is a big plus as you work to improve and redevelop the VMS with the product team.

This is not a video producer role and you will not be making original content. This is a technical role that could grow into a higher-level studio operations role as we develop original content that will require more sophisticated digital asset management.

While you will not initially be managing full-time staff you will be managing processes and contractors from the start.

Responsibilities:

• You will manage the delivery of new video content by working with both third-party content providers and our in-house business affairs team
• Ensuring that all deliverables related to delivery are accounted for undergo and meet technical and content quality control and are properly archived and brought into an accessible location with backed up copies
• Overseeing quality control to ensure all videos meet technical and content standards before deployment
• Prepping video assets image assets and metadata for deployment in coordination with creative and editorial teams
• Uploading and scheduling deployment of videos through our video management system (VMS)
• Assigning and implement file nomenclature administering access and setup of tools and systems to keep files in check
• Ensuring all platform video masters and associated assets are organized backed up and easily accessible
• Creating program briefs to ensure every team is up to speed on new content launches
• Coordinating new release launch schedules with the marketing team
• Serving as chief program merchandiser managing the show promotion calendar within the SVOD product across the Minno app ecosystem
• Driving the VMS product roadmap working with the product team to identify bug fixes feature improvements and long-term needs
• Fulfilling interdepartmental requests for assets and information including fielding content questions from member success team promptly
• Advising on technical specifications workflows and software systems to continually optimize systems and automate manual processes

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience
• Passionate about serving the Christian audience
• Passionate about Childrens Media
• Strong organizational and project management experience
• Experience with streaming media video formats video-editing and working with:
  • Photoshop Premiere Pro and Adobe Media EncoderMicrosoft Office 365 and GSuite experience with the ability to pick up other internal tools and systems such as Asana Slack Vimeo and Airtable
• Highly collaborative mentality but also the ability to effectively work independently
• Someone with exceptional interpersonal skills who is self-motivated and driven and has the proven ability to get things done.
• A detail-oriented person who is proficient in collaboration and delegation of tasks with the ability to think critically and learn quickly
• Someone who can synthesize and present information effectively while withstanding and adapting to the rapid change of a start-up culture

Bonus: Experience working with product teams familiarity with agile methodology user stories sprints and epics

About Minno:
Minno is a Nashville-based media and technology company focused on serving Christian kids and families. Our offerings include an ad-free streaming video app an e-commerce platform and childrens book publishing unit. We seek to entertain inform and inspire through great content for kids and resources for parents. Were working hard to make

Minno a place for families to gather laugh and learn together. We strive to make an impact and have fun in the process. We hire talented people with diverse interests who are passionate and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Minno is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status.