Department: Operations

Director of Human Resources

CreatorUp is a global leader in digital media training and digital content creation. We help companies create videos at scale that drive results, powering partners like Google, Twitter, West Coast University and UCLA. This is an outstanding opportunity for a professional to join a growing company as we expand our work in the digital content space.

Reporting to the SVP of Finance & Corporate Administration, the Director of Human Resources will be responsible for planning, directing, and managing all human resource initiatives, such as recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, and employee relations in the traditional and video production space.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, direct, and manage all human resource initiatives, such as recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, and employee relations.
• Oversee staff operations, business planning, and budget development of HR programs.
• Establish human resources objectives following organizational goals along with international, federal, state, and local legal requirements.
• Implement human resources strategies  for talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, training and development, employee retention, and Affirmative Action / Equal Employment Opportunity compliance
• Manage annual and ongoing goal setting across the organization (OKRs). Oversee the tracking of OKRs at the organization, department and individual level
• Manage the performance review cycle for all employees 
• Maintain and update all HR policies and the company’s Employee Handbook 
• Work with Video Production Network team & Payroll Manager to implement EEO forms into platforms
• Plan, supervise, and contribute insights and recommendations to develop the organization’s growth strategies.
• Advise managers on essential aspects like employee and labor policies, such as ADA, FMLA, and OSHA. 
• Deal with the day-to-day questions from employees regarding employee benefits, payroll, and processes.
• Collaborate with other department managers to plan and deliver employee training programs, give employees feedback, ensure compliance with labor laws, and facilitate performance management.
• Partner with the senior leadership team and video production to establish an HR strategic vision needed to support and drive inclusive, safe and respectful workplace environments
• Enhance the on-set experience by engaging with production department at key steps in the lifecycle of the production, inclusive of development, onboarding, performance management, training, and off-boarding
• Develop and drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in partnership with all departments
• Draft and communicate HR policies, practices and procedures specific for the company and video production team
• Oversee training and compliance for crew / principal talent and feedback workshops for producers and department heads
• Work with Director, Production to identify trends, insights and areas of opportunity for improving the production work environment and conduct non-investigatory production environmental scans and post-production exit-interviews

Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources management.
• 5-7 years in human resources with experience in production HR
• Fluency with HR and payroll systems highly preferred Eg Gusto, Lattice, Extreme Reach
• Experience supervising and managing a professional staff.
• Experience as a trusted resource as a member of a senior-level executive team.
• Experience in multiple locations and globally is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Highly organized.
• Superior interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Budget management experience.
• Strong people skills.
• Knowledge of labor laws and regulations.
• Computer literacy.
• Must have legal right to work in the United States

Paralegal

CreatorUp is a global leader in digital media training and digital content creation. We help companies create videos at scale that drive results, powering partners like Google, Twitter, West Coast University and UCLA. This is an outstanding opportunity for a professional to join a growing company as we expand our work in the digital content space.

Reporting to the SVP, Finance & Corporate Administration, the Paralegal will be responsible for contract drafting and general legal work including drafting employment agreements, non-disclosure, production agreements, and services agreements.

Responsibilities:

• Draft and negotiate various types of agreements including, but not limited to sales agreements, employment agreements, contractor / vendor agreements, production agreements, and partner agreements
• Keep abreast of state, national and international employment laws, especially as they pertain to studio and video production
• Maintain data privacy policy and stay abreast of state, national and international privacy laws (eg CCPA, CPRA) 
• Prepare and maintain charts for various projects throughout the year, research issues for ad hoc intellectual property and production requests and prepare research memoranda, 
• Develop and update standard forms & templates
• Review and assist with drafting and redlining any contracts that come in from the various departments internally within the company and review external agreements as well. 
• Maintain all administrative duties with strong knowledge of legal processes and procedures
• Assist in responding to any claims
• Review and send out documents via Hello Sign or Docusign
• Conduct research, proof read existing work, and prepare regular reports and summaries;
• Interface directly with other executives and their support teams – your ability to work well with people on all levels is a very important part of your job
• Handle extremely confidential and sensitive information
• Maintain contract database 

Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Three (3) to five (5) years paralegal experience, preferably at a law firm or an in-house legal department at a studio.
• Experience and proficiency providing guidance on legal matters with moderate direction
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, client relationship and contract drafting skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize deadlines/deliverables
• Complete reliability handling confidential, often highly sensitive information
• Desire to truly be helpful to your leaders and co-workers, to go the extra mile without being asked
• Effective organizational skills with careful attention to detail
• Must be team-oriented and have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment