Multimedia Producer

Arrow McLaren is the McLaren Racing IndyCar team located on the West side of Indianapolis. By joining our team, you’ll be part of an exhilarating racing program that aims to set the standard for high performance in sport. Our values define what matters most to us:

Innovative – Respectful – Inclusive – Energetic – Brave

Every day, we want members of this team to come to work with a simple goal in mind: Build better race cars and develop better ways to go racing. Focus on the process, enjoy the process of continual improvement and the results will take care of themselves.

Purpose of the Role:

This position is a critical part of Arrow McLaren’s content team, being able to work closely with and pivot between many departments in order to create engaging content for different internal, external, digital and social media platforms. The ideal candidate thrives in high-energy environments, works efficiently under pressure, and has an eye for storytelling that captures both speed and emotion.

This position reports within the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team Social Media & Digital Content team into the Vice President of Marketing and Communications.

From disruptive storytelling on our channels to ensuring the editing tracker is most up to date for posting on social media, you’ll also play a key role in setting the standard for all videographers, photographers and content creators the IndyCar team works with currently and in the future to separate our abilities to others in the INDYCAR paddock. Short-format content for social platforms and team photography at and away from track will be the main focus of the role.

This position will also have the opportunity to work closely with McLaren’s F1 and World Endurance teams, ensuring your learning and development extends beyond IndyCar in the US and North American market.

This role entails traveling to all NTT INDYCAR SERIES races and select other events on and off the track across North America. Race travel is heaviest from March through September.

McLaren is a fast-paced and high-performance environment, and the nature of racing on weekends and working in the digital space means working in unsocial hours. We also have a fun, supportive and diverse environment where our people are given autonomy and opportunities to not only develop as people managers, but to also grow your skill base and develop into world-class practitioners.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Plan, produce and edit fast-turnaround content during race events and in moments away from track in a range of formats, primarily for Arrow McLaren-owned social media channels.
• Manage your own schedule in order to stay organized in workflow at least three weeks in advance, keeping editing tracker up to date, and awareness of upcoming projects.
• Create video content in accordance with the overarching brand, digital and social media strategies, as well as role objectives, while ensuring it is optimized for specific digital and social platforms.
• Create photo content in accordance to same overarching brand, digital and social media strategies, inclusive of ability to take headshots and understanding of lighting.
• Work in concert with the in-house social media and content team to create top-to-bottom, series-leading and sport-leading content that supports the objectives of Brand, Commercial and Digital and that of the team’s partners.
• Manage relationships and creative direction for team freelancers for videography and contracted photography agencies.
• Own shot list for your work each week, in particular event weekends and off-track moments, detailing overall objectives, goals and tactics to be successful.
• Support the Commercial team on marketing initiatives, production day requirements and other projects that require videography and photography needs.
• Support the social and digital content team on continuous improvement of day-to-day execution of the social media channels.
• Contribute content ideation and creation for the Social Media & Digital Content team, while being an additional resource for the McLaren Racing Digital team, if necessary.
• Responsible for managing all photo and video equipment in storage, cleaning and refurbishing, while tracking all usage of equipment throughout the year.
• Maintain succinct video and photography through team asset library for past and future content.
• Work cross-functionally with McLaren’s Digital department and IndyCar’s Competition, Communications, Partnerships and Marketing Operations.
• Special projects or other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• 2-4 years of experience in content planning, videography, photography, editing and equipment management.
• Demonstrate passion for visual storytelling and creating engaging content with an understanding of the role that social media plays in sports fan engagement.
• Clearly recognize the importance of the overall content and social media strategy and can translate and transform it into many pieces of creative assets.
• Extremely detail oriented and able to work under tight deadlines and in pressure moments.
• Ability to identify, establish and execute on social media trends.
• Passion for and strong understanding of McLaren Racing, INDYCAR, motorsport and sports, in general.
• Proficient capability in programs such as or similar to FinalCut Pro, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, and others.
• Familiar with project management platforms such as Asana to track content requests and campaign deliverables.
• Capable of proper light setups and cleaning audio for quality output.
• Experience with Blender and ability to create motion graphics is preferred.
• Engage multiple internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
• Maintain professionalism with and in front of high-level celebrities and athletes.
• Carry a positive attitude and exhibit strong teamwork skills.
• Ready and enthused to travel to most, if not all NTT INDYCAR SERIES races each season.
  
  
  

Total Rewards:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision benefits
• 401(k) Retirement match
• Voluntary life, short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Annual bonus plan
• Competitive time off plan
• Company discounts, including kit apparel
  
  
  

Arrow McLaren is committed to equal employment opportunity. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, ethnicity, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.