Run very far away and don't look back - Anonymous employee ITVS Employee Review

1.0
26 Feb 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I guess it's nice to have the company on your resume if you want to progress in the filmmaking space for the legacy the ITVS brand *USED* to have and uphold? The Production department was really cool and actually valuable mentors.

Cons

If you're considering a job here, you probably have a decent background in film and marketing (or managed to stroke the ego of management), but PLEASE look up the work history of the management in Audience Development and understand what you're signing up for because they totally don't. The Audience Development department is a complete joke as its very white management consists of people with zero experience or background in marketing. They take any form of feedback towards their leadership as a threat and in turn make it difficult for their often younger and POC employees to move up, succeed in their current role, or even stay at the company. They justify continuing to promote existing leadership to focus "less on politics and bigger picture thinking" when they should honestly be put into management training at the very LEAST (they also need to understand that using company time to "study" on lynda.com does not count..true story). Many of your hours are spent attending meetings listening to said management trying to convince everyone their role is important in pretentious college book terminology yet when talking about social media strategies, they don't understand the difference between a selfie or a photobooth. They expect you to be at your desk from 9am-5pm on the dot no matter what the quality of work you put in as in the person who sits at their desk online shopping and twiddling their thumbs is deemed more favorable than one who would like to work from home to flesh out an entire marketing campaign. Unnecessary old school style of management. What's more appalling is that even if the company is nonprofit, this is essentially a brand that capitalizes off of telling diverse stories, yet the people who are responsible for leading the marketing efforts for these diverse stories are white and all their junior staff (who existed at the time) were/are of color.

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5.0
8 Nov 2023
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Pros

I very much enjoyed working here. Passionate, considerate, and SMART people. I learned a lot and that was key. At ITVS you’re here to gain experience, or be part of a mission, or do what you love… but not really to make money.

Cons

ITVS is admittedly tight on budget (which they can’t really help, they go through fed funding something like every 3 years). But those who can and do stay are its biggest cheerleaders. But it’s probably hard to gain and retain new talent with a limited budget.

4.0
5 Feb 2024
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Pros

The people are great at this company. The work is rewarding and work-life balance is terrific.

Cons

Little room to move up. Median pay for the industry.

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