Saatchi & Saatchi

Producer

Saatchi & Saatchi$81K — $124K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of production experience in advertising or related fields.
  • Experience managing moderately complex projects.
  • Familiarity with various project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall).
  • Strong communication skills for client and internal stakeholder management.
  • Experience with financial reporting and budget oversight.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project workflow and manage complex integrated projects.
  • Coordinate internal and external project communications and lead status meetings.
  • Anticipate risks and devise mitigation strategies.
  • Manage project scope, schedules, and budgets effectively.
  • Oversee creative deliverables and partner with cross-functional teams.
  • Facilitate vendor relationships and manage contracts as necessary.
  • Provide mentorship and coaching to junior team members.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Parental and family care leave policies.
  • Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
  • Flexible time off to support work-life balance.
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions.
Full Job Description
Overview

About This Position:

The Producer manages the overall project workflow on moderately complex, integrated projects. Partnering closely with expert resources across Strategy, XD, BA, Creative, Account, Art Studio and Platform/Technology teams, the Producer advocates for efficient, high-quality execution of the discovery, design and delivery of the work. Responsibilities include managing project scope, schedules, financial information, project deliverables, internal and external stakeholders (including project-related client communications), providing solutions to technical problems, sharing new and evolving options for deliverables, and finding suitable production partners. The Producer must understand and articulate the limitations and possibilities of the medium, and be open to exploring the unknown.

What You'll Do:

Production Leadership
  • Apply various project management approaches depending on project type, including Agile/Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall.
  • Manage internal project-related communications; Communicate project and development status, issues, risks, decisions, dependencies. Lead status meetings. Update Confluence documentation. Create process documentation as needed.
  • Client-side relationship management (marketing clients, technical teams), meeting attendance, and documentation delivery.
  • Risk management; anticipate issues and provide options to resolve. Devise contingency plans and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Develop and nurture vendor relationships; vendor management and contracts (as needed).
  • For multi-channel/integrated campaigns, collaborate with other Producers/Account teams (as needed).
  • Provides coaching to more junior members of the team.

Product Delivery:
  • Define project scope and budget (with Account); draft SOW documents as needed. Maintain accountability to the project's realistic scope, timing and budget as project requirements evolve.
  • Project administration/tool set-up, resource gathering, and lead kickoff meeting.
  • Prepare project schedules or sprint plans; communicate deliverable timing to stakeholders and hold them accountable.
  • Financial oversight and reporting, including estimate creation (labor and material costs), accrual reports, billable labor hour tracking, PO/Invoices, and job closure at project completion.
  • Partner closely with Creative teams and manage creative deliverables (content strategy, wireframes, design comps, etc.).
  • Assess technical feasibility, timing and cost of creative deliverables.
  • Deliverable routing (copy, design, assets) through Proofreading, Product, Business Affairs, Digital Asset Management and internal Legal teams. (Account handles client-side deliverable routing.)
  • Prep creative deliverables (copy, images, videos) for Content Authors.
  • Marketing projects: Oversee Content Authoring and content QA. Participate in Scrum ceremonies (as needed).
  • Platform projects: Oversee Development and QA workflow, participate in Scrum ceremonies, contribute to User
  • Story/Acceptance criteria definition, deliver technical documentation (as needed).
  • Partner with internal teams for Multimedia tasks (audio/video edits).
  • Jira management for Art Studio tasks (asset prep, retouching).
  • Jira management for Content Authoring tasks.
  • Jira management for Development/QA and other Platform-related tasks (as needed).
  • Manage web page reviews/feedback, bug resolution (code or content), analytics verification and release.
  • Wrap-up project closure tasks; archive project documentation.
  • Escalate any critical project or client challenges to the Executive Producer or Director of Production.


Qualifications

Minimum 3-5 years of production experience in advertising or related business is required. Experience with similar clients accounts is preferred.

Additional information

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $81,225.00 - USD $124,432.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 7/27/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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