OverviewAbout 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.
What You'll Bring: Minimum 3-5 years of production experience in advertising or related business is required. Experience with similar client accounts is preferred. Bachelor's degree preferred.
Why It's Great to Work Here:- We live by our C.O.R.E. values:
- Collaborative - We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone.
- Optimistic - Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible.
- Results-driven - Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake.
- Entrepreneurial - Build something new. Shoot for the moon.
- We offer comprehensive benefits and 'work perks' like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, unlimited PTO, generous paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, family forming assistance reimbursement, pet adoption assistance + "pawternity" leave, etc.
- We have a hybrid work schedule (4 days a week in office / 1 day from wherever your heart desires).
- We're part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalité, etc.
- We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
- We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
- We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called "Team Fun" that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.
