Senior Production Manager

Overview:

As a key member of our production team, you will oversee the end-to-end production process, from initial brief to final delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure creative integrity and vision are maintained throughout the production and post-production process.
• Sourcing directors, crew, and cast for projects.
• Take ownership of productions from initial brief to final delivery, overseeing every aspect of the production and post-production workflow.
• Work closely with clients to define campaign scope, estimates, and schedules, ensuring their needs and expectations are met.
• Efficiently schedule and allocate internal resources, maximizing team utilization and ensuring post-production timelines are met.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to develop integrated solutions that align with multiple client stakeholders' requirements.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with clients, Creative, Account Management, and Production teams to understand project requirements, challenges, and vision.
• Develop accurate post-production budgets and ensure all stakeholders are aware of budget constraints before commencement.
• Monitor budget allocation, negotiate extensions or additional costs when necessary, and report essential information to the Executive Producer.
• Supervise the production and post-production process, addressing any issues related to deadlines, live dates, and editing time.
• Mentor and manage junior team members, fostering their growth and development within the post-production environment.
• Strive to follow and implement defined production processes within your company and with partners.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Face adversity, setbacks, and negativity with a resilient mindset and attitude.
• Embody company values, instil these behaviours within all team members.
• Drive continuous improvement through each step of the process and consult on process improvements.
• Close off projects to set standards/requirements.

Project Execution, Monitoring, and Control:

• Coordinate development and delivery among various project participants.
• Prioritize and manage workload of the project team.
• Partner liaison when required, presenting project scopes, cost estimates, and timing plans.
• Build partner relationship and ensure their needs and requirements are addressed, while following your company's ways of working.
• Monitor progress of the project delivery within scope and budget with planned resources.
• Prepare status reports for stakeholders and actively manage control of project progress using weekly action points.
• Follow change control process for any changes needed in scope, budget, timelines, or resource requirement.
• Create and keep up to date all related project documentation and ensure compliance in the company system.
• Proactively problem-solve, mitigate risks, and plan for future issues.
• Be accountable for financial profitability of the project and actively manage cost overburn and time logged daily.
• Ensure final deliverables are quality.
• Reconciliations upon project completion.

Requirements:

• 7+ years' experience managing shoot production and post-production in a Creative, Events or Production Agency, with good knowledge of print, digital, and film production.
• Ability to manage heavy workload under pressure by effectively prioritizing, planning, and overseeing multiple tasks at any one time.
• Drive efficiency and creative excellence always.
• Strong track record executing campaigns across multiple platforms.
• Good understanding of current trends and events in new media and technology to leverage in advertising and digital marketing.
• Previous Experience Resource and Production services sourcing.
• Knowledge of aspect ratios and how to shoot for those for various deliverables and knowledge of shooting for CGI pack replacements.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and willing to refine key skills for running a business.
• Have positive, can-do outlook, willing to leverage past experience to provide best solution for each project owned.
• Be willing to share experience and collaborate with global network of colleagues.
• Be unafraid to ask questions and have innate ability to identify and manage project risk.
• Champion effective and personable communications with all stakeholders.
• Use initiative and be proactive in everything done.
• Have ability to persuade and negotiate in order to reach best possible outcome for both agency and its clients.

Our Values:

• Be ambitious to succeed.
• Be imaginative to push boundaries of what's possible.
• Be inspirational to do groundbreaking work.
• Be always learning and listening to understand.
• Be results-focused to exceed expectations.
• Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across community, clients, and creations.