Executive Producer

Role: Executive Producer

Location: Hybrid until further notice

Job Purpose

Overview:

As EP Post Production & Adaptation, you will support the growth and delivery of Oliver’s post production and adaptation services. Senior Producers based in London and globally will report directly to you. The role also involves working collaboratively with partner agencies within the Group - as well as fostering collaborative relationships with the client's procurement and production teams. Together with the HoPs, you will work with the team to establish guidelines and best practice ways of working to be used by all practitioners around the globe. You will focus on guiding, leading and oversighting the workflows, processes and outputs of all producers under your remit to ensure we deliver to our creative standard and principals of production. The role requires a depth of knowledge and understanding of production consultancy with key focus on process optimization, technology integration, costing and pricing, creative development, production services, clearance and delivery across all media. You will ultimately be responsible for the delivery of all moving image and digital output from your team, as well as taking responsibility for the technical and creative quality of all post production and adaptation that they deliver. This includes responsibility for the financial and billable performance of your team, including forecasting and tracking. Familiarity with regional compliance bodies and delivery nuances across markets is critical.

Measures of Success include:

• Supporting the team to deliver year over year growth of net revenue & project margin based around set annual target
• Creative and client relationship growth as proven measure of success metric delivered across all work undertaken by the team.
• Efficiency in production delivery (based on agreed SLA and demonstrated capability in conducting continual optimization in enhancing speed to markets)
• Cost efficiency solutions across workstreams, regions, and client-specific accounts. · Supporting and leading a high performing team of integrated producers who will look to you for a structure that supports their career development and personal growth.
• Clear and agreed enhancement on department satisfaction rate with Peakon.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Lead, inspire and motivate a strong and coordinated post- production team
• Work closely with teams to push production boundaries, enhance and promote our reputation and contribute to the development of long-lasting client relationships.
• Develop workflows and processes with key accounts which involve setting best in class standards for the production teams delivering across digital and moving video platforms
• Helping develop and evolve the offering so we are seen as specialist in our field and as the go to production consultants for post/adapt/digital within the business.
• Working closely with Group partners and internal teams to resource effectively, while growing our team globally.
• To have a good understanding of the new technology in the market and actively drive these technologies into the business, client solutions and bespoke agencies
• Continue to support our dedicated on-site teams to drive outstanding creative, added value and post-production excellence
• Implementing workflows and production best practice that can be rolled out across our onsite teams and global hubs as required.
• Support the creative development process, sales & implementation teams to support in pitch, to win new digital and moving image business.
• Provide production leadership across marquee accounts and projects.
• Have a strong understanding of our clients’ businesses and their communication objectives

Skills / Experience Required

• Ability to handle multiple projects triaged to multiple post producers at any given moment often under aggressive timings · Entrepreneurial approach to the capability the team has and may require.
• Expert knowledge of post-production processes and protocol, localization protocols, and cross market delivery with proven track record in understanding clearance bodies/process in market/understanding nuances in productions for different countries/markets.
• Able to understand client specifications and deliverables and produce detailed quotes and tenders when required or oversee the team of post producers to delivery against these quotes.
• Understand industry trends and have the instinct to grasp and funnel emerging opportunities. · Understand post production workflows and client expectations
• Team leader, be resourceful and commercially-minded.
• Have great negotiation skills.
• Be proactive, self-motivated and enjoy working as part of team
• Be organised and methodical in your approach
• Anticipate both risks and opportunities, mitigating or capitalising upon them as appropriate