Senior Creative Producer / Project Manager

We’re looking for talented and experienced Senior Integrated Producers / Project Managers to partner with our creative teams in creating incredible work for some of the world’s leading clients.

Producers at CH.S play a central role in managing all our projects, owning them from the initial brief through to the final launch. Sitting within the delivery team and reporting to our Executive Producer, you will be working primarily with our creative department, whose aim is to produce strategically sound and creatively progressive multi-platform ideas for our Global clients.

You will be responsible for the detailed project management and delivery of global campaigns which span all platforms. A proven creative thinker, capable of engaging and inspiring our internal team, you will need to love solving problems, be adaptable and commercially savvy whilst driving successful collaboration between cross-department teams.

Within this role you will be running the internal production processes and working alongside our talented team to drive projects from end to end. You will work very closely with both our clients and internal teams to scope, plan and manage projects and resources. You will help source the right production partners to fulfil projects to the highest standard, and help build strong working relationships with client, agency and external partners.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Timings

We’re looking for someone…

• That has extensive experience in developing end-to-end project and production timings for a variety of creative ideas.
• Who can anticipate the evolution of a project and adapt the workflow, timings and schedule.
• With experience in developing and managing detailed post-production timelines and running stills and motion post work-streams with multiple internal and external partners.

Budget Management

You are confident, comfortable and highly experienced in…

• Scoping and estimating the team and time needed to fulfil a variety of creative ideas throughout all stages of a project.
• Identifying and capturing all project requirements from the client brief and using this to build out all project documentation (SoW, Cost Estimates, Project plans) to a high standard.
• Preparing and managing detailed production budgets with the executive producer or third-party production partner and can create and manage detailed project and budget reconciliations.
• Tracking and maximising profitability on your projects

Internal resource and project management

• You are experienced in running internal project teams, managing resources and leading client communications.
• You understand and can interpret the needs of each project and can manage the resources of the internal team to ensure the best possible talent is assigned to each project.
• A natural collaborator with good communication skills, you are someone who gets the best out of the team around them whilst driving the project forward.
• Someone who can take an active role in the PM department through mentoring and helping to create and maintain the team culture.

Leading client communications

• At Clubhouse the producer role is client-facing and an important part of this hybrid role. Our producers are responsible for the overall client delivery so you’ll need to be someone who communicates clearly and feels comfortable and confident in developing relationships with our clients.
• As the main point of contact for our clients you’ll need to embody the CH.S ethos, be one step ahead, anticipate client needs and be able to communicate with a wider variety of clients effortlessly.
• Managing and collaborating with external partners
• Someone with a passion for creating a variety of content and developing relationships with 3rd party suppliers, photographers, directors and film/animation/post-production houses as a representative of Clubhouse.
• You will have a repertoire of reliable external partners that you are comfortable working with through all project stages including sourcing, contracting, scheduling, onboarding, managing and off-boarding.

Pre-production and On-set experience

• Can confidently deliver a project through the pre-production process, working with both external partners and internal teams to successfully deliver a shoot.
• You have experience running successful pre-production meetings.
• You feel comfortable building shoot schedules with the creative team and feeding into the 1st AD on set. 
• You understand the roles and responsibilities of on-set teams and working alongside local fixers, shoot producers, client partners and talent. 

Creative Problem Solving

• Using your production experience and knowledge to help creatively problem solve, make challenging budgets work and find creative solutions to help deliver the project. 
• You feel comfortable unpacking a client brief alongside the executive producer and identifying the needs in order to build out workflow, timings and costs and setting up the team. 

Contracting & BA Knowledge

• You can identify when and where in the workflow agreements, contracts and/ or project licences are required. 
• You have experience building partner and licensing agreements.
• You have knowledge of legal requirements that may affect the creative or create compliance issues for shoots etc.

REQUIREMENTS

• Fluent in English (both written and spoken) with strong ability to communicate clearly.
• Several years experience working as a senior producer in a similar agency environment.
• Experience of working in side-by-side collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
• Ability to lead multiple projects and delegate work efficiently.
  

QUALITIES & CHARACTERISTICS

• A confident team player, able to efficiently run projects and internal processes from brief to delivery.
• A passion and knowledge for all forms of creativity within a variety of production media.
• A creative vision and attitude that can help aid the creative process.
• Organised & natural multi-tasker who can prioritise with ease.
• Calm under pressure.
• Meticulous attention to detail and able to juggle numerous tasks.
• Confident and articulate communicator internally, with suppliers and client-facing.
• Positive, energetic character who likes to build relationships internally and externally.
• Adds value, ideas and pushes to maintain the strong agency creative output.
• Progressive mentality, always keen to learn.

BOOKING & INFO DETAILS

• Full-time Freelance Contract
• Mid-August Start
• Hybrid or Fully Remote
• Outside IR35