Production Planner

Company Description

Prodigious is part of Publicis Communications, a collective of the most passionate, purposeful and progressive creative and production agencies in Singapore and Asia.  At Prodigious Singapore we work at the speed of culture to be the indispensable, high-quality content and production partner for the world’s leading brands

We believe in effecting positive change through creativity, always.

And while we seek out the most brilliant minds to help us on our quest, we’re also passionate about nurturing the best talent from within. Which is why when you join us, your journey can be one of continuous evolution.

We’re a community of experts that hail from every discipline.

We’re activists who embrace challenges with agility and dynamism.

We’re idealists who thrive on inspiration.

We’re romantics who believe that an idea can change the world, but also that the idea can come from anyone and anywhere.

We’re all that, but we don’t stop at that.

Because we’re committed to becoming better versions of ourselves, every. single. day.

Overview

The Production Planner is the key region/category point-of-contact for in-market clients, creative agencies and CaST global leadership

• The primary role is to ensure smooth adoption of the model and internal & external process adherence
• The candidate should have a leadership attitude, maintaining continued association with internal and external stakeholders, supporting teams as needed and working together to manage any challenges
• Provides advisory at a campaign brief stage to maximise effectiveness of production
• Manages key relationships within the model, including regional hubs, studio and global hubs to ensure a smooth delivery of projects
• Drives engagement plan following strategic resource allocation principles and brand markets combinations tiering
• Critical work planning and time management skills, able to prioritize and manage multiple briefs/campaigns at the same time
• Be financially minded able to work on business planning and forecasting
• Contribute to the smooth running of the business overall, delivering against client KPIs
• Take initiatives and further develops proposed solutions.
• Willingness to work as per international time zones

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee various teams and client accounts, across multiple markets
• Build and maintain key relationships with agencies, partnerships, clients and key stakeholders
• Ensures a high quality of production in line with a creative vision and production budgets
• Advises on cultural nuances for productions across Southeast Asia and Taiwan
• Provide updates on the current status of projects and processes to interested parties
• Responsible for managing demand to strategically influence project pipeline, driving content reuse (deduplication)
• Reporting key insights around local actions such as in markets global asset adoption rates, channel mix, or compliance
• Coordinates, manages and delegates (when necessary) projects within the team
• Lead production advisor on all origination (shoot/non-shoot) and complex/multi-channel projects
• Ongoing reporting to superior(s) regarding information, materials and issues encountered
• Drive stringent governance on ecosystem processes and KPI fulfilment
• Problem-solving related to production

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of managing production workflows and processes for campaign originations and adaptation across TV, digital, print, OOH and other media
• 8-10 years in a production role as Executive or Senior Producer
• Must have solid project management skills including understanding of scope, costing, types of assets and successful delivery
• Experienced in managing large accounts with multiple brands, creative, production and other business stakeholders
• Familiar with marketing processes in the South East Asia and Taiwan regions
• Experienced in working with multiple stakeholders across creative, client and other delivery partners
• Must be able to have discussions with business and creative leads, the client, procurement and both internal and external partners
• Excellent written and verbal communication, time management skills, collaborative approach and ability to multi-task
• Knowledge of cultural nuances in Southeast Asia and Taiwan is preferred
• Must have an eye for production craft
• Proficiency in Microsoft office - Excel, Word and Powerpoint. Experience with Jira or similar project management tools is preferred.
• Self-driven, problem-solving attitude, motivated to take initiatives