Senior Producer, Integrated Production

Company Description

Dentsu Creative US is comprised of audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the United States who blend local knowledge with global expertise. Choosing substance over stunts, our Modern Creative mandate is about unlocking sustained growth and holistic impact for brands in ways that Create Culture, Change Society and Invent the Future. We do it daily for notable brands.

Our borderless approach allows us to assemble the great people around each brief, tapping into the expertise of the 9,000 people in dentsu international's global creative network. This integrated model also allows our talent to learn about and explore the breadth of career possibilities within Dentsu Creative.

Job Description

ou will lead large integrated projects and are responsible for their creative and success. Taking the creative vision to a new level, while staying on budget, and meeting client challenges in a way that demonstrates creativity. Should strive to pursue exceptional craft. You will report to the Executive Producer.

Main Accountabilities

• Manage Integrated projects including broadcast, social content, stills, animation, artist collaboration, and digital
• Elevate the creative; Find versatile solutions to keep good ideas alive. Lead the evolution of creative concepts into even stronger projects
• Manage Integrated projects including broadcast, social content, stills, animation, artist collaboration, and digital
• Mentor junior talent. Share production experiences with others to help department growth.
• Maintain existing network of preferred partners and contacts of go-to resources for creating any manner of project (vendors, artists, agents).
• Lead the vetting process to determine whether ideas are feasible within the project parameters (budget and schedule).
• Lead the execution of large integrated productions (<1mil) including overseeing large multi-discipline teams, vendor procurement and management, and ensuring overall quality of work with multiple deliverables and multiple workstreams.
• First line of defense on evaluating when and what needs; permits, releases, usage terms and other rights clearances.
• Build relationships with Business Affairs as a partner in discovery and throughout the production process. Have full understanding of AICP and AICE bid formats.
• Track and Actualize production budgets, working with Business Affairs.
• Coordinate meetings, notes, hot sheets, status reports, task lists., tracking against production deadlines and milestones.
• Have the foresight to see a project's trajectory and put a plan in place to get ahead of its development. Being strategic and not only tactical and reactionary.
• Be the point person for all daily internal and vendor communications. Be the backbone of the production and for the group. Ensure that all important partners are kept informed and (if needed) educated on the production process.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of art directors, copywriters, designers, account management, project managers, editors, animators (and if digital project - tech leads, UX-designers, and developers.)
• Possess comprehensive knowledge of SAG-AFTRA guidelines for shooting and recording of talent, including usage and payment considerations.
• Lead and document post-project summary meetings and suggesting ways to instill learnings within the department and across departments.

Qualifications

• 6 years agency experience as a Producer
• Need to have one main area of production expertise - Content (Broadcast, social and still), Digital (AR/VR, platform builds/apps, voice app) or Experiential (art installations, stunts, events, pop-ups)
• Demonstrated experience producing large productions (>1mil) including development of production specs, leading projects from pre-production through final delivery,
• Experience assessing feasibility of creative projects and propose production solutions that push the quality of work forward.
• Curious, not afraid of a challenging project
• Spanish proficiency a plus

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $68,000 - $110,400. Salary is based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off and/or other benefits also are available. For more information about dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

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About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

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