BRAND: Prodigious
Job Function: Production
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Company description
Prodigious London is an award‑winning production studio, part of a globally connected company with 4500 production experts across 40 countries worldwide. We are proud makers - from CG animation to DOOH, to print and live action TVCs. We work collaboratively with our agency partners (Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH and Publicis London) and our direct clients.
Our mission is to deliver excellence in craft with innovative problem solving at our core.
'We make ideas happen' and we do this whilst caring relentlessly about our work, people and future.
We care about our work: craft, creativity, ambition
We care about our people: support, trust, playfulness
We care about our future: innovation, growth, sustainability
Our Commitment
Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Prodigious. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group - whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn’t just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
Overview
We are looking for an experienced Senior Producer to join our ‘CaST’ team on a 6‑month Fixed Term Contract.
CaST stands for Creative at Scale Team and is a production agency within the Publicis Groupe that solely supports the Haleon brand portfolio (formerly GSK consumer goods). This team is comprised of agency producers, a client services layer, a business affairs department, and a dedicated post‑production team.
Reporting into the Head of Production, this is a fantastic opportunity for a talented and charismatic individual to work on large scale production projects across the region on a major client. You will oversee global above‑the‑line integrated campaign toolkits alongside creative agencies both within the Publicis Groupe and externally with WPP creative agencies around the world.
Responsibilities
* Function as a key point of client/agency contact for production enquiries (during the production phase) and help manage client relationships.
* Interpret client briefs and be capable of budgeting, pitching, scheduling and quoting on all aspects of production.
* Advise on means to provide production cost savings and efficiencies through shoot bundling and other economies of scale.
* Lead production projects across all stages of production through to delivery – ensuring everything is delivered on time, on budget and to the highest standard.
* Oversee complete budget wrap of each production, ensuring that all productions are fully reconciled, a production factsheet is completed and, where necessary, a production wash‑up with all parties.
* Help manage and support the development of junior/assistant producers.
* End‑to‑end management of pre and post production across assigned projects, providing the client & creative agency with timely status updates.
* Help identify opportunities for use of AI‑enabled production workflows and engage the appropriate teams for support.
Qualifications
Core experience and skills:
* Extensive experience working in a production environment, including within a client‑facing role.
* In‑depth knowledge of all elements of production and post‑production, overseeing a brief from bidding through to final delivery.
* Proven track record of successfully managing global productions across all budget ranges with multiple deliverables across multiple channels.
* Experience producing & exec producing campaigns, TVCs & online/social content, stills, etc. both nationally & internationally with budgets ranging from £1K – £1M+.
* Knowledge of industry & APA guidelines, as well as extensive contacts and relationships with production crews, third‑party suppliers & service companies.
* Excellent supplier knowledge, contract negotiation skills & knowledge of competitor pricing.
* Ability to interact with a wide range of clients (in a variety of roles) and guide and advise them on specific projects as well as general best practice for production.
* Experience of working in a team and managing and developing junior production talent.
* Experience working at an advertising agency on a global account.
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
* Understanding of all content media/social platforms (FB, Instagram, YouTube etc.).
Individual attributes:
* Excellent interpersonal, organisational and leadership skills.
* Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
* Extremely proactive, not reactive, with a willingness to get stuck in.
* Ability to maintain lasting client relationships internally and externally.
* Creatively driven with the ability to think innovatively.
* A collaborative & personable candidate who can quickly establish trust with clients & team members.
* Maintains resilience when faced with challenging situations.
* A pulse on the latest technical offerings for both production & post‑production.
* Genuine enthusiasm for production and advertising with an eye on exciting new techniques and ways of working.
* Demonstrates a willingness to support our vision for expanding in‑house business opportunities and developing Publicis‑owned capabilities.
* Calm under pressure and intuitively able to pre‑empt/flag potential issues.
Additional information
Prodigious has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;
* WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
* REFLECTION DAYS – Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day‑to‑day work and create time to focus on your well‑being and self‑care.
* HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Well‑being content and lifestyle coaching.
* FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
* HYBRID WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday.
* AGENCY DISCOUNTS, onsite gym, and discount in our Publicis‑Owned Pub – “The Pregnant Man.”
Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!
Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full‑time employees being office‑based three days during the working week.
We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.
Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).
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