One of our clients, a global artist management agency, is looking for a Junior Producer to join their Beauty/Hair & Makeup team. This role will be assisting producers with:
• Managing end to end jobs for clients on behalf of artists and their assistants.
• Delivering on time, high quality, to budget productions
• Communicating regularly with all stakeholders, including artists, brand employees, shared services, and management as needed
• Supporting the agents in delivering the best possible outcomes for clients and artists
• Collaborating with other agencies to collectively improve production.
Responsibilities and Duties:
• Assist a producer or agent with running confirmed jobs from start to finish including:
• Managing the budget and reconciling estimates with actual spend (including signing off on third party invoices)
• Liaising with clients and outside producers to ensure common understanding of production needs.
• Liaising with artists directly or through their assistants regarding their schedule and upcoming jobs
• Assisting artists and their assistants on all production; organising travel arrangements, booking flights, organising visas, booking couriers, hotels and cars etc.
• Developing [shoot schedules], travel schedules and call sheets, where required.
• Managing job wrap ups
• Reconcile expenses, including credit card expenses.
• Working together with central accounting team to submit job files on time and to support timely reporting.
• Generating invoices and ensuring prompt payment from clients
• Wrapping jobs after completion including collection of supporting information
• Collection of shoot assets
• Building a good network of resources (assistants, support services, industry contacts) that each artist can work with
• Assisting the agents with additional duties, as needed
• Nature of this job requires working early mornings, late evenings and weekends depending on the projects in pipeline.
Required Experience:
• 1 year+ experience in production.
• Excellent time management skills - Experience of managing multiple end to end jobs, including set up, logistics, tracking and managing a budget and allocating resources to each element of the project
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Managing multiple stakeholders, including artists, clients, and external vendors to achieve a positive outcome.
• Proven project management skills - Excellent existing relationships within the industry
• Creating and maintaining professional relationships with strategic partners
• Ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities.
• Proven capability to work independently and part of a team.
• A thorough and demonstrable knowledge, understanding and interest in the business of advertising and marketing, editorial fashion, styling, hair and make-up.
Required Personal Skills
• Highly organised
• Goal-oriented, motivated, responsible and a pro-active self-starter
• Self-motivated, with a positive and can-do outlook
• Proven problem solver who is calm under pressure and make decisions.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to a variety of stakeholders
• Computer literate, including basic knowledge of Word, Excel, etc.
The role offers a great salary & benefits package coupled with flexi working conditions (3 days in the office, 2 days at home).