Senior Producer

As a Senior Producer, you are responsible for the effective management and delivery of projects, ensuring the best creative solutions across a designated portfolio of clients are achieved in the most efficient, profitable and imaginable way for the Studio while managing client expectations accordingly. You will be expected to lead production projects and delivery at Made Thought, as the go-to in the team for Production led projects. You will play a vital role in building and nurturing relations with key industry players, alongside lead creative, producing large productions on time and on budget. You must be creatively minded, and understand how to carefully balance the flexibility required of a business with creativity at its core, alongside the rigour and strong organisational skills which some of our clients can expect.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work collaboratively with the Creative team to actively ensure the best creative solutions are delivered against each client brief. You will have the ability to motivate people around you; both colleagues and clients, earning their trust and confidence.
• Run and manage a number of projects in the studio totalling circa £1-£1.5M per annum (inc third party productions costs). You will be responsible for the allocation, planning and forecasting of all projects within your portfolio, ensuring they are set up for the success from the outset.
• Be the key point of contact from Made Thought for all third parties related to the production process.
• Create a presence within the industry to ensure talent are keen to work with Made Thought and be actively seen as the escalation point for production queries or issues within Made Thought.
• Be accountable for production project budgets and timings, ensuring the project is delivered on time to budget maintaining an agreed project margin.
• Utilising previous experience to think creatively and fluidly when providing solutions, escalating issues to Account Director or Client Services when needed.
• Project dependent, support the Account Director (project lead) on larger / more complex projects to ensure all aspects of the day-to-day are executed efficiently and effectively.
• Work with the Resource and Creative team to ensure the right team and timeline are in place. You will approach this sensitively and intelligently to allow for profitability whilst protecting the creative process.
• Be accountable for your project commercials, with the ability to accurately scope, plan and deliver your projects on time, working closely with the Finance Team to ensure projects are delivered on budget.
• Set and manage production budgets, to then provide weekly project status and cost reporting to the Finance and Client Services Director.
• Forecasting production workflow for the upcoming quarter for your projects, highlighting any potential overruns before they occur and proactively working with the team to reduce them.
• Conduct project wash-ups, sharing relevant findings with the wider team, and owning any improved ways of working identified.
• Build strong and lasting relationships with our clients, maintaining regular contact to keep them updated on overall project progress, highlighting any potential delays or scope for overspend. You will respond with speed and assurance to their requests.
• Support new business on writing proposals and casting a team to suit your projects. You will also be accountable for creating proposals from scratch (dependant on project size), seeking approval from Account Director where required.