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Senior Digital Producer
Wear all the hats. All of them. Guide project development, manage timelines, coordinate resources, and solve problems with a team of talented and passionate writers, designers, developers, and producers.
In this role, you’ll work closely with our team of producers as well as our Chief Creative Officer and VP of Technology. You’ll guide the development of projects to ensure they are completed on time, within budget and at the highest level of quality.
As a Senior Producer, you’ll partner with the client and team to create and maintain schedules, communicate progress and status of multiple projects, coordinate people and resources, identify challenges, and recommend solutions. Digital products and projects are quickly evolving targets. That means you’ll be juggling multiple plates in a fast-paced, constantly evolving work environment.
Key Duties
- Be extremely solutions oriented and an excellent communicator
- Manage production teams and the process on all projects from and serve as an escalation point for (client and internal) issues as they arise
- Create and manage project timelines to ensure projects are completed efficiently, on time, and within budget
- Be involved in all project kick off meetings to help determine team strategy, milestones, scope, and production schedule
- Develop working relationships with clients on a regular basis, ensuring clients’ understanding of each project and their satisfaction with the production processes
- Conduct resource and requirement gathering meetings with clients, along with the technical director and business development team—be the person who understands the requirements the most
- Understand the capabilities and limitations of each member involved on any particular project
- Facilitate communication between clients, 3rd party vendors and the internal team
- Anticipate obstacles and overcome them with the team in a proactive manner
- Supervise testing process alongside technical and production teams
- Communicate project status directly to executive team members
- Help build, develop and encourage new “production processes” for our designers, developers, and producers in order to accommodate expansion of the company services and the new types of work we bring in
- Identify project scope and write proposals
- Strategic project planning and basic information architecture on large-scale projects
- Be a skilled, creative and confident presenter and negotiator
Must Have
- At least 4 years of hands-on project management/producing experience in the digital field
- Experience in building solid long-term client relationship
- At least 4 years of hands-on project management/producing experience in the digital field
- Experience in building solid long-term client relationships
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of common software such as Jira, Microsoft Office, Project Planning tools, etc.
- Ability to manage a project from start to finish as well as oversee general production of multiple projects at one time
- Strong desire to make smart, cool, innovative stuff without the “perfect” guidebook on how to do it
Firstborn offers an excellent compensation package that includes:
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- 100% covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance costs for you and your family.
- Summer Fridays, paid sabbaticals and flexible working arrangements.
- Generous 401K matching.
- Fast-paced work environment with passionate people who love what they do.
We are seeking a Senior Digital Producer to join our New York Digital Production team.
The Senior Digital Producer provides production expertise and oversight at every opportunity, from concept development to execution. A strong digital background is a must, as is the ability to push projects of all types into exciting new arenas, including interactive, mobile, experiential, social media, video, and emerging tech. As a Senior Digital Producer, you will be responsible for the daily management of multiple interactive projects, assuring their quality and keeping them on time, on budget, and on strategy, from concepting and building to delivery, and assuring adherence to our development process. The ideal candidate is passionate about the space, from web and social to gaming, mobile, and film. This person must also be creative, solutions driven, and organized to ensure high-quality work is delivered on time in an extremely fast-paced and creative environment.
The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a relentless passion for all things digital and social media, have an eagle eye for detail and organization, and have an obsession with what’s coming next. We’re looking for someone who has an immense sense of responsibility along with an immense sense of fun and who is not afraid to put his/her thinking cap on to bring new ideas to the table.
Responsibilities:
- Have respectful and strong working relationships with development partners and cross-functional internal teams.
- Ensure the creative team employs the most innovative production methods and that projects are completed on time and on budget.
- Ensure the final creative product is consistent with the agency’s and client’s vision, budget, and timeline.
- Work collaboratively with multiple team members across departments (clients, UX designers, visual designers, executive team members, technologists, developers, etc.).
- Identify and source key production partners and internal resources to execute a project’s creative vision at the highest quality across various budgets.
- Manage the bidding process as per client agreements, including working with procurement and cost consultants when required.
- Develop accurate and thorough project plans, schedules, SOWs, documentation, and specs as needed.
- Clearly communicate timelines, budgets, deliverables, goals, and expectations with internal team members, external partners, and clients.
- Look for innovative creative and production methods while finding solutions to technical challenges.
- Have knowledge of video production, social, web, mobile, experiential, and emerging technologies.
- Have strong knowledge of online advertising, including media plans, ad servers, specs, and formats for banners.
- Have strong knowledge of HTML, web apps, native-apps development, APIs, and various technical implementations such as CMS, rich media, and interactive video builds.
Requirements
- Must have a strong background in existing and emerging web technologies.
- Must be creative minded and technically driven.
- Must be a self-starter who can take ownership of a project and see it to completion with pride.
- Must have excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills.
- Must take responsibility yet remain flexible.
- Must have advanced problem-solving skills and ingenuity.
- Must be able to multitask.
- Must be able to work to strict deadlines and keep the team on course.
- Must have the ability to make tough decisions under pressure.
- Must be flexible to provide a level of participation outside of regular office hours to support projects during all phases of the process, especially delivery