Project Manager / Creative Producer

Role – In house producer mid weight @ Knock Knock

£40k + Benefits

About us

Knock Knock are a creative content producer based in Borough, London. We have a long history of creating beautiful and engaging work for London’s top advertising and marketing agencies . We now work direct to brand, delivering on a variety of creative projects and communication requirements.

So far this year, we have made some substantial wins in tech, health, fashion and the public sector and are growing fast. Clients include Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Haleon, Soho Home, Russel and Bromley, Explore Learning and Qatar Airways.

In general, we favour smaller crews over huge productions. We love to collaborate with clients creatively. We get excited by advances in creative technology.

Knock Knock underwent a full reset during Covid and our new team is now 7 wonderful members strong, looking for an 8th to join us on our journey of growth.

Who are you?

You’re smart, warm, confident and calm. You get a kick from utilising your natural organisational and interpersonal skills to keep projects on track. You understand the creative mindset and enjoy playing your role in making great work.

You will have ambitions to grow with us over the coming years, sitting at the heart of the team and working with us to expand our production offerings.

Sounds like you? Read on…

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, energetic and unflappable creative producer to join us at this challenging but exciting time. 

You’ll be a safe pair of hands, responsible for the smooth production of video and motion graphics projects. You will take these projects from client brief through to final delivery. You’ll manage staff and freelancers alike, keeping an eye on timings, budget and deliverables. You will get a kick from being an organizer at the heart of a job; the person who keeps projects on track and delivered to the very highest standards, both technically and creatively.

You will be able to clearly demonstrate a track record in moving image production irrespective of scope, budget and timeline. You will be a self-starter that shows initiative and can hit the ground running with lots of opportunity to make the role yours.

A proven track record in creating branded content / communications & film / animation are essential.

This is also a client facing role so excellent interpersonal, communication skills and an eye for detail are a must. Thankfully, our clients are fantastic. 

What do we mean by creative producer. (This is an important bit)

We’re not looking for one man band who can produce, edit, direct and deliver their own content. All our work is team based and your role is that of producer / project manager / account manager.

So why do we say ‘creative producer’? Well, we believe the most appropriate producers for us have an innate understanding of the job and an ambition to deliver excellent creative work. The job entails

• Spreadsheets 
• Problem solving
• Working with the creative team to help achieve our goals
• Client servicing and building meaningful relationships 
• Meeting commitments and going the extra mile
• Managing teams and resources
• Managing suppliers and negotiating when required. 
• Managing potentially difficult situations with vibesy aplomb
• Running multiple projects, some big, some small
• Recognising and recruiting the best freelance talent 
• Occasionally producing and feeding back on edits – bringing your eye for detail to the fore 
• Assisting with the ongoing development of new processes.

Typical jobs:

• Produce location and studio shoots
• Documentary films
• Talent / influencer lead shoot
• Communicate about camera / lighting equipment and other production specs
• Produce stand-alone animations
• Oversee post-production workflows 
• Fast turn around social films
• Interviewing contributors on set
• Overseas shoots

This is a full time role.

Start date: ASAP 

To apply, please send the following to [email protected] with SUBJECT: KK Producer 

A CV

• A cover letter
• Salary expectations
• Notice period if applicable 
• Please no recruiters

Final thoughts

Job applications are crazy. We want to thank all of you that apply.

We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within 2 weeks, however, if you have not included the elements requested in the spec, your application may be filtered out before it gets to the vetting stage.

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