Senior Producer

Position Summary

The Senior Producer leads the production of multi-channel projects of large size or complexity, and is ultimately responsible for the delivery of high quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet business requirements, and balance client and agency economics. Career manages at least one person.

The Senior Producer leads the production of multi-channel projects of large size or complexity, and is ultimately responsible for the delivery of high quality deliverables that power client satisfaction, meet business requirements, and balance client and agency economics. Career manages at least one person.

Key Responsibilities

• PM Technical Skills: Proficient in project managing via a flexible approach. Well-versed in production needs; considered an expert in at least one channel (interactive/digital, print, or video) but understands other mediums well enough to be a strategic problem solver
• SOWs: Prepares complex statements of work, with quick turnaround time and minimal revisions. Creates or reviews statement of work documentation; accountable for top-down and bottom-up budgets to ensure scopes accurately reflect required work effort
• Client finances: Accurately calculates cost-to-complete estimates
• Thought process: Regularly demonstrates critical thinking skills
• Technology: Continuously learning technology and ability to quickly adapt to new technologies
• Agency process: Advocate and champion of agency processes. Able to define team process, communication plan and rules of engagement and manages team adherence

Strategy

• Creativity: Finds creative alternative solutions to resource and time constraints
• Project Plans: Creates and manages master project plans and timelines via a cross-capability collaborative approach
• Quality Control: Ensures team adherence to QC plan
• Process improvement: Proactively identifies opportunities to adjust processes for efficiencies. Identifies opportunities to streamline processes and to create efficiencies and suggests alternative solutions
• Trouble shoot: Solution oriented. Brings problems with potential solutions to the attention of management.
• Conflict resolution: Arbitrates team conflicts and facilitates cross-capability solutions
• Resource allocation: Leads resource allocation discussions on the project-level with cross-capability team
• Collaboration: Keeps team informed of changes. Communicates clearly and frequently. Leads team communication plan; monitors and adjusts as needed to ensure effective and efficient communication.
• Project risk: Actively mitigates risk by identifying quality, budget, and timeline impacts

Tactics and Execution

• Finances: Responsible for cost management across portfolio of projects. Provides accurate and realistic cost-to-complete estimates and forecasts for assigned projects
• Conflict resolution: Proactively contributes to conflict resolution across channels
• Resources: Leads resource planning
• Vendors: Manages 3rd party vendor engagement
• Execution: Manages production of engagements from award to completion
• Change process: Manages change request process, identifying and documenting changes in scope
• Internal Relationships and Team Leadership: Positive influence within department. Develops strong and positive working relationships with other departments/ stakeholders
• Management: Mentors and directs the activity of one or more Associates or Senior Associates
• Culture: Promotes and contributes to business unit’s culture and environment
• On-boarding: On boards new team members to the brand/ agency process

Client Relationship

• Problem solving: Confident problem solver; willing and able to have difficult conversations
• Relationship: Engages with client procurement staff. Builds rapport and credibility with client peer based on trust and expert counsel
• Client process: Has intimate understanding of client processes and priorities
• Managing expectations: Ensures that appropriate client and internal stakeholder expectations are managed
• Communication and Writing: Lead role in ensuring timely, accurate client documentation and correspondence. Presents complex data or messages in a clear, succinct, compelling manner
• Ensures production deliverables meet client requirements

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree required
• Demonstrates progression in level of responsibility within a professional project management environment
• Agency or digital project experience preferred
• Experience in communications or marketing environment preferred

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About Publicis Health

Publicis Health is the premier global health and wellness communications network. We are one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe, the third-largest advertising and media company in the world, giving us unparalleled global reach. We manage top-tier agencies specializing in promoting innovative solutions in advertising, medical education, clinical trial program development, sales and marketing, digital, market access, and medical and scientific affairs. Our nearly 6,500 employees work at 15 agency brands across 60 offices located in 10 countries. We are a connected solutions hub, equipped for continual business

transformation in today’s world. We integrate services across our global offices and brands to deliver on our clients’ needs. Each of our agencies brings a unique approach to business, which makes us even stronger together. We understand the rapidly changing healthcare environment and leverage it to maximize the potential of our clients’ brands.

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