Executive Producer, Tech Production & Project Management

Company Description

In 1997, Firstborn was founded on the belief that smart ideas and rich interactive experiences built with craft and creativity would move our clients’ businesses forward. We still believe that today. Our industry has transformed, our client’s businesses and their challenges have become more complex, consumer behavior has shifted, and we, as a company, have evolved with those changes.

We believe bleeding-edge companies drive deeper, more meaningful connections with their consumers. We help our clients realize the full potential of being a modern brand that moves at the pace of culture by exploiting the last unfair competitive advantage any brand has: craft, design, and creativity.

Firstborn’s active client roster includes Beats/Apple, Adidas, Peloton, Royal Caribbean, Cash App, and Exo.

Job Description

You’ll lead production for three larger client engagements: Adidas, Beats, and Cash App and oversee a team of Producers (3-5) on individual projects to ensure we meet deadlines, budgets and delivering to the level of quality that Firstborn is known for. You will be responsible for providing mentorship and guidance to grow our team through close working relationships. In addition to your internal project management responsibilities, you will sever as direct client liaison, advocate and escalation point.

Qualifications

As the Executive Producer, your responsibilities will encompass identifying scopes, timing, and budget for potential projects while maintaining schedules, communicating process and status on existing ones, and positioning the work for success through your client relationships. You will be the person who’s going to anticipate problems and opportunities before they arise and come up with creative solutions to any challenges our team might encounter. You will also be responsible for ensuring accurate internal reporting of project status, shifts in schedule and budget, and project-related expenses, to ensure up-to-date and accurate executive decisions making.

Key Duties

• Lead teams to identify project scopes, project plans, and author or approve the related SOWs.
• Lead teams to deliver projects on strategy, on time, and within budget.
• Manage production teams and the process on all jobs from a high-level to ensure consistency across projects within an account and serve as an escalation point to our client and internal team
• Driver of culture and inclusivity within the team and production partners
• Conduct resource and requirement gathering meetings with the client along with Firstborn’s core team
• Oversee QA process alongside the technical and production lead
• Communicate project revenue changes, account status, and potential new project opportunities to Firstborn’s executive team
• You are a skilled, creative, and confident presenter and negotiator

Additional Information

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
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