About Mint
We’re an independent creative agency made of culture creatures with multidisciplinary expertise across all major marketing disciplines.
Driven by creativity and inspired by humanity, we focus on brand love between companies and people. Our best work is done through true partnership, as an extension of and advisor to our clients. Guided by core structure, we build bespoke teams to collaborate on our client’s individual business problems to produce creative work that makes a positive impact on culture and the future.
Our Values
- Empathy – We believe the work is better when we consider the world through the eyes of others.
- Optimism – We believe in the good above all else; the good in people, the good in the world and the good in our future.
- Audaciousness – We are brave enough to try the untried and unexpected. And we dare to always follow through.
- Progressiveness – We fear status quo, so we break conventions and push to evolve, innovate and disrupt.
- Kindness – We are respectful, honest, transparent, inclusive, social and good to each other.
What we do: Advertising, Design & Branding, Strategy, Social, Digital, Content, Experiential, PR and Talent & Influencer.
The Role
North Star: You will lead the production reputation of Mint by nurturing a culture for producing creative and innovative work at the highest standard, on budget, and on time. You will lead the production department developing high quality producers, and elevating the work the agency produces, while protecting client’s budgets and the agency’s profitability. Working closely with the SLT team, this person will contribute to the overall culture of the agency, and break conventions in the spirit of innovation, progressiveness, and ever changing contexts.
Partner with the senior leadership team to create and manage best-in-industry production in any medium (from film and photography, to experiential and digital).
The Executive Producer will be responsible for the following:
- Establishes the standard for the production team in ways of working, partnerships, and all output
- Promotes and inspires out of the box thinking that breaks conventions and pushed creative work forward
- Train producers of all levels in the understanding that producers must always balance between pragmatism (budget + timeline), while also creating conditions to elevate creative work
- Bring and further develop strong external relationships with the best talent and vendors working; attracting them to our agency, work and productions.
- Mentor, grow and develop producers with Mint’s values in mind and encourage participation, discussion and contribution from all levels
- Train producers of all levels in the understanding that producers must balance, at all times, between pragmatism (budget + timeline) while also creating the conditions that elevate the creative work.
- Establish large production process and templates for the agency
- Educate colleagues throughout the agency to optimize workflows, client relationships, and process to make conditions for great production work
- Working with Mint’s Account and Creative Teams through early and clear communication, set budget expectations and parameters for all client initiatives
- Working with team of Producers to establish and foster relationships throughout the local, national, North American and global production communities (legal bodies, casting agents/talent/performers’ agents + unions, production, post production + audio/music, etc)
- Collaborate with creative teams (ECD, Art Directors, Copywriters, Designers) for productions in order to generate work at the highest standards; as needed
- Financial accountability and management of production department and client productions through budget building, tracking and reconciliation
- Approving completion reports and proper filing for all productions once complete; including making sure final production files are accounted for on the server
- Helps to develop a plan for the execution of ideas, reviewing and editing production proposals from other team members; as needed
- Oversees team of producers while delegating tasks as needed
- Recruitment of best in class talent in the production department
- Finger on the pulse of the best vendors, creatives, and technical experts to partner with; you continuously challenge status quo and bring innovative partners to the creative team to consider (production houses, post-production, freelance talent, etc)
Skills, Abilities and Experience:
- 10+ years experience in a similar role in an agency environment
- Experience running a production department
- Technical understanding of the entire production process
- Think expansively and creatively to inspire a department (and agency)
- Proven track record of exceptional creative work, managing projects on time and on budget
- Strong knowledge of different project management methodologies
- Strong client and vendor-facing skills, including excellent written and verbal communication skills; exceptional attention to detail
- High degree of personal integrity and accountability
- Strong problem solving abilities
- Mentorship strength with ability to teach and grow talent
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