Executive Producer

The Executive Producer, Photography is a critical role and advocate from the creative idea to execution. You are a pro-active, future-thinking leader; someone who will build new relationships with our sister agencies and deepen existing connections, develop new business opportunities and initiatives, and strengthen our teams. You are an advocate for good ideas, great execution and a proponent of long-term collaboration. Having excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to juggle tasks easily and calmly. Your experience in the production process extends beyond the general operations of the job and carries into the execution of the work all while ensuring agency and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

• Works with the HOS in development and growth for new and existing clients, including capabilities presentations, onboarding, and relationship building.
• Act as primary point of contact with clients, agency partners, and internal teams to plan and deliver photography projects
• Works directly with Internal and Client teams, including but not limited to; Creative, Photographers, Crew, and Account Management on the planning and execution of productions
• Negotiates and books production talent as needed
• Works with team members to coordinate all production needs and logistics
• Executes production workflows based on client needs, regardless of media channel, ensuring execution of creative to the brief
• Reviews, bids and manages scope of work throughout the life cycle of a job
• Ensures productions are delivered within budget and on-time
• Responsible for the financial health and reconciliation of jobs
• Create a culture of creativity, innovation, collaboration.
• Flexible and full of ideas on how to make the impossible possible, highly entrepreneurial mindset
• Drive creative and operational excellence across the team, developing the next generation of content production leadership.
• Partner with inventory to ensure product is received as needed for production.
• Staying up to date on industry trends, talent, and equipment

Locations & Commitments:

• Full-time role, currently hybrid but individual should expect to mostly be in office three days a week. Comradery and in person meetings with agencies is important
• Overtime may be required to deliver on client projects and deadlines
• Travel may be required based on production needs

• 10+ years in Photo Producer Role, experience in studio and on location
• Strong knowledge of creative and production processes
• Bachelors’ degree is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including strong presentation skills
• Strong Negotiation and Budget Management Skills
• Financial Acumen
• Ability to think quickly and juggle multiple projects
• Strong organization skills and ability to manage a great deal of detailed information
• Focused on Team Development and Leadership presence
• Customer-service oriented, attuned to client needs while building and strengthening these relationships
• Critical thinker, using logic and reasoning to identify alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to opportunities.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment
• Expertise in food, CPG and lifestyle productions

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

 The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/25/2024.

The Executive Producer, Photography is a critical role and advocate from the creative idea to execution. You are a pro-active, future-thinking leader; someone who will build new relationships with our sister agencies and deepen existing connections, develop new business opportunities and initiatives, and strengthen our teams. You are an advocate for good ideas, great execution and a proponent of long-term collaboration. Having excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to juggle tasks easily and calmly. Your experience in the production process extends beyond the general operations of the job and carries into the execution of the work all while ensuring agency and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

• Works with the HOS in development and growth for new and existing clients, including capabilities presentations, onboarding, and relationship building.
• Act as primary point of contact with clients, agency partners, and internal teams to plan and deliver photography projects
• Works directly with Internal and Client teams, including but not limited to; Creative, Photographers, Crew, and Account Management on the planning and execution of productions
• Negotiates and books production talent as needed
• Works with team members to coordinate all production needs and logistics
• Executes production workflows based on client needs, regardless of media channel, ensuring execution of creative to the brief
• Reviews, bids and manages scope of work throughout the life cycle of a job
• Ensures productions are delivered within budget and on-time
• Responsible for the financial health and reconciliation of jobs
• Create a culture of creativity, innovation, collaboration.
• Flexible and full of ideas on how to make the impossible possible, highly entrepreneurial mindset
• Drive creative and operational excellence across the team, developing the next generation of content production leadership.
• Partner with inventory to ensure product is received as needed for production.
• Staying up to date on industry trends, talent, and equipment

Locations & Commitments:

• Full-time role, currently hybrid but individual should expect to mostly be in office three days a week. Comradery and in person meetings with agencies is important
• Overtime may be required to deliver on client projects and deadlines
• Travel may be required based on production needs

• 10+ years in Photo Producer Role, experience in studio and on location
• Strong knowledge of creative and production processes
• Bachelors’ degree is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including strong presentation skills
• Strong Negotiation and Budget Management Skills
• Financial Acumen
• Ability to think quickly and juggle multiple projects
• Strong organization skills and ability to manage a great deal of detailed information
• Focused on Team Development and Leadership presence
• Customer-service oriented, attuned to client needs while building and strengthening these relationships
• Critical thinker, using logic and reasoning to identify alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to opportunities.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment
• Expertise in food, CPG and lifestyle productions

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

Compensation Range: $121,000.00 – $204,500.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/25/2024.

As an Executive Producer, you will managing multiple programs simultaneously. In this role you will be cultivating solid relationships with both 3rd party vendors, dynamic creative platforms, and the global production team. The Executive Producer will have a firm knowledge of what is involved in and have experience working with Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO),and content at scale, across multiple languages and cultures and channels. The Executive Producer will also be a leader to those in junior roles and provide help and support to foster the growth of Producers around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the key account’s operations and strategy as it pertains to DCO and modular creative.
• Communication – explaining what is happening, when, why.
• Ability to distill complexities to straightforward language.
• Building and fostering high-level client and internal relationships.
• Facilitating cross-collaboration between internal teams (account, PM, production) and vendor partners.
• Driving innovation and setting a vision for the DCO projects and finding solutions.
• Collaborating with C-suite executives on business strategies, timelines, and process.
• Ensuring the agency’s work meets top-tier quality standards.
• Negotiating contracts, partnerships, and vendor relationships.
• Proactivity regarding delays and timeline adjustments.
• Overseeing budgets and financial planning.
• Identifying new business opportunities and expanding services.
• Managing and resolving high-level challenges and risks.
• Knowledgeable of regulatory compliance requirements in digital advertising, including data privacy.

• 10+ years of experience in digital production.
• 3+ years of dynamic and digital content experience
• Experience on global business, managing and developing content across multiple languages
• Experience working with cross-disciplinary people and demonstrated skills in managing a distributed cross-disciplinary team
• Proven track record of strategic leadership.
• Excellent client relationship management skills.
• Broad understanding of digital marketing and advertising landscapes.
• Strong financial and operational acumen.

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Razorfish is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

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

Compensation Range: $121,000 – $191,000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/31/2024.