About the Role
GSD&M is dedicated to building First & Only brands by setting high standards and creating impactful work that shifts culture and inspires change. The Producer manages and executes simultaneous projects across all content platforms, including television, radio, video, digital, and social content. This role involves budgeting, scheduling, vendor management, technical specifications, quality assurance, and project actualization. The Producer must be skilled in on-site live event work, coordinating footage capture and editing with a lean team, and will have direct client-facing responsibilities during production.
Responsibilities
- Initiate and maintain communications with Account Leadership, Project Management, and Creative Teams.
- Consult with Creative, Account, Research, and Business Affairs from idea inception through production completion.
- Plan and implement production of TV, radio, video, digital, or social content upon client approval of storyboards, scenarios, or scripts.
- Develop estimates and monitor budgets based on campaign deliverables and change orders.
- Generate and adhere to production schedules.
- Create specifications documents based on deliverable scope and definitions.
- Determine resource requirements and engage third-party vendors.
- Evaluate, solicit bids from, and negotiate with vendors.
- Work directly with cost consultants throughout production, adhering to established parameters.
- Direct production workflow through pre-production meetings, casting, shooting, recording, editing, music, color correction, and final client approval.
- Manage critical path milestones, evaluate risks, and develop contingency plans.
- QA all final deliverables prior to launch to minimize project risks.
- Proactively communicate issues and resolutions to the agency team.
- Perform additional and unforeseen duties to ensure project success.
Requirements
- Three plus years of production experience.
- Capable of client interaction and client-facing responsibilities on production.
- Experience managing project development with external vendors.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business communications, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the public.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to foster innovative solutions.
- People-oriented with potential leadership and managerial skills.
- Organized, creative, logical, perceptive, decisive, and trustworthy.
- Team player and consensus builder.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Extremely organized and flexible.
- Problem solver with multitasking ability.
- Positive attitude under pressure.
- Outgoing and approachable.
- Proactive.
- Passionate, curious, and knowledgeable about production.
Skills
- Basic knowledge of SAG, AICP, AICE guidelines.
- Knowledge of film and digital capabilities and nomenclature.
- Knowledge of industry prices, trends, and vendor capabilities.
- Budgeting.
- Scheduling.
- Vendor management.
- Quality assurance.
- Live event coordination.
- Footage capturing and editing.
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3+ years of production experience
Benefits
- Generous benefits
- Plenty of time off
- Opportunities for growth
About the Company
- GSD&M is dedicated to building First & Only brands by setting high standards and creating impactful work that shifts culture and inspires change. The company fosters an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are encouraged and empowered, recognized by the Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Awards for its efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Equal Opportunity
- GSD&M is an equal opportunities employer, committed to non-discrimination based on age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, gender identity, expression, or realignment. Medical or religious accommodations during the application process can be requested by contacting keisha.townsend@gsdm.com.
