About the Role
This role is instrumental in managing the planning, execution, and delivery of a diverse range of Photography projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in production, exceptional organisational and multi-tasking skills, and a passion for facilitating creative excellence. As a Producer, you will collaborate closely with clients, creative teams, and external partners, playing a key role in bringing visionary projects to life. The successful candidate would support with production for Food, Drink and Still Life projects.
Responsibilities
- Manage the planning, execution, and delivery of Photography projects.
- Support with production for Food, Drink and Still Life projects.
- Oversee the production process from initial concept through to completion, including proactive planning, scheduling, budgeting, finance reconciliation, sample management, fee and usage negotiation.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients on production-related matters, building strong relationships, managing expectations; and ensuring their needs and creative requirements are exceeded.
- Work closely with creative directors, designers, and other team members to ensure the creative vision is achievable within project and budget constraints, and effectively realised to the highest quality.
- Source, negotiate, and manage external vendors, freelancers, and talent, ensuring high-quality contributions to projects.
- Monitor all aspects of project execution, ensuring deliverables meet and exceed the studio's quality standards and client expectations.
- Identify potential project risks; flag and escalate to ensuring smooth project execution.
- Propose and oversee realistic project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources and the financial health of projects.
- Interrogate the marketing brief, plan project delivery timelines, manage budgets, commission shoot teams, and manage sample orders.
- Manage all project communication with clients, including briefing meetings, castings, and location and art department elements.
- Share all ongoing revisions and communications with creatives/client.
- Host and lead all pre-production meetings (ppm).
- Act as the 'front line' for ITG whilst on shoot.
- Manage all production elements, on and off set.
- Manage daily shoot schedules, liaise directly on set with Photographer, creatives and client.
- Manage all parties enabling the 'approval' of every shot as per agreed brief.
- Manage and oversee all retouching to achieve the brief.
- Manage creative/client approval of retouching revisions and proofing.
- Work closely with Client Services to achieve the desired end result.
Requirements
- Experience in a production role within a creative, advertising, or marketing agency.
- Demonstrable track record of successfully managing and delivering a wide range of creative projects, especially in food packaging.
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, with a talent for managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Solid experience and technical understanding of briefing and delivering post-production projects.
- Ability to calmly manage on-set priorities with off-set projects.
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills with the ability to build strong relationships with clients, creative teams, and talent.
- Ability to manage expectations and build trust.
- Ability to foresee potential issues before they arise, and solve problems quickly, effectively and calmly.
- Willingness to work irregular hours where necessary.
- Frequent travel into London, and to other UK office and shoot locations where necessary.
- Understanding of the food photography industry.
- Manage existing relationships with UK external partners and talent.
- In-depth knowledge of production processes, equipment, and technology trends.
- Excellent understanding of production techniques, including remote production and digital technologies.
- Ability to learn software to support the role requirements.
- A passion for creativity and innovation, with a commitment to producing the highest-quality, most impactful outputs.
- Friendly and approachable, with a positive, proactive attitude.
Skills
- Production management
- Project planning
- Budget management
- Client liaison
- Creative collaboration
- Vendor and talent coordination
- Quality assurance
- Risk management
- Negotiation skills
- Problem-solving
- Multi-tasking
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Understanding of post-production processes
- Understanding of food photography industry
- Knowledge of production processes, equipment, and technology trends
- Understanding of remote production and digital technologies
Location
- London
- UK
Work Type
- Fixed term contract
- Smart Working (up to 40% from home)
- Option to work abroad for up to 90 days a year after 12 months
Experience Level
- Experience in a production role within a creative, advertising, or marketing agency
- Demonstrable track record of successfully managing and delivering a wide range of creative projects, especially in food packaging
- Solid experience and technical understanding of briefing and delivering post-production projects
Benefits
- 25 days' holiday + bank holidays
- A paid Wellbeing Day
- Flexible bank holidays
- Option to buy or carry over up to 5 extra days
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- 3 extra days for your wedding/honeymoon
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
- Corporate Medical Cash Plan
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
- Tax-efficient payroll giving
- Funding for professional qualifications
- Monthly Employee of the Month awards (£250 bonus)
- Referral bonuses of up to £1,500
- Regular Wellbeing Workshops
- 30+ Wellbeing Champions
- A paid Volunteer Day
- Online perks platform with discounts on top brands, days out, and gym memberships
About the Company
- ITG have a number of community groups available to employees and exist to offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other.
Equal Opportunity
- We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
- We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.
- At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.
