Company Description

Prodigious London is an award-winning production studio, part of a globally connected company with 3500 production experts across 40 countries worldwide. We are proud makers and we make amazing stuff – from CG animation to DOOH, to print and live action TVCs. We work closely and collaboratively with our agency partners and our direct clients.

Our mission is to deliver excellence in craft with innovative problem solving at our core.

‘We make ideas happen’ and we do this whilst caring relentlessly about our work, people and future.

We care about our work: craft, creativity, ambition
We care about our people: support, trust, playfulness
We care about our future: innovation, growth, sustainability

Job Description

PDQ is Prodigious’ small but impressive social-first, content-driven team – made up of self shooter directors, producers and content makers - creating impactful, agile, topical, reactive work.

This role is an exciting opportunity within PDQ to produce online and social content for agencies for the Groupe, including Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi and Boomerang, as well as direct to client. We are looking for a creative social content producer who is a strong multitasker who is equally comfortable on set as they are in the office managing budgets & schedules.

Responsibilities

• Execute video and photography projects from concept through to delivery, owning the creative briefing, budget and schedule, managing and coordinating day-to-day producing activities for social content assets for clients
• Manage a production cycle between internal teams, freelance crews and external agencies across multiple projects, handle any day-to-day queries and troubleshoot any production and post production issues, while providing regular updates on projects’ progress
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time, on budget, and that all deliverables are fit for purpose - working with creatives to deliver ideas that meet the needs of the client brief and budget
• Produce a variety of smart and agile projects, from single shooter productions to mid size content with APA crew

Core experience and skills

• Producer with 3+ years experience
• Experience producing online/ social first projects at a production company/ agency, taking projects from brief to delivery
• Excellent understanding of the various social content platforms and their unique offerings, and best practise for social content asset creation and delivery, for brands and beyond
• Strong attention to detail and quality control, with an ability to multi-task projects, priorities, schedules, and deliverables
• Excellent project and time management skills, quick to learn and accommodate rapid change and ambiguity across multiple work streams. Experience using project/process management tools
• Experience bidding jobs, and of managing budgets from £10K up to £250k+
• Experience in creating presentations via the Google suite for client & agency

Key attributes

• A true hunger for all things social, digital and creative, with a deep interest in new platforms and technological innovations across the social media landscape
• A desire to embrace and help shape non-traditional production processes
• Creative sensibilities, aligning on and protecting what good looks like
• Good connections - awareness of up-and-coming talent
• A willingness to travel and work in the office (flexible working approach)
• Confident communicator with clients, directors, crew & suppliers
• Strong client management skills
• An understanding of APA terms and industry regulations
• Excellent crew/supplier knowledge & contract negotiation skills
• Good problem solver, with ability to find & offer solutions to both budget & time constraints
• Comfortable on set in other roles; eg managing shoot schedule as 1st AD, or assisting with props/wardrobe – you must be happy to wear many hats

Nice-to-have attributes

• Experience of projects utilising automisation/localisation tools
• Experience and/or knowledge of working within or directly for advertising agencies
• General knowledge of the Adobe suite (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop and inDesign) to aid general production workflow - for likes of treatments, presentations & casting selects.

Additional Information

Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Prodigious London. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group – whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn’t just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process.  If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.

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