Assistant Producer: Creative Production & Collaboration

Edelman; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Edelman is seeking an Assistant Producer in Chicago to support integrated production across internal agency initiatives and client work. You will collaborate with the EP, production studio, creatives, and the integrated production team on scale projects.

Ideal candidates bring 1–3 years of producing experience and a passion for creative ideation, strong communication, and organizational skills. This role offers a salary range of $50,000–$70,000 per year with standard benefits.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience producing video, audio, experiences, or post for agency or production company.
• Passion for makers including directors, influencers, editors, and designers with an appetite to increase your maker/production company database.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, negotiating, decision-making and conflict resolution skills.
• Supremely detail oriented with the capacity to multi-task and handle priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid understanding of project management methodology including the ability to develop calendars, status reports etc.

Responsibilities

• Completes tasks asked of them, in support of producers leading the production.
• Organize director reels, photographer links as requested by lead producer.
• Constantly show ambition and enthusiasm with the work, assist with all productions and tasks of production when asked by a producer.
• Note taking in meetings, sharing out comms, active engagement required.
• Provide quality control of decks and communications that are outward facing.
• Become proficient in the production tools: building a calendar, a budget (i.e. production caveats and assumptions). Learn the production language.
• Lead communication between creatives, production partner vendors, and internal studio on projects you are overseeing.
• Coordinate meetings, production notes, hot sheets, status reports, task lists, tracking against production deadlines and milestones.
• Coordinate/communicate with account team to manage workflow and approvals.
• Learn the basic foundations of production, engage in the craft of all things production including film, commercials, social and experiential productions.
• Assist in helping to identify and manage appropriate external vendors including production companies, and freelance talent while building partner knowledge and relationships.
• Organize and document post-project summary meetings.
• Work closely with Senior Producers and EPs to assist on all scale projects.
• Research new production partners and production practices to share with your production team.

Skills

Video production

Project management

Communication skills

Negotiation

Detail oriented

Job description

Edelman is seeking an Assistant Producer in Chicago to support integrated production across internal agency initiatives and client work. You will collaborate with the EP, production studio, creatives, and the integrated production team on scale projects.

Ideal candidates bring 1–3 years of producing experience and a passion for creative ideation, strong communication, and organizational skills. This role offers a salary range of $50,000–$70,000 per year with standard benefits.