Executive Vice President, Executive Producer

Edelman; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

Paid time off

Travel assistance

Wellness programing

Job summary

Edelman is seeking an EVP, Executive Producer to lead production across departments and global client accounts, elevating creative and refining processes. You will bridge disciplines, coach teams, and ensure flawless execution while shaping work with empathetic leadership.

You’ll drive cross-functional partnerships, cultivate diversity in production, and push for best-in-class ideas. Expect high-level oversight and strategic influence.

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ production experience at a creative agency, marketing/comms, production company.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Leadership and management experience at a creative agency.
• Expert budgeting, ballparking, and production planning for productions ranging from complicated experiential executions to table-top photo.
• Strong track record in building client relationships.
• Works seamlessly across agency functions, partner agencies, and vendors.
• Identifies high potential, creative ideas - fights for them and builds them.

Responsibilities

• Lead production departments and manage projects across internal teams and client accounts.
• Cultivate a diverse, equal and inclusive culture within production.
• Build critical relationships and uphold the agency’s reputation for excellence.
• Improve production processes and advocate for production’s role in client teams.
• Drive innovation and industry leadership through production learnings.
• Support the best creative ideas and create an environment for their realization.
• Guide clients, Creative, and Account through production from concept to delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Client relationships

Production processes

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging. Consistent with this approach, we hire the best qualified candidates.

EVP, Executive Producer represents a master of craft within the industry and has proven ability to manage production departments and /or global client accounts, across all production disciplines with focus on elevating creative, refining and improving process, and acting as the bridge amongst inner departmental relations. The EVP offers guidance and production leadership to the Executive Producers within the designated group and is supportive to the greater production team. This role works in partnership with the lead Creative and the lead Account Manager per business. The EVP is brought in for escalation at any point that agency or production department feels high level production oversight is needed. And is comfortable taking an active role in shaping the work while insuring flawless execution and delivery. At the EVP level, you are a master of empathetic leadership and conflict management.

Responsibilities

• Accountable to play a leadership role in contributing to the culture of the Production Department as well as initiating opportunities to educate and inspire both their teams and those around them.
• Responsible for leading our efforts in cultivating a diverse, equal and inclusive culture of production within our work.
• Responsible for building critical relationships and maintaining the agency’s reputation and standard of excellence with the internal and external production industry.
• Improve production process and weighs in on production’s function within the agency at large supporting the belief that production should have a seat at the table amongst every client team in need of production.
• Drives innovation to build production learnings that can solidify the Client's presence as an industry leader.
• Works to pursue the of best creative ideas and creates an environment supportive of the best creative.
• Expert in Experiential and Content Production; able to lead teams and guide clients, Creative, Account through production process.

Requirements

• 15+ years’ production experience at a creative agency, marketing/comms, production company.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Leadership and management experience at a creative agency.
• Expert budgeting, ballparking, and production planning for productions ranging from complicated experiential executions to table-top photo. Knows how to scale projects and express the importance of proper timing and budgeting to internal agency partners.
• Strong track record in building client relationships.
• Works seamlessly across agency functions, partner agencies, and vendors.
• Identifies high potential, creative ideas - fights for them and builds them.

$200,000 - $275,000 annually

An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.

DJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.

DJEH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek applications from all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation in any part of the employment process, please let us know.