Producer

UNAVAILABLE; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Colle McVoy seeks a Producer to manage select agency and client marketing projects across print, digital, broadcast, social, websites, and events. You will collaborate with cross-discipline teams, create timelines, and track progress from kickoff to delivery, while coordinating with senior staff to keep scope and budget in check.

The role requires 2+ years in associate producer or producer roles within a creative agency, with remote work allowed in the U.S. and occasional MN travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience writing Scope of Work
• Ability to build estimates informing scope of work
• Experience managing budgets and scopes
• Ability to develop and own project timelines
• Experience integrating AI technologies into workflows

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Creative, Account, Strategy, and Business Affairs to contribute to strategic and creative discussions
• Create project timelines with deadlines and phases; track progress
• Provide weekly/daily status updates across teams and clients
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings and communicate next steps
• Identify and resolve project issues and risks
• Prepare accurate agency fee and out-of-pocket cost estimates and ensure scopes match the estimates
• Forecast resources for projects and coordinate with Senior Project Manager and Resource Management
• Engage with third-party vendors and manage vendor work to ensure quality
• Monitor budget scope creep and flag milestones at risk
• Build relationships across departments to support project delivery
• Assist Creative in elevating work while adhering to schedule and budget
• Present to clients throughout the project lifecycle
• Integrate emerging AI technologies into daily workflows

Skills

Scope of Work writing

Accurate estimates

Budget management

Timeline development

AI in workflows

Job description

Colle McVoy

Colle McVoy is a full-service, certified B Corp agency building enduring relationships between forward-thinking brands and people. For more than 90 years, we've reinvented ourselves to meet the changing needs of brands and the people they serve. We believe the strongest ideas begin with a deep understanding of people, creating ideas that build brands, influence decisions and move culture.

Recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company, Adweek Midsize Agency of the Year, Ad Age A-List honoree, SABRE Disruptive Agency of the Year and a Best Place to Work for 15 consecutive years, Colle McVoy brings together the right people, perspectives and expertise to solve modern business challenges. Our connected capabilities span brand and influencer strategy, design, experiential, social, content, media and earned creative/PR.

As part of DonerColle Partners, a strategic alliance with Doner, Colle McVoy extends its connected capabilities through expanded strategy, creative, media, production and AI-powered innovation to help brands win between the coasts.

Job Overview

As a Producer at Colle McVoy, you willbe responsible forworking on select agency and client marketing projects by collaborating with cross-discipline teams that consist of internal teams, externalpartnersand clients. Projects encompass advertising and marketing efforts with a clear beginning and end that result in deliverables including branded print collateral, digital banner ads,broadcast video,social media video and still assets, radio ads, websites and landing pages, and branded events.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Creative, Account, Strategy, and Business Affairs throughout the course of the project, contributing to both strategic and creative discussions
• Create project timelines with deadlines and phases based on deliverables; proactively documenting and tracking projects to ensure work stays on schedule
• Communicate consistent project status updates across department teams for weekly and/or daily internal and client status meetings
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings and communicate next steps to the team, while staying up-to-date on clients’ priorities and being responsive to multiple client and agency projects simultaneously
• Proactively identity and navigate any problems that may arise and provide resolutions
• Create accurate estimates for agency fee and out-of-pocket costs for projects; reviewing scopes of work for projects to ensure they are a 1-to-1 with the estimate; following the estimating and scoping process to ensure accurate scopes and estimates are achieved in partnership with a Senior Project Manager and Executive Producer and SVP Integrated Production
• Forecast resources for day-to-day projects and partner with your Senior Project Manager and/or resource management director to secure resources for the lifecycle of client and agency projects by maintaining accurate timelines within Workfront
• Identify, bid, and negotiate with third-party vendors and suppliers
• Evaluate and manage third-party vendor work to guarantee the overall quality of work and ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget
• Monitor and flag budget scope creep; keeping projects on pace from a project milestone perspective and flagging in real-time when milestones are at risk of being missed
• Build relationships with agency discipline leads including Account, Strategy, Media, Creative, Studio, Production, and Finance for support of projects; working within the agency workflow process, knowing when to bring in the right people and resources to get the project completed
• Become a trusted partner to Creative by helping to elevate the work, while staying within the realities of schedule and budget
• Be capable and comfortable presenting to and interacting with clients throughout the life cycle of a project
• Integrate emerging AI technologies into daily workflows to support innovation, automation, and operational excellence

Required Skills

One year experience in:

• Scope of Work writing
• Building accurate estimates to inform scope of work
• Managing to budgets and scopes
• Developing and owning project timelines
• Integrate emerging AI technologies into daily workflows to support innovation, automation, and operational excellence

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as an associate producer, producer, or related project management experience in a creative agency environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Remote work allowed within the U.S.
• Quarterly travel to MN corporate office as needed for business

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of time sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able tolift upto 15 pounds at a time

At the time of posting, the base salary for this position ranges from $70,000to $80,000Compensation will bedeterminedbased on a variety of factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness options, agencyperks, and the flexibility of a hybrid work environment.

About Colle Mcvoy

Colle McVoy is a full-service, certified B Corp agency building enduring relationships between forward-thinking brands and people. For more than 90 years, we've evolved alongside the brands and people we serve. We believe the strongest ideas begin with a deep understanding of people, creating work that builds brands, influences decisions and moves culture.

Recognized as an Adweek Agency of the Year, Ad Age A-List Standout Agency and a Fast Company Most Innovative Company, we partner with iconic brands including 3M, Dairy Queen, McCormick & Company, Perdue Farms, Revlon, Target, U.S. Bank and more. Our connected capabilities bring together strategy, creative, design, experiential, social, content, media and earned creative/PR.

As part of DonerColle Partners, a strategic alliance with Doner, we extend those capabilities through expanded production, AI-powered innovation and integrated expertise to help brands win between the coasts. For more information, visit collemcvoy.com and donercolle.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.