Producer, Integrated Production

Dentsu; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision & Dental

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k

PTO & holidays

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

Dentsu Creative in New York is seeking a Producer, Integrated Production to lead small and midsize projects and support larger, integrated campaigns. You’ll manage budgets, timelines, and production challenges with confidence, collaborating across art directors, copywriters, designers, and editors to elevate the creative.

You’ll determine feasibility within budget and schedule, mentor junior talent, build a trusted vendor roster, ensure SAG-AFTRA and rights clearances are in place, and deliver

Qualifications

• 3 years minimum agency or production experience.
• Experience producing small to midsize projects independently, including development of production specs and schedules.
• Experience assessing feasibility of creative projects and proposing production solutions that push the quality of work forward.

Responsibilities

• Lead small to midsize projects and support larger integrated productions.
• Assess feasibility within budget, timing, and scope.
• Collaborate with art directors, copywriters, designers, account management, project managers, creators, editors, and animators.
• Mentor junior talent and grow the production team.
• Build and curate a network of production partners and resources.
• Manage integrated productions under 500k and ensure overall quality of deliverables.
• Partner with Business Affairs on budgets, permits, releases, and rights clearances.
• Navigate SAG-AFTRA guidelines and payments for compliance.
• Keep meetings, notes, status reports, and deadlines moving smoothly.

Skills

Agency experience

Independent production

Budgeting & scheduling

Feasibility assessment

Job description

Job Description: Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, businesses and society. Established in June 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu’s Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer Integrated Growth Solutions. We’re on the hunt for a Producer, Integrated Production—someone who can take a great idea, elevate it, and launch it into the world without flinching at budgets, timelines, or the occasional curveball.

Reporting to an Executive Producer, you’ll lead small and midsized projects, while supporting large integrated projects with confidence and craft.

Champion the creative.

You’ll elevate the creative by finding versatile solutions to keep good ideas alive and make them even stronger as they evolve into fully realized projects.

Be the feasibility guru.

You’ll help determine what’s possible within the realities of budget, timing, and scope—and how to make it great anyway.

Team up across the agency.

You’ll collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of art directors, copywriters, designers, account management, project managers, creators, editors, and animators.

Mentor with heart.

You’ll guide junior talent and share your production wisdom to help the whole department level up.

Build a dream roster.

You’ll develop and curate a trusted network of partners and go-to resources for any kind of production challenge.

Run integrated productions (<500k)

You’ll engage with multi-discipline teams, vendor procurement and management, and ensure overall quality of work of deliverables and workstreams.

Partner with Business Affairs.

You’ll work hand-in-hand with BA from concept to delivery. You understand AICP and AICE bid formats and can evaluate for accuracy. You know when to secure permits, releases, usage terms, and other rights clearances. You’ll track and actualize production budgets.

Navigate SAG-AFTRA.

You’ll apply basic knowledge of talent guidelines, usage terms, and payments to keep everything compliant and smooth.

Keep everything moving.

Meetings, notes, status reports, task lists, deadline tracking—you’ll be the organizational backbone. Internally and externally, you’ll make sure everyone knows what’s happening, why, and what comes next.

See around corners.

You’ll anticipate a project’s trajectory and put strategic plans in place—not just reacting, but steering.

Wrap it smart.

You’ll lead post-project summaries and share learnings that help make the next job even better.

Qualifications

• 3 years minimum agency or production experience
• Demonstrated experience producing small to midsize projects independently, including development of production specs and schedules, leading projects from pre-production through final delivery
• Experience assessing feasibility of creative projects and proposing production solutions that push the quality of work forward
• Endlessly curious, production-obsessed, and always chasing clever solutions

This is a hybrid role, requiring 3 days per week in the office. Candidates must reside in New York City.

The annual salary range for this position is $62,100 - $90,000 annually. We base placement within the salary range on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 15 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick and safe leave
• Paid parental leave

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including providing time off according to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, following its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

Location: New York

Brand: Dentsu Creative

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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About dentsu

For over 120 years, innovation has been a core tenet of our offering – exploring new ways to reach, engage and nurture relationships with audiences. Together we drive a multiplier effect for clients at a global scale, through the development of Integrated Growth Solutions that are underpinned by our promise to clients: innovating to impact.

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