Senior Producer

Tombras; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly environment

Dog-friendly offices

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Medical insurance

Internal promotions

Job summary

Tombras is seeking a Senior Producer to lead productions across video, digital, social, experiential, and stills. You’ll manage budgets, negotiate with vendors, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while preserving creative vision.

You’ll collaborate with creative and account teams, develop production plans, and cultivate relationships with production partners and freelance talent. This role offers a dynamic, fast-paced agency environment with opportunities to work across multiple formats and

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of advertising production experience.
• Extensive experience producing traditional commercials, branded content, digital campaigns, activations, and integrated productions.
• Strong understanding of production across live action, photography, animation, VFX, post-production, audio, experiential, digital, and social content.
• Proven leadership managing large, complex productions.
• Industry relationships across production partners and vendors.
• Expertise in budgeting, negotiations, scheduling, and production operations.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced agency environment.
• Kind and positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Lead productions from concept development through final delivery.
• Work on multiple concurrent productions.
• Have strong relationships with production partners.
• Have strong relationships with freelance talent, directors, editors, etc.
• Ensure projects are executed on time and on budget while protecting the creative vision.
• Anticipate production challenges and proactively develop solutions.
• Collaborate with Creative and Account teams during concept development.
• Advise on production feasibility & ballpark costs to shape ideas that can be executed within timing and budget.
• Push craft both hi-fi and low-fi.
• Aggressive in learning and being at the forefront of new technologies and production methodologies.
• Open and excited about doing productions of all sizes and mediums: video, stills, activations, digital, etc.
• Oversee production budgets ranging from small digital content to large-scale HiFi productions.
• Highly capable in creating production estimates and budgets.
• Adept at understanding both union & nonunion talent.
• Strong at negotiating production costs with vendors and production partners.
• Ensure financial accountability throughout every stage of production.
• Able to get creative with cost-saving while keeping the creative quality.
• Approve vendor estimates, change orders, and final billing.
• Passionate about finding new production talent.
• Serve as the senior production representative in client meetings.
• Able to run meetings and present production plans and recommendations.
• Build client relationships and confidence.
• Manage expectations regarding timing, scope, and budget.
• Lead in production presentations and pre-production meetings.
• Able to Identify production risks early and partnering with Business Affairs on contracts, licensing, talent, insurance, and legal considerations.
• Protect agency and client interests throughout production.

Skills

Budgeting

Negotiations

Scheduling

Production ops

Leadership

Client relationships

Vendor relations

Live action

Photography

Animation

VFX

Post-production

Storytelling

Communication

Multitasking

Job description

Tombras, a 600+ person, full-service, national advertising agency with a digital mindset, is seeking a Senior Producer that can lead productions across video, digital, social, experiential, stills, etc. Someone who has a strong relationship with production partners and freelance talent, a creative thinker, very good at budgeting and negotiating, creating and maintaining complex production, entrepreneurial in spirit, and able to jump in and wear a bunch of different hats.

You’ll be joining one of the top independent agencies in North America.Connecting Data & Creativity for Business Results® is working for our clients and creating a flywheel affect fueling both client and agency growth.You’ll be a part of a highly creative agency that has been recognized by AdAge, Adweek, Communication Arts, Fast Company, Forbes and Fortune. Tombras was recently named 2025 AdAge Agency of the year and 2024 AdAge Independent Agency of the Year.

Where you'll be working:

What you'll be doing:

• Lead productions from concept development through final delivery
• Work on multiple concurrent productions
• Have strong relationships with production partners
• Have strong relationships with freelance talent, directors, editors, etc.
• Ensure projects are executed on time and on budget while protecting the creative vision
• Anticipate production challenges and proactively develop solutions
• Collaborate with Creative and Account teams during concept development.
• Advise on production feasibility & ballpark costs to shape ideas that can be executed within timing and budget
• Push craft both hi-fi and low-fi
• Aggressive in learning and being at the forefront of new technologies and production methodologies
• Open and excited about doing productions of all sizes and mediums: video, stills, activations, digital, etc.
• Oversee production budgets ranging from small digital content to large-scale HiFi productions
• Highly capable in creating production estimates and budgets
• Adept at understanding both union & nonunion talent
• Strong at negotiating production costs with vendors and production partners
• Ensure financial accountability throughout every stage of production
• Able to get creative with cost-saving while keeping the creative quality
• Approve vendor estimates, change orders, and final billing
• Passionate about finding new production talent
• Serve as the senior production representative in client meetings
• Able to run meetings and present production plans and recommendations
• Build client relationships and confidence
• Manage expectations regarding timing, scope, and budget
• Lead in production presentations and pre-production meetings
• Able to Identify production risks early and partnering with Business Affairs on contracts, licensing, talent, insurance, and legal considerations
• Protect agency and client interests throughout production

What you bring:

• 10–15+ years of advertising production experience
• Extensive experience producing traditional commercials, branded content, digital campaigns, activations, and integrated productions
• Strong understanding of production across live action, photography, animation, VFX, post-production, audio, experiential, digital, and social content
• Proven leadership managing large, complex productions
• Industry relationships across production partners and vendors
• Expertise in budgeting, negotiations, scheduling, and production operations
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced agency environment
• Kind and positive attitude

Why you'll want to work at Tombras:

• Family - It comes first, on every list.Tombras has been family‑run since day one. We strive to facilitate a family‑oriented environment rooted in supporting one another.
• Dog‑friendly offices
• Flexible PTO
• Generous parental leave for primary and non‑primary caregivers
• Medical (PPO or High Deductible option) for employee + dependents
• A company culture of promotions from within and an atmosphere allowing for varied and rapid career development.

Tombras is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

Tombras is an E‑Verify employer and participates in the E‑Verify program.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Job may require traveling overnight, driving long distances as required and sitting for extended periods of time with occasional walking and standing and occasionally lifting or carrying articles weighing less than 10 pounds.