Senior Producer-Video

Hudson Rouge; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established agency is seeking a Senior Producer to elevate creative projects in the luxury sector. This dynamic role involves managing production from concept to delivery, ensuring projects meet high standards of quality and craftsmanship. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in luxury and automotive production, showcasing their ability to handle multiple projects while maintaining strong relationships with clients and teams. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where creativity thrives and every team member is valued for their contributions.

Benefits

Competitive Benefits Package

Inclusive Work Environment

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in luxury and automotive production is essential.
• Strong planning and organizational skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope, schedules, and deliverables effectively.
• Facilitate communication between agency, clients, and production partners.

Skills

Project Management

Creative Production

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Industry Trends Awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

7-10 years of experience

Tools

Production Management Software

Budgeting Tools

Job description

Hudson Rouge (a VML company) is a luxury boutique marketing and communications agency that works solely on luxury brands and is the exclusive agency of record for the Lincoln Automotive business across all channels. We combine brand strategy, media strategy, activation, digital, social, earned media, production and analytics to provide exquisitely crafted creativity. We are a small group of people spread across several offices - New York, Detroit, Shanghai, Toronto, and Mexico City - and we care for each other as much as we care for our clients. We are an agency that prides itself on doing the un-usual, and we also look for unusual talent: people who are excited about doing their best work and want to grow with us. We are an agency that prides itself on the highest levels of craft and concept.

WHO IS HUDSON ROUGE?

Hudson Rouge is an integrated luxury boutique marketing and communications agency within WPP, and is the exclusive agency of record for the Lincoln automotive business across all channels. We combine brand strategy, media strategy, activation, digital, social, earned media, production, and analytics to provide exquisitely crafted creativity. We are a small group of people, spread across several offices; New York, Detroit, Shanghai, Toronto, Mexico City, and we care for each other as much as we care for our client. We are an agency that prides itself on creating desire for luxury brands that goes beyond reason, and we look for uniquely talented people who are excited about doing their best work and want to grow with us.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Senior Producer

Could this be you?

The Senior Producer will be a creative production, critical thinker, elevating each project regardless of scale. The Senior Producer will contribute to the maintenance and growth of strong team/client/agency relationships, producing work that is distinct, consistent and honors the level of style and craftsmanship that goes into every touchpoint that makes up our brands.

The ideal candidate for this position will have ambitions that push the production and technological limits on all projects and be experienced across integrated platforms, able to deliver on time, in budget and to the highest level of creative standards. The Senior Producer is responsible for leading the development of each project and ensuring they are completed on time, within budget.

The Senior Producer will require exceptional planning and organizational skills in order to manage the agency, client and vendor relationships and responsibilities during production. The Senior Producer will liaise between the agency and suppliers, maintaining fair process and channeling clear, positive communication in order to deliver our product successfully.

The Senior Producer will plan, schedule and control project production objectives, while adhering to client, agency and industry standards. The Senior Producer is responsible on set for facilitating all communication between the agency, client and production partners.

The Sr Producer will have 7-10 years experience, and some working production knowledge in luxury and automotive.

The Sr Producer reports into the Head of Production on all projects.

In this role you will be ...

• Responsible for excellence in all day-to-day including scoping and ballparking creative concepts, breaking down scripts, building detailed project schedules, managing project scope, researching and securing the best production resources, quality controlling all deliverables, maintaining project documentation and communication with project teams through final delivery.
• Able to contribute to the elevation of the creative product through actively participating with the team.
• Supportive, inspire, and educate on production opportunities that apply to each project.
• Aware of top industry trends, techniques, directors, cinematographers, GCI, AI, and new technologies in an effort to elevate the creative product.
• Responsible for building critical relationships and maintaining the agency's reputation and standard of excellence within the production industry, and maintain an active knowledge of cross-discipline external partners.
• Able to manage multiple, often concurrent projects.
• Trusted to lead workload independently, and manage up to the Head of Production or EP when needed or appropriate.
• Able to utilize industry expertise to select and negotiate with the appropriately based on creative/scope/budget/timeline and identify which partner is best suited to execute the creative vision.
• Knowledgeable of compliance and client legal guidelines.
• Able to leverage valuable experience to proactively predict issues and guide the team away from avoidable challenges during all stages of production.
• Responsible for supporting and participating in efforts to cultivate a diverse, equal and inclusive culture of production within our work.
• Communicating proactively with Creative, Account Services, Business Affairs, Talent Affairs, on all aspects of the production including milestones, deliverables in order to keep the production process flowing smoothly.
• Able to serve as a client-facing member of the team, able to articulate all aspects of production plans with varying levels of knowledge.
• Able to explain talent language and costs to both Agency and Client, while also staying on top of the latest talent/union information from SAG.
• A partner working closely with the Business Affairs Manager to compile final estimates and final actualizations. Wrap out efficiently at the end of each project.

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.

75,000-$180,000 USD

At VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization-creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers-who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction.

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