Producer - Experiential Marketing Agency

Job PurposeAs a Producer you will play an important role in implementing our clients’ objectives. Working in collaboration with colleagues in the Strategy & Planning, Creative and Digital disciplines, you will strive to deliver your project on time, on budget and on brief, every time.You will play an integral part in championing your area of Integrated Production expertise within the business, in addition to providing excellent service to our clients, ensuring commercial success for GPJ and the continued growth and development of your competency across the agency’s Integrated Production team.Key ResponsibilitiesOperational DeliveryManagement of projects, or project areas, leading teams to deliver based on skill and experience for the clientResponsibility for the creation and ongoing management of project timelines and plans to ensure programmes are on track, providing regular status updates to the Project LeadDevelopment and management of budgets, including post event reconciliationManagement of key suppliers, ensuring delivery of their project area is delivered within budget and to a quality in line with client and GPJ expectationsBriefing creative and strategy teams on project requirements and ensuring that the output from these teams falls within overall project timelineAccountability for the quality of projects delivered within your remit, including the provision of operational expertise to the client as requiredCreativeSupport the project cycle to ensure the creative and innovative ideas fulfil the client briefDemonstrate a strong understanding of the creative process, recognising the importance of the strategic objectives and ensuring they drive the overall outputAttend key meetings to provide input / expertise related to production elements within your remitDrive cross-agency collaboration to ensure an aligned approach for meeting client objectivesTalent ManagementUnderstand and be able to communicate knowledge of the skill sets and abilities across the Integrated Production departmentDemonstrate leadership attributes by supporting positive change, managing your workload, and striving for best practiceAbility to clearly communicate performance expectations to direct reports and line managersAbility to nurture, grow and develop a teamDrive, support and champion learning and development where agreed and necessaryClient RelationshipsProviding key project updates to clients via a mixture of different channelsPartner with the Executive Producers to provide counsel on deliverables, managing client expectations accordinglyCollaborate with Executive Producers to ensure we successfully meet the clients’ objectives and deliver great resultsNew Business DevelopmentSupport the pitch lead by managing all Integrated Production elements of the pitch processResponsible for providing timely, accurate support on RFP responses including budgeting and supplier liaisonAttend and present pitch presentations when requiredActively promote GPJ through best practiceFinanceAccountable for profitability all project deliverables within your remitEnsure projects are consistently on brief, on time and on budgetResponsible for obtaining, reviewing and responding to vendor quotes, ensuring we are working with best in class partners and vendors, with regular negotiations to drive value, profitability and efficiencyAccountable for PO creation / distributionSupport the Executive Producer with the timely and accurate management of budget reconciliations (often across multiple currencies)Validate vendor invoices and managing change orders (including notifying the project lead)About youYou have the ability to articulate a clear vision of project success, in order to gain the confidence of a client audienceYou demonstrate a calm and positive attitudeYou’re adaptable and open to unexpected requests and ways of working (priorities and requirements can frequently change in an agency)You are always willing to help other people within the project, across departmentsYou’re curious and eager to learn about the industry, clients’ business, tech solutionsYou are solutions focused/ creative problem solver – presenting solutions to roadblocks in order to move forwardA challenger – you’re always looking to improve work rather than, ‘we’ve always done it like this’!You are persistent and patient – persistence to follow up with stakeholders and clients but demonstrating empathy in understanding agency and client partners’ workloadYou’re truly passionate about planning and delivering a best-in-class eventYou’re decisive, with the ability to make several decisions at once, and quicklyYou demonstrate leadership attributes by supporting change, managing workload and driving best practiceYour Background, Skills & ExperienceExperience of managing complex project/sExperience in developing budgets and timelinesExperience of working within a large project team, ability to lead on a particular workstreamExperience in conference, exhibitions and digital eventsExperience of responding and delivering to clients with digital, social media or tech solutionsStrong presentation skillsExperience in, and knowledge of, live event production allowing you to take the role of project lead across a number of our mid-to-large scale deliveriesStrong understanding of financial softwareBe aware of scammers:Any request to schedule an interview and any offer of employment will only come from an authorised representative of George P. Johnson with the email address handle “@gpj.com”. We will never require an applicant to provide credit card or banking information to cover any costs whatsoever associated with an application.