Creative Production Manager (Video)

Creative Production Manager (Video)

Onsite in Memphis, TN

12+ Months Contract

Key Responsibilities:

• This role will primarily focus on video production timelines.
• Planning, scheduling, vendor coordination, processing vendor paperwork and production oversight for projects developed by the creative + content teams, across all mediums.
• Provides endtoend support by developing, managing, and tracking work while coordinating across creative teams ( creative direction, design, writers, photography, video) marketing and other key stakeholders.
• Works closely with creative + content leads, internal operation teams, Strategic Sourcing, Legal and Finance teams as well as outside vendors to ensure cost efficiencies and timeliness.
• Skilled in creative project management, video and print production, purchasing/procurement software, competent in the use of workload/project management systems/ Microsoft Office applications.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of video, printing & graphic design industry, video and print production process, sourcing and quoting video and print production of marketing deliverables
• Experienced in managing high volume of work with tight deadlines and budgets
• Creative project management/creative work experience required
• Experience supporting creative teams (either agency or in-house teams)
• Spec management in terms of being able to speak the creative language to help translate from creative to production teams to vendors as needed
• Experience in video production workflows; This role will be helping to support video production. It's more about the timelines and coordination. Less about actually doing video work.In theory, a production manager assigned to a campaign would be able to handle all mediums (print, digital and video while this role leans more towards supporting production timelines)
• Knowledge ordinarily acquired through a bachelor s degree in video production, graphic design, advertising, or related field with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or equivalent work experience in advertising, marketing and/or printing agency

Tools and Technology

• Project management tools (Confluence, Jira, Smart sheet or similar platforms)
• Asset or workload management systems such as Adobe work front, Ziflow, DAM (digital asset management) systems
• Procurement systems such as Oracle a plus or any purchasing software
• Understanding and/or processing of legal contracts, working with legal and finance