Description
CREATIVE PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Overview:
The Creative Production Director will be responsible for the smooth running of a large number of projects and activations within the agency. They will be the light guiding the team towards the project’s success and ensure the client is always up to date and satisfied. Success in this role means creative flair, effective team management, the ability to inspire others, being able to approach briefs with a creative yet commercial mindset and spotting logistical issues ahead of time with strong and actionable solutions.
Who You’ll Be Working With:
Internal: CPD will lead on day-to-day management of their direct reporting Jr staff within the team, being accountable for their performance and providing them with learning and development opportunities.
External: Various client teams, including senior level clients and directors (CPD may often need to lead on meetings with support from wider team). Suppliers who need specialist and experienced knowledge and who are integral to activation success such as set build, lighting, tech, stylists etc.
Line manager: CPD will report into the senior leadership team.
Whats Expected:
Your duties are included but not limited to the below:
Project Management
- Leading and producing large-scale projects and activations within the agency – includes full development of creative projects from initial idea through to reality.
- Effectively work cross-functionally and build relationships with different H+S departments, to reach client goals for each project.
- Leading and inspiring the team to ensure projects are delivered successfully on time and on budget from pitch to wrap stage.
- Ensuring consistency & quality of projects and improving efficiencies within the team.
- Creating ways of working for the project team to make sure timings and deadlines don’t get missed or truncated.
- Signing off project timelines, proposals, budgets for your direct team – includes scoping out commercial viability of live jobs once signed off.
- Managing sharing client facing budgets/quotes – includes internal budget management P&L updates.
- Contracting negotiation with 3rd parties – includes management SOW.
- On-site event delivery – UK overseas. Sometimes working weekends evenings as required.
- Post event evaluation all projects (lead by producer) – working out areas improvement collating reports actioning any feedback.
- Making senior decisions on client accounts company’s best interests future business objectives mind.
- Making sure all projects wrapped reconciled – includes internal external wrap meetings client gifting website creds copy.
- Making sure all tracking receipts filed captured correct ways time.
Client Management
- Lead client contact day-to-day level particularly senior clients ensuring communication right level throughout good mix calls f2f meetings develop good relationships run onboarding coincides retention strategy pro actively pitch new ideas top clients feed into ways build improve retention plan create roadmaps future planning identify opportunities growth revenue generation.
Team Management
- Managing teams’ workload; ensuring evenly distributed chance take challenges supported supervising relevant workflow management CRM/Asana/Timesheets supervising communication throughout ensuring good mix emails calls f2f meetings develop relationships line managing feeding goal setting appraisals training development expert training coaching needed across; project management deck writing budgeting jargon best ways working tips tricks go ensuring consistency quality improving efficiencies steering book culture activities bonding learning ops managing invoices payment jobs.
Supplier Management
- Ultimate management suppliers jobs including cost negotiations making we get 3 quotes possible sending chasing invoices making submitted payment time speaking RAMs insurance suppliers jobs require specific consultation.
Marketing Lead Generation
- Making staff social accounts post when they go jobs own work marketing creative brand experiences design teams during RFP process assist building experiential related presentations clients working wider new business tenders successfully deliver pitches looking working external marketing opportunities business entrepreneurial spirit.
Wider Business Responsibilities
- Having huge input company culture way work create general day atmosphere aspirations involved resourcing including interviewing recruits managing freelance making recommendations full-time might need recruited Studio Manager snr leadership identifying opportunities systems simply speed way do things leaving more focus creating great events ensuring annual profit targets met close management teams suppliers budgets passionate pushing innovation creative brand solutions way organically drives business proposing pushing sustainable responsible options supporting Leadership Team day running studio environment storage management performance role come guiding towards outstanding pushing limits doing something different quality produced inc sustainability use materials appropriate cash saving money allowing enough gain quality freedom require account creating joyful stress-free experience ensure repeat business.
Contact Information:
Please get in touch with me, Ben McKenna-Smith if this position sounds of interest. I am a consultant at mustard with a specialist approach to creative recruitment.
For more info on this role or chat about other options call me on 01174200015 or office 0117 929 6060. You can also email me at [email protected] More roles can be found at jobs.mustardjobs.co.uk other snippets www.mustardjobs.co.uk don't forget we are recruitment agency not end hirer mustard is creative recruitment consultancy committed fostering inclusive diverse workplace encourage individuals backgrounds experiences perspectives apply our process free discrimination bias welcome opportunity work you if you require accommodations during application process please let us know appreciate unique skills experiences each candidate brings dedicated creating environment everyone feels valued respected."