Taking the time to develop deep, long-lasting relationships with our clients and fully engage in their businesses has stood us in good stead, often leading to our own organic growth, starting with one brand and gaining others from within a client’s group portfolio. So too have the lessons we’ve learned, the systems we’ve implemented, the structures we’ve developed and the culture we’ve created; all of which allow us to provide creative solutions for a wide variety of clients across many fields. The proof? Today, we’re almost 300-staff strong and still growing.
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Manage all aspects of production: briefing, costing, booking in of approvals, setting up work in progress meetings, final approvals, sending out purchase orders and finally reconning the job, all in a timeous and effective manner.
Maintain communication with necessary creative, client service & production teams to facilitate workflow
Must feel comfortable being client facing
Identifies potential legal issues and interfaces with Head of Production to resolve issues
Responsible for negotiation, generation and managing all aspects of schedules and budgets
Present production budgets and schedules and address production-related questions both internally and with the client
Source the best postproduction partners for each job if necessary
Build and maintain relationships with third party production suppliers
Negotiate competitive pricing/scheduling
Keep abreast of current industry and technological trends
Fosters innovative solutions
Ensures adherence to the highest industry standards
Accountable for maintaining relationships, client satisfaction and management of expectations while ensuring that the work is on strategy, on time and within budget and that projects are actualized, well documented, archived and closed
Ensure that all materials arrive at their destination on time, including final masters for trafficking
Cultivate strong relationships with all internal departments and industry partners
Provide general and admin support to the Head of Agency production
Must be able to run multiple projects: radio, animation, broadcast (shoot) and content productions
Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualification
8 or more years’ experience as a Broadcast Producer in an advertising agency, or production house
Knowledge of content & commercial postproduction and scheduling processes
Experience in managing television, digital content & postproduction timelines
Experience producing web content & mobile content will be advantageous
Strong understanding and knowledge of production process from conception and negotiation through traffic
Technical understanding of post-production, broadcast and digital deliverables
Understanding and negotiating music rights
Understanding on-camera renewals
Excellent presentation skills
Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
Impeccible admin skills
Strong client relationship building skills
Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently and within a team
Ability to remain calm in a high pressurized environment
Creative
Focused
Proactive and Solution driven
Energetic
Punctual
Meticulous with attention to detail
Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (overtime if and when required)
Willing to work on-site (from the Ninety9cents Cape Town office)
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