Senior Producer, Creative Team
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Who we are
SoFi is a digital personal finance company whose mission is to help its members achieve financial independence to realize their ambitions, whether that be to buy a house one day, start a family on their own terms or be debt free. We aim to be at the center of our members’ financial lives, and to help every member Get Their Money Right®. By joining SoFi, you’ll become part of a forward-thinking company that is transforming financial services by embracing technology to build innovative loan products, investment tools, and more. One of the fastest growing fintech companies, we’ve grown from 250 employees in 2015 to over 1,500 employees today, and are well on our way to reaching over 2 million members. With offices across the US, we offer the excitement of a rapidly growing startup with the stability of a seasoned management team and some of the best talent around. As an employer, we strive to hire employees who are committed to both our company’s mission and our desire to build the best culture in the world. If you are driven, passionate about what you do, and excited about the SoFi mission, we would love to hear from you.
The role
SoFi’s is looking for an experienced pre- and post-production producer to manage and grow our in-house production studio, produce assets developed by our production studio and in-house creative agency, and project manage integrated campaigns that involve partnering with outside production partners.
This role requires a deep understanding of video and audio production and post production, as well as integrated agency project management. Types of production projects include:
- Live action and animated broadcast TV and video
- Social media content
- Webinars
- Event materials
- Employee engagement materials
- Still photography
- In-app and UI animations
- Visual Effects
- Voice over recording
- Audio mixing and layback
- Digital content for SoFI Stadium
As manager of our production studio, this role will include:
- Coordination of our production studio’s scheduling
- Helping to evaluate and build scalable hardware, software and resource solutions to fulfill current requirements and future opportunities
- Management and archive of production materials and agreements
- Working collaboratively with our cross functional partners to plan and prioritize marketing and advertising projects, and produce materials with our talented production team.
This role will also include project managing complex, integrated campaigns that require using production partners outside of our production studio. You'll manage schedules, budgets, goals, and solutions for project stakeholders and your teammates from concept through to delivery.
This role reports to our Senior Director of Creative Operations. As part of our internal creative studio and brand strategy teams, you’ll be involved in influential and exciting creative campaigns, work with an incredibly supportive team, and produce materials that help our members get their money right.
What you’ll do:
- Help to develop and manage start to finish production processes within our production studio
- Lead and handle communications and workflows, ensuring effective exchange of information and accurate asset delivery
- Navigate simultaneous project requests, prioritize resources appropriately, and help find a solution for associated challenges
- Evaluate projects and anticipate risks that may arise, develop solutions, and manage stakeholders expectations accordingly
- Produce, maintain and advocate for the highest quality of creative possible within the given production parameters
- Experience managing production coordinators, junior and mid-level producers
- Source, manage and negotiate with outside production vendors, and act as the supply relationship owner (SRO’s) per our legal team’s requirements
- Source and manage a stable of freelance and contractor partners in order to scale up, or provide specialized services based on project requirements
- Work with marketing partners to evaluate project briefs and strategy in order to approach each project as efficiently as possible
- Develop and maintain project schedules, workflows, and house projections within our project management software
- Build and maintain ample time for testing and iteration into all project plans
- Manage projects from request through to delivery, including scheduling, and attending creative reviews, and gaining approvals from all stakeholders including our legal and compliance teams
- Work closely with your project management partners in order to negotiate and plan on resourcing within our creative and production studios, and external vendors as needed
- Oversee daily production studio process, ensuring all partners are informed and part of process
- Catalogue, monitor and maintain our production studio hardware and software
What you’ll need:
- 7+ years of working experience acting as a producer in a production company, creative advertising agency or internal creative team with production capabilities
- Experience supervising project managers, producers or coordinators
- Demonstrable expertise in video/TV creation and production processes
- Experience producing multiple types of creative assets in various formats
- Production hardware and software savvy
- You have an established network of high quality creative, production, photography and freelance agency partners
- Experience handling multiple vendor relationships
- Experience leading creative reviews with production insights and suggestions that will help turn ideas into reality
- Demonstrate deep familiarity with project planning, effective resource management and solid production decisions, and their effect on both creative output and your cross functional partner’s requirements
- Excel at managing expectations and are able to identify and articulate alternative solutions when changes arise
- Ability to work comfortably in a very fast-paced, nimble environment
- Ability to be flexible with change, and work with people possessing widely diverse working and communication styles
- Experience working with legal and compliance teams
- Highly organized with a keen eye for detail
- Excellent time, prioritization, and project management skills
- Understanding of creative studio processes, with creative advertising agency experience
- Understand brand marketing and strategy
- Skilled in asset management
Nice to have:
- Experience in Fintech or Financial industry is a plus
- Both production company and advertising agency experience is preferred
- Proficiency in Workfront (and other project management tools) is a plus
- Working knowledge of Adobe Cloud Service software and other post production software a plus
Why you’ll love working here:
- Competitive salary packages and bonuses
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
- Generous vacation and holidays
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees
- 401(k) and education on retirement planning
- Tuition reimbursement on approved programs
- Monthly contribution up to $200 to help you pay off your student loans
- Great health & well-being benefits including: telehealth parental support, subsidized gym program
- Employer paid lunch program (except for remote employees)
- Fully stocked kitchen (snacks and drinks)
*These benefits are only applicable to full time employeesSoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.