The Role
Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.
We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.
We are seeking a VP, Executive Producer to lead and execute content, video, and experiential productions across various programs, including social, influencer, and events. This role is for an innovative, detail-oriented, and energetic production leader. If you like team collaboration, creative integration with strategy and channel insights, fast-paced planning, and being in lockstep with technology clients, this is the role for you.
Who are you?
You love the excitement of the agency content and experiential production process: collaborating, creating planning and timeline documentation, estimating and tracking budgets, and providing great creative and client service on set and through final delivery. You represent production’s best practices and manage risk, all while being innovative, flexible, and proactive so that nothing falls through the cracks. You love people, relationship building, communication, and being in a fast-paced work environment—and you thrive on integrating with some of our industry’s brightest leaders in social media and AI.
You will be responsible forleading and managing creative productions with a focus on content and experiential. Together with the SVP, Production Lead, and the Head of Client Delivery, you will be innovating on production processes and elevating best practices for quick turn production opportunities.
During creative ideation, you’ll consult on production planning, feasibility, and proactively map to timing and budget. You’ll develop, own, and track timing and budget inputs into overarching project management frameworks.
You’ll be the main point of contact from pre-production through onsite production, post-production, and final delivery for multiple projects, efficiently using tools and trackers to manage production workflow, and acting as an agile and proactive partner across project management, creative, production delivery specialists, as well as clients during key production milestones.
Responsibilities
- Partner with creative, project management, and account leads to inform, scope, and execute productions end to end, at the highest quality.
- Prepare and customize production budgets, schedules, and other planning documentation for content shoots, experiential productions, and other production deliverables as needed.
- Partner with Business Affairs to ensure all compliance and legal issues are managed across deliverables, providing a point of view to managing risk.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with a variety of vendor partners.
- Collaborate with strategy and creative teams to champion innovative ideas, by assessing feasibility, advocating for the creative process,and providing solutions on time and budget.
- Possess a willingness and curiosity to learn and explore beyond your core.
- Manage expectations across the team and client, giving recommendations when required.
- Partner with project management ongoingto innovate on process and tools, merging best practices with customization as needed to unlock high levels of creative and client service on evolving programs.
- Willingness to travel to events and shoots for productions, working directly with clients and teams onsite.
Basic Qualifications
- 10 + years at a creative agency, marketing/comms, production company position
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of end-to-end processes involved in a production lifecycle (social, video, design, experiential) and ability to work across both in house and vendor teams.
- Enthusiasm and deep knowledge of social media is a plus.
- Excellent planning, organizing and time management skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong ability to estimate and manage budgets, create timelines and other production process documentation.
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An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.
Edelman offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.
Edelman is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, with health plans commonly framed as a strong part of the overall package. Mental and physical well-being programs are also emphasized as meaningful support.
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Flexible Benefits — Work flexibility is positioned as a standout, including hybrid routines and a “Work From Anywhere” option for part of the year. Flexible public holidays are also highlighted as adding practical choice to how time is used.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings such as a 401(k) match (and pension-style contributions in some markets) are consistently presented as a solid component of total rewards. This tends to improve overall package value even when base pay feels less competitive.
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Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead, act with certainty and earn the lasting trust of their stakeholders. We develop powerful ideas and tell magnetic stories that move at the speed of news, make an immediate impact, transform culture and spark movements. Since our founding in 1952 by Dan Edelman, we have remained an independent, family-run company. We use our profits to strengthen our business, provide our employees with opportunities to grow, advance our industry, and serve as a responsible citizen of the world. Every day, we strive to live and work by a long-held set of core values: the pursuit of excellence, the freedom to be curious, the courage to do the right thing, and a commitment to improving society. Edelman is an equal opportunity employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities
