Integrated Producer

*OPEN TO LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, OR SEATTLE*

Who We Are

We are a fiercely entrepreneurial ad agency that blends creativity and performance to build great brands. We call this approach Soul + Science. With offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Seattle, we serve as collaborative business partners to some of the world’s best brands including Ben & Jerry’s, Jose Cuervo, Alaska Airlines, Charles Schwab and OkCupid, among others.

Being a Mekanista requires a rare combination of being a weird, fearless and wonderful person who enjoys birthday cakes, well behaved dogs, and shared sensibility of respect and not taking ourselves too seriously.

Mekanism has been named to Ad Age’s A-List and twice to their Best Places to Work list. Most recently, Mekanism was named Independent Agency of the Year by The Drum and a Top 10 Most Effective Independent Agency in the US by the Effie Index. We have been profiled by The New York Times, Fast Company and ABC’s Nightline. Our campaign methodologies are studied by Harvard Business School.

The Integrated Producer

The Production Department at Mekanism is a kick-ass and growing team of integrated producers, working across all mediums. We work as a collaborative team to identify new ways of connecting people with brands through forward thinking solutions regardless of the challenge. Our main objectives are to inspire, strategize, create and execute inventive and engaging experiences.

The Integrated Producer brings ideas to life in the most creative, and efficient way, regardless of channel or discipline. You must be a creative problem solver whose production expertise allows you to guide development efforts for print, digital tactics and small video and radio projects. You will work closely with all internal teams and external partners to meet and exceed performance targets, foster a positive and fun work environment, and serve as a model of professionalism and a reflection of the company’s personality and culture. 

You are able to build strong, resilient relationships with internal departments and external clients.

You manage all aspects of the project life cycle from concept to delivery and must be intimately familiar with the roles played by Design, Copywriting, Studio, Production, Editorial, User Experience, Technology, and Quality Assurance. You have experience moving projects through all internal agency departments and roles, ensuring the proper reviews and approvals at appropriate stages. Whether it’s advising on the feasibility of creative concepts, involving the correct resources from each department at the optimal time, ensuring resources are available and priorities are managed in alignment with account, identifying bottlenecks and proposing solutions ahead of time, the only thing that is certain is that no one day is ever the same. 

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Employ company processes and policies throughout the project lifespan, from scoping to wrap. 
• Create and track project plans, budgets, estimates, schedules and SOWs to help ensure a successful project all around. 
• Review and route files to assure complete approval before releasing to third party vendors
• Monitor developing trends within the industry.
• Have a robust rolodex of local and national production partners
• Source vendors (directors, photographers, editors, VFX, overseas partners, etc)
• Manage photo shoots, from minimal table-top to complex, multi-layered, big productions.
• Provide competitive estimates from vendors for all aspects of production, obtain team, client and/or agency approvals and monitor the actual costs 
• Monitor vendor adherence to quality, expectations and to tight timelines.
• Ensure all jobs produced are up to Mekanism’s high creative standards, at the best possible cost and on time to meet client or vendor needs. 
• Ensure that communication is managed, documented, communicated within the team and to clients.
• Work with brand management, creative team and vendors to translate creative challenges into technical solutions
• Help ensure that work is produced on strategy and adheres to client's brand guidelines
• Participate in the development of procedural guidelines to assure compatibility, acceptance and standardization within & outside Mekanism      
• Represent agency to clients when called upon to address production issues.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years experience managing a range of integrated projects, and comfortable working across a range of mediums, including OLV, social, print, digital, broadcast, and events / physical activations
• Must have producing and managing photo shoots
• Must have experience producing print ads, OOH, collateral and POS
• You must be a creative problem solver 
• Ability to assess risks and get ahead of project issues by problem solving and working closely with teams to determine smart solutions 
• A creative eye for detail
• Excellent communication and client management skills
• Ability to multi-task and juggle multiple projects with minimal supervision 
• You must be awesome, You must not take yourself too seriously.
• Able to handle multiple projects under tight deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Highly developed interpersonal, team building and relationship management skills.
• High Energy, Self Motivated
• Positive Attitude

SALARY: $85,000 - $95,000