Senior Photography Producer

Job Description

This is an amazing opportunity to progress your Producer experience within one of the world's most iconic Talent agencies and to take responsibility for your senior roster of artists.

Core elements of the position:
Responsible for managing end to end jobs for clients on behalf of artists
Responsible for on time, high quality, to budget productions
Communicating regularly with all stakeholders, including artists, brand employees, shared services, and management as needed
Supporting the agents in delivering the best possible outcomes for clients and artists
Collaborate with other agencies to collectively improve production

Responsibilities and Duties
Reporting to the Head of Photography.
Responsible for owning brand improvement initiatives related to Production and delivering successful outcomes
Negotiating job budgets
Negotiating terms with production companies and other partners to create mutually successful engagements
Run confirmed jobs from start to finish from including
Managing the budget and reconciling estimates with actual spend (including signing off on third party invoices)
Liaising with clients and outside producers to ensure common understanding of production needs
Liaising with artists directly or through their assistants regarding their schedule and upcoming jobs, on pre and post production
Managing the scheduling and booking of all talent (model, hair, make-up, etc) and supporting vendors (location vehicles, catering, equipment etc) where required.
Assisting artists on all production; organising travel arrangements, booking flights, organising visas, booking couriers, hotels and cars etc.
Developing [shoot schedules], travel schedules and call sheets where required.
Managing post production
Reconcile expenses, including credit card expenses
Working together with central accounting team to submit job files on time and to support timely reporting
Generating invoices and ensuring prompt payment from clients
Wrapping jobs after completion including collection of supporting information
Collection of shoot assets
Building a good network of [producers/ production companies / DOP / Post houses] that each artist can work with
Senior Producers also work with the wider teams to:
Collaborate with other agencies to create best practice production processes and procedures
Share experience and lessons learned with other brands to improve our overall Production approach
Identify improvement in any aspect our production practices
Assisting the agents with additional duties as needed
Nature of this job requires working early mornings, late evenings and weekends depending on the projects in pipeline.

Required Experience
5 years+ experience in production.
3 years + experience of creating estimates and negotiating job terms and budgets with production companies and other partners
Excellent time management skills - Experience of managing multiple end to end jobs, including set up, logistics, tracking and managing a budget and allocating resources to each element of the project
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Managing multiple stakeholders, including artists, clients and external vendors to achieve a positive outcome
Proven project management skills - Excellent existing relationships with talent agencies, production companies and shoot suppliers
Creating and maintaining professional relationships with strategic partners
Ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities
Proven capability to work independently and part of a team
A thorough and demonstrable knowledge, understanding and interest in the business of [photography, advertising and marketing, editorial fashion, styling, hair makeup]

Required Personal Skills
Highly organised, with attention to detail
Creativity and artistic flair
Goal-oriented, motivated, responsible and a pro-active self-starter
Self-motivated, with a positive and can-do outlook
Proven problem solver who is calm under pressure and make decisions
Ability to multi-task, prioritise and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to a variety of stakeholders
Fluent in English, French and Italian would be an added benefit
Computer literate, including basic knowledge of [Photoshop]