Sr. Integrated Producer

The Senior Integrated Producer directs and coordinates the day-to-day agency efforts on assigned client projects at Mustache, and reports to the Head of Integrated Production. 

The Sr IP thinks two steps ahead, knows every detail of the projects they manage, and keeps calm under pressure. They are creative problem solvers, who strive to find solutions, all while managing both the internal and client teams. They are humble, empathetic, and focus on delivering exceptional work the team is proud of, on time and within budget.

The Sr IP acts in a supervisory capacity on a project level to junior staff in the IP Group.  And in this role can embrace opportunities to provide mentorship.  The Sr IP levels up as a key contributor to discussion and decision making with the Head of Integrated Production on department development needs, project assignments, process refinement, platform optimization and cross department partnership. 

In this role, the Sr IP ensures that the agency provides:

• Sound and responsible project management and planning
• Proper and innovative execution of work in all areas on schedule
• A consistently superior creative product

While Mustache is still working remotely from home, we are working hard—along with the rest of the industry at large—to get back to our office perch in Manhattan, New York.

We encourage those who are able to commute to apply!

Responsibilities:

• Act as team leader on assigned projects, responsible for guiding projects through all stages; pitch, scoping, creative development, execution, launch, retrospective
• Partner with cross functional budgeting team and accounts lead in defining project scopes of work and budget estimates (including assumptions generation and technical & deliverables definition)
• Partner with cross functional budgeting team and accounts lead in strategic planning including creative resource and workflow decision making
• Generate and manage project timelines including coordinating with sprint stage leads (e.g. Producer, Post Producer, Head of Social) on key dates and task inputs
• Coordinate and collaborate cross-functionally with strategists, creative, production, post production, social and client services in full project life cycle
• Initiate and lead all appropriate project meetings
• Catalyze the creative teams in concepting ideas, development and execution
• Influence the efficiency and quality of work, advocating for the agency in client relations, while protecting internal team
• Monitor & enforce project constraints (schedule/scope/resources)
• Drive projects to final stages of completion by keeping the team on track and motivated
• In partnership with Accounts lead, monitor out of scope requests, initiate additional estimates and client approvals
• Work with an Accounts partner to ensure proper billing and invoicing.
• Prepare vendor bid packages as needed, generating estimates and securing client approvals on estimates and overages
• Partner with production lead Producer to generate effective pre-pro deliverables and pre production books 
• Provide content production oversight (video, photo, multimedia) along with production team lead for all stages of content development from creative concepting, planning, pre-pro, production and post production
• Provide content production oversight (social strategy, low lift content execution, channel management) along with social team lead for all stages of content development from creative concepting, planning, pre-pro, production and post production
• Work with Mustache/Edelman DJE legal counsel and client legal counsel - as required - to define relevant contracts agreements and industry best practices
• Manage vendors and talent on relevant projects, monitoring actual vs. budgeted costs
• Manage the workflow of new business creative or production forward presentations
• Manage agency internal projects and assist in preparing materials for creative presentations and meetings
• Hire, contract and onboard creative freelance talent from staffing agencies or independents, and liaise with Mustache finance and payroll company 
• Ability to anticipate - and flag - project issues/risks and clearly communicate possible solutions - to Executive Producer, across team, then to the client
• Supervise junior staff on specific projects that they are leading, providing guidance when needed
• Mentor junior staff in IP Group through 1:1 connection, work review + critique, and shadowing opportunities
• Contribute to discussion and decision making related to department development and initiatives
• Consult the Head of Integrated Production on project assignments, process refinement, platform optimization and cross department partnership 

Qualifications:

• Background in marketing, advertising, digital or broadcast production
• Interest in, and aptitude for producing creative and marketing solutions
• 6-9 years experience as a producer in a creative or production agency 
• Managed projects with budgets up to, and over $1MM
• Well versed in executing multi-platform brand campaigns
• Comfortable and adept at being client facing
• Possess a refined project management aptitude, and instinct for leadership
• Self motivated and willing to expand knowledge
• Experience in generating budgets, staffing plans and complex timelines
• Proficiency in project management tools 
• Solution oriented self-starter with a positive “can-do” attitude
• Ability to quickly react and adapt to changing environments
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Reliable, and can establish trust with their teams
• Organized and will geek out over process and improving process
• Demonstrated experience managing integrated creative and interactive (particularly web/mobile/video/graphic design development) initiatives.

What We Offer:

• Salary to commensurate with experience
• Full-time salaried position with paid vacation and holidays
• Group medical, vision, and dental insurance 
• 401k with company match
• Growth opportunities and excellent company culture

About Mustache: Mustache is content - Scripted, Unscripted, Live Action, Animation, Short Form, Long Form, TV, Social Media, Commercial, Branded Content and beyond. Staffed with a passionate and diverse set of multi-hyphenate creators and doers, Mustache is poised to craft soup-to-nuts, visually-stunning, imaginative, thoughtful, and sometimes hilarious content and campaigns for any platform. Born of an instinct to buck tradition and institutional bloat, our energized team is designed to contend with the biggest dinosaurs in the advertising, digital and entertainment industries. Mustache is the future of creativity.

Mustache delivers full creative, strategy, production, post-production and distribution/campaign management services under one roof. With a full-time staff of 50 employees and growing, we maintain a flat, family-like culture with room for upward growth and mobility. We support a wide range of clients comprised of tech, beauty, fashion, communication and OTT distribution brands including but not limited to Netflix, HBOMax, Universal Pictures, Google, Grammarly, Estee Lauder, Under Armour, and Intuit.

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