Thinkerbell: Senior Producer

Content Producer is needed in Melbourne VIC, Australia.

Client: Thinkerbell

Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia

Contract: Contractor

We’re looking for a Lead Production Tinker with 5+ years of experience to join our team of Thinkers and Tinkers in Melbourne or Sydney in a freelance capacity for 4-8 weeks. As a producer, you are integrated in your approach and have a strong project management background with experience in production of TVC, content digital, and integrated campaigns. You have experience working within a creative environment in a client-facing role, and have project-managed campaign assets across content platforms, print, social, experiential, film etc. You may also have experience working with a high volume, fast-paced, retail client. You are highly confident, collaborative and enjoy working side by side with our team, and our clients, to lead complex projects through from inception to final dispatch. Your attention to detail is second to none and no task is too big or too small for you! You enjoy the energy that a young, developing agency provides, and you are excited to help influence and create… first-class processes and structures to ensure our team runs like a well-oiled machine, to provide the best services for our clients and our team. This role focuses on these main areas: Project and Production Management Relationships – internal and external Finance and Admin Attention to detail and care for craft Responsibilities include: Collaborating to determine project scope/planning, timelines and estimates. Working hand in hand with the Lead Thinker and Lead Tinker to deliver projects on time and on budget with a high degree of craft and creativity. Managing multiple, complex projects through from inception to delivery, sometimes under pressure, often to tight timelines and with multiple stakeholders. Working with the National Head Production Tinker to develop processes and structures that will enhance Thinkerbell’s offering and champion the roll-out of these processes to educate our team. Identify potential project risks and proactively find solutions to address these in advance, escalating issues as needed. Managing all aspects of the production process, to meet project deadlines. Monitor all internal and external costs for all of your projects. Create and maintain all project status reports, POs, estimates, schedules, tech and production specs. Manage vendors and create POs and monitor actual vs budgeted costs. Assist with preparing materials for creative presentations and client and internal meetings. Work with the Thinker to ensure proper billing and invoicing. Review WIPs and final billing reports. Educate our clients and manage their needs and expectations. To continually strive to raise the standard of our work in certibe and ingenious ways Provide project quality assurance by reviewing outputs and deliverables against the scope. Liaising with digital and media companies, production companies, photographers, typographers, designers, printers etc. Developing a bank of exceptional trusted creative collaborators that Thinkerbell can work with around Australia, to be housed in our Little Green Book. Keeping up to date with popular culture and trends, as well as what’s happening in our industry. In the past four years, Thinkerbell has collectively created an exciting culture that’s uniquely ours, built around our promise of ‘measured magic’. We pride ourselves on supporting our Thinkers and Tinkers on their personal and professional journey through Thinkerbell via: Institute of Measured Magic: We are committed to growing and developing all of our Thinkers and Tinkers through internal and external training via The Institute of Measured Magic. Mind Expansion Week: We provide up to 5 days of mind expansion for each member of the Thinkerbell team. This is time outside of your normal leave and as long as it’s something to make your brain work better, we’ll happily give you the time to do it! Mind Blown: We run regular power sessions where we bring in interesting thinkers and leaders from all sorts of areas to keep our work fresh, current and relevant. Pot of Gold: We offer 5k grants for interesting creative projects undertaken by TKB staff